Men's March Madness brackets have Auburn as the overall No. 1 followed by Duke, Houston, Florida

The Auburn Tigers, led by SEC subordinate of the twelvemonth Johni Broome, were chosen arsenic the No. 1 wide effect for the NCAA tourney connected Sunday, with league champions Duke (ACC), Houston (Big 12) and Florida (SEC) besides tabbed arsenic 1-seeds by the enactment committee.

The SEC made NCAA tourney past with 14 representatives among the 68 teams to marque the field. The highest anterior people was the Big East's 11 bids successful 2011.

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Auburn (28-5) volition beryllium the apical effect successful the South Region and volition look the Alabama State-St. Francis victor successful Thursday's archetypal circular successful Lexington, Kentucky.

The Tigers faltered down the stretch, losing 3 of their past 4 games -- including a 70-65 decision to Tennessee successful the semifinals of the SEC tourney connected Saturday.

Auburn was joined successful the South by second-seeded Michigan State, third-seeded Iowa State and a acquainted foe successful No. 4 effect Texas A&M.

Duke (31-3) is the No. 1 effect successful the East Region and volition play the American-Mount St. Mary's victor successful the archetypal circular successful Raleigh, North Carolina.

Despite losing Cooper Flagg with a sprained ankle during the archetypal fractional of Thursday's triumph successful the ACC tourney quarterfinals, the Blue Devils won the last 2 games without their prima freshman, who was the ACC subordinate of the year.

Coach Jon Scheyer connected Saturday said Flagg was "trending successful a large way" toward being disposable "right away" for the NCAA tournament.

Houston (30-4) is the No. 1 effect successful the Midwest Region and volition spell against SIU Edwardsville successful Thursday's archetypal circular successful Wichita, Kansas.

The Cougars swept the Big 12 regular play and tourney titles, securing its 4th consecutive 30-win play to necktie Gonzaga for the second-longest streak successful Division I history.

The Gators (30-4) pb the mode successful the West Region and volition spell against Norfolk State successful the archetypal round.

Florida improved to 5-2 successful top-10 matchups this play aft beating Tennessee 86-77 -- the astir points scored against the Vols this play -- for the Gators' archetypal SEC rubric since 2014.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.