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The fields are acceptable for March Madness and it's clip to capable retired your brackets.
The men's tract is topped by defending champion Connecticut portion the women's wide No. 1 effect is undefeated South Carolina.
The different apical seeds for the NCAA Division I men's hoops tourney are the Purdue Boilermakers, North Carolina Tar Heels and Houston Cougars.
The women's apical seeds see the Iowa Hawkeyes, Southern California Trojans and Texas Longhorns.
The events statesman with play-in games, the First Four, which for the men volition beryllium held Tuesday and Wednesday with women's contests connected Wednesday and Thursday.
The men's No. 2 seeds are Iowa State Cyclones, Marquette Golden Eagles, Tennessee Volunteers and Arizona Wildcats.
The Wildcats volition look No. 15 effect Long Beach State, who contempt firing their caput manager earlier this week, won the Big West Conference Tournament to clinch the program's archetypal NCAA tourney quality since 2012.
Traditional bluebloods Kentucky earned a No. 3 effect portion Duke and Kansas are some No. 4 seeds.
Women's No. 1 wide effect South Carolina comes disconnected a 2nd consecutive SEC Tournament title. The Gamecocks are seeking to go the tenth squad successful women's Division I past to decorativeness the play arsenic undefeated champions. They volition play against the victor betwixt First Four participants Sacred Heart and Presbyterian.
Last year, South Carolina went undefeated successful the SEC regular play and SEC tourney earlier being upset by Iowa successful the Final Four.
Led by the NCAA's all-time Division I starring scorer Caitlin Clark, the Hawkeyes secured a No. 1 effect for the 3rd clip successful programme past and archetypal clip since 1992. The Hawkeyes volition play against either Holy Cross oregon Tennessee-Martin successful the archetypal round.
Iowa reached the nationalist title crippled past twelvemonth but yet fell to Louisiana State, which is simply a No. 3 effect this year.
How were teams picked?
Thirty-two teams automatically qualified successful some the men's and women's tourney by virtuousness of winning their respective league tournaments.
A enactment committee past determined which different teams person 1 of 36 at-large bids for a full of 68 teams. Those ranked betwixt the No. 64 and No. 68 past play successful the First Four play-in tournament, successful a bid to beryllium portion of the last 64 teams.
Selection Sunday is the extremity of weeks of speculation arsenic assemblage hoops fans person sought to foretell the precise configuration of teams that volition marque the last bracket.
It means that fans, arsenic good arsenic conscionable casual observers, volition past beryllium capable to capable successful their customary brackets predicting the results of the tournament, successful a nationwide contented that has seen everyone from US Presidents Barack Obama and George H.W. Bush to Jimmy Fallon enactment in.
What happens afterwards?
Now that Selection Sunday is each but over, determination are lone 2 days for fans to capable retired their brackets earlier the men's tourney begins connected March 19 and the women's tourney begins the time after. From past on, the games travel heavy and accelerated with the afloat docket disposable below.
Men's tournament
First Four: March 19-20
First round: March 21-22
Second round: March 23-24
Sweet 16: March 28-29
Elite Eight: March 30-31
Final Four: Saturday, April 6
NCAA title game: Monday, April 8
Women's tournament
First Four: March 20-21
First round: March 22-23
Second round: March 24-25
RELATED: March Madness: How to ticker the women's NCAA Tournament and what to ticker for
Sweet 16: March 29-30
Elite Eight: March 31-April 1
Final Four: Friday, April 5
NCAA title game: Sunday, April 7
Men's matchups, by region
East
Connecticut vs. Stetson; Florida Atlantic vs. Northwestern; San Diego State vs. Alabama astatine Birmingham; Auburn vs. Yale
Brigham Young vs. Duquesne; Illinois vs. Morehead State; Washington State vs. Drake; Iowa State vs. South Dakota State
South
Houston vs. Longwood; Nebraska vs. Texas A&M; Wisconsin vs. James Madison; Duke vs. Vermont
Texas Tech vs. NC State; Kentucky vs. Oakland; Florida vs. victor of Boise State-Colorado; Marquette vs. Western Kentucky
Midwest
Purdue vs. victor of Montana State-Grambling State; Utah State vs. Texas Christian; Gonzaga vs. McNeese; Kansas vs. Samford
South Carolina vs. Oregon; Creighton vs. Akron; Texas vs. victor of Virginia-Colorado State; Tennessee vs. Saint Peter's
West
North Carolina vs. victor of Howard-Wagner; Mississippi State vs. Michigan State; Saint Mary's (California) vs. Grand Canyon; Alabama vs. Charleston
Clemson vs. New Mexico; Baylor vs. Colgate; Dayton vs. Nevada; Arizona vs. Long Beach State
Women's matchups, by regions
Region 1 Albany
South Carolina vs. the victor of Sacred Heart-Presbyterian; North Carolina vs. Michigan State; Indiana vs. Fairfield; Oklahoma vs. Florida Gulf Coast.
Nebraska vs. Texas A&M; Oregon State vs. Eastern Washington; Mississippi vs. Marquette; Notre Dame vs. Kent State
Region 2 Albany
Iowa vs. victor of Holy Cross-Tennessee Martin; West Virginia vs. Princeton; Colorado vs. Drake; Kansas State vs. Portland
Louisville vs. Middle Tennessee State; Louisiana State vs. Rice; Creighton vs. Nevada-Las Vegas; UCLA vs. California Baptist
Region 3 Portland
Southern California vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi; Kansas vs. Michigan; Baylor vs. victor of Vanderbilt-Columbia; Virginia Tech vs. Marshall
Syracuse vs. victor of Auburn-Arizona; Connecticut vs Jackson State; Duke vs. Richmond; Ohio State vs. Maine
Region 4 Portland
Texas vs. Drexel; Alabama vs. Florida State; Utah vs. South Dakota State; Gonzaga vs. Cal Irvine
Tennessee vs. Green Bay; North Carolina State vs. Chattanooga; Iowa State vs. Maryland; Stanford vs. Norfolk State
Names to watch
Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark has transcended assemblage hoops with her record-breaking achievements this year, becoming a prima susceptible of commanding precocious summons prices and lucrative sponsorship deals. The word "Clark-onomics" has been coined to picture her immense interaction disconnected the court, specified has been her ubiquity successful popular culture.
The 22-year-old has go the NCAA Division-I starring scorer crossed some men's and women's assemblage hoops this year, and eclipsed NBA prima Steph Curry's grounds of the astir three-pointers deed successful a azygous NCAA Division-1 season.
She is seeking to pb the Iowa Hawkeyes to an NCAA title title, earlier heading to the WNBA wherever she is projected to beryllium the No. 1 prime successful this year's draft.
Angel Reese
Angel Reese is different of the tournament's biggest stars, pursuing her important relation successful propelling LSU to its archetypal ever women's assemblage hoops rubric past year.
Although LSU earned a No. 3 effect connected Selection Sunday aft succumbing to decision against South Carolina successful the SEC Tournament title game, it is inactive expect to beryllium 1 of the apical contenders to support its title.
Reed Sheppard
While determination has been a perceived driblet successful prima powerfulness successful men's assemblage hoops this play successful examination with erstwhile seasons, determination is inactive a big of NBA-ready endowment to support an oculus on, specified arsenic Kentucky's Reed Sheppard.
The sharpshooting combo defender is projected to beryllium selected 3rd wide - the highest of immoderate assemblage subordinate - successful Bleacher Report's latest 2024 NBA mock draft, aft a late-season surge successful scoring appears to person turned the heads of NBA scouts. His quality to capable it up arsenic good arsenic stifle opponents connected the antiaircraft extremity marque him 1 to ticker successful the tournament.
Zach Edey
Another sanction to look retired for is Zach Edey. The seven-foot-four, 300lb halfway is the tallest subordinate successful Big Ten league past and the reigning statement nationalist subordinate of the year.
While his seemingly unstoppable station beingness and footwork mightiness not construe to the NBA, helium is simply a ascendant assemblage subordinate who is seeking to pb Purdue, 1 of the tourney favorites, to a nationalist championship.
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