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Maryland No. 5 Seed in March Madness Tournament: Live Bracket Coverage
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COLLEGE PARK, MD — Maryland has landed its spot in the NCAA men's basketball tournament as the No. 5 seed in the South bracket.
Virginia is one of the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA March Madness tournament. Other top seed teams: North Carolina, Kansas and Oregon.
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WEST REGION BRACKET
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No. 1 Oregon vs. No. 16 Holy Cross/Southern University
No. 8 Saint Joseph's vs. No. 9 Cincinnati
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No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 Yale
No. 4 Duke vs. No. 13 UNC Wilmington
No. 2 Oklahoma vs. No. 15 California State Bakersfield
No. 7 Oregon State vs. No. 10 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
No. 3 Texas A&M vs. No. 14 Green Bay
No. 6 Texas vs. No. 11 Northern Iowa
Updated 6:05 p.m. EST:
Charles Barkley: "They call Austin Peay the Governors, they are only gonna be one term."
SOUTH REGION MATCHUPS
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 Austin Peay
No. 8 Colorado vs. No. 9 Connecticut
No. 5 Maryland vs. No. 12 South Dakota State
No. 4 California vs. No. 13 Hawai'i
No. 2 Villanova vs. No. 15 UNC Asheville
No. 7 Iowa vs. No. 10 Temple
No. 3 Miami (FL) vs. No. 14 Buffalo
No. 6 Arizona vs. No. 11 Vanderbilt/ Wichita State (play-in game)
Here's your printable bracket.
NO. 1 SEEDS (NO PARTICULAR ORDER)
East: North Carolina
South: Kansas
Midwest: Virginia
West: Oregon
Original Story
The time to make a case is over, Selection Sunday is finally here. The 68 teams selected to compete in the NCAA Basketball Tournament are about to be
The 68 teams set to play in this year's big dance will be named during this year's Selection Show, which began on CBS at 5:30 p.m. EST. This year's selection show will betwo hours long, featuring more analysis and discussion.
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According predictions from ESPN's bracketology expertJoe Lunardi, The Kansas Jayhawks are set to be the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament. Lunardi also predicts that the North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers and Michigan State Spartans will also earn No. 1 seeds in their regions.
The Duke Blue Devils took the prize in last season's tournament, lead by NBA lottery selections Justise Winslow and Jahlil Okafor. The Blue Devils topped Frank Kaminsky and the Wisconsin Badgers in an instant classic.
The first round of the tournament is set to begin on March. 15 with the tournament play-in games. The second round follows shortly thereafter on March 17 and 18. The Final Four is set to begin on April 2.
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