NCAA tournament bracket revealed: ACC earns three No. 1 seeds
March Madness is here. The reveal of the 2019 NCAA tournament bracket is complete. And the big winner of Selection Sunday? The ACC.
The Duke Blue Devils, Virginia Cavaliers and North Carolina Tar Heels earned the top overall seeds. Duke, who lost just twice all season with a healthy Zion Williamson, snatched the No. 1 overall seed from Virginia with its ACC tournament title.
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On the bubble, Belmont, Temple, Arizona State and St. John’s got in. Indiana and Texas were among those left out.
Below is the entire bracket. The Final Four will pit the winner of the East Region vs. the winner of the South Region, and the winner of the South vs. the winner of the Midwest.
East, South and Midwest Regions. This page will be updated with the full bracket after the West is unveiled.
East Region (top left)
No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 North Carolina Central/North Dakota State
No. 8 VCU vs. No. 9 UCF
No. 5 Mississippi State vs. No. 12 Liberty
No. 4 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Saint Louis
No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 Belmont/Temple
No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Yale
No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Minnesota
No. 2 Michigan State vs. No. 15 Bradley
South Region (top right)
No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 16 Gardner-Webb
No. 8 Ole Miss vs. No. 9 Oklahoma
No. 5 Wisconsin vs. No. 12 Oregon
No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 13 UC Irvine
No. 6 Villanova vs. No. 11 Saint Mary’s
No. 3 Purdue vs. No. 14 Old Dominion
No. 7 Cincinnati vs. No. 10 Iowa
No. 2 Tennessee vs. No. 15 Colgate
Midwest Region (bottom right)
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Iona
No. 8 Utah State vs. No. 9 Washington
No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 New Mexico State
No. 4 Kansas vs. No. 13 Northeastern
No. 6 Iowa State vs. No. 11 Ohio State
No. 3 Houston vs. No. 14 Georgia State
No. 7 Wofford vs. No. 10 Seton Hall
No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Abilene Christian
West Region (bottom left)
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 16 Fairleigh Dickinson/Prairie View A&M
No. 8 Syracuse vs. No. 9 Baylor
No. 5 Marquette vs. No. 12 Murray State
No. 4 Florida State vs. No. 13 Vermont
No. 6 Buffalo vs. No. 11 Arizona State/St. John’s
No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 14 Northern Kentucky
No. 7 Nevada vs. No. 10 Florida
No. 2 Michigan vs. No. 15 Montana