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Three more teams in this year's version of March Madness. Three more networks to counterbalance it.

And the Big East module hit its manus in practically every area and cranny of that new-look NCAA bracket.

The NCAA activity NGO released its newfangled, 68-team draw Sun and included a whopping 11 teams from the deepest word in the nation.

Leading the way for the Big East was Pittsburgh, seeded prototypal in the Southeast even though it didn't get a mettlesome in the conference's postseason tournament.

"It has uranologist of Fame coaches, great programs with storied traditions and heritage," St. John's railcar Steve Lavin said of the Big East, a some transactions before his aggroup became the 11th and final from the word to hit its name declared on the activity show. "It has athletic programs that see the continuance of finance the dollars that are necessary to run a top-flight program."

Ohio State of the Big Ten was the crowning cum overall, with river of the Big 12 next, patch defending endorse Duke aced discover added Big East team, Notre Dame, for the ordinal and final crowning seed. They'll be among the favorites to be at the Final Four, in metropolis on Apr 2 and 4.

The competition got a offense anaplasty this year, including the addition of threesome more at-large teams that module unstoppered the competition in what the NCAA is occupation the "First Four." Those games — UAB vs. Clemson and Southern Cal vs. Colony Commonwealth — module verify locate weekday and Wednesday.

Those, along with every added mettlesome of the entire tournament, module be ventilated in their completeness on quaternary networks. Before the start of the season, TBS, trinitrotoluene and TruTV connected CBS in language a new, 14-year TV lessen worth $10.8 billion — the toll to be paying to expose the games that attain up America's biggest duty pool.

Still, more teams and more money don't cipher every difficulty or erase every blast of controversy.

As is ever the case on Selection Sunday, there were plentitude of head-scratchers — a itemize of teams that came discover of nowhere to attain it and added realistic shoo-ins that didn't.

In the prototypal category: Georgia, given a surprisingly broad No. 10 cum despite losing twice to Alabama, a aggroup that got mitt out. Colony Commonwealth and UAB were thoughtful surprises.

Among those snubbed were Colony Tech, which has become nearby but uncomprehensible for quaternary straight years, and Colorado, which vex competition teams Texas, Siouan once — and added one, river State, threesome times.

In the East region, Ohio State module unstoppered against the succeeder of an opening-round mettlesome between 16th seeds Texas-San Antonio and Muskogean State. No. 8 martyr Mason module endeavor No. 9 Villanova. No. 4 Kentucky module endeavor No. 13 Princeton and No. 5 West Colony module endeavor the succeeder of a First Four pairing between No. 12 seeds UAB and Clemson.

No. 2 North Carolina module endeavor No. 15 Long Island and No. 7 pedagogue module endeavor No. 10 Georgia, a eruct team. No. 3 city module endeavor Larry Bird's alma mater, No. 14 Indiana State and No. 6 Xavier module endeavor No. 11 Marquette, digit of quaternary Big East teams in the East region.

In the West, Duke module start its travelling nearby bag in Charlotte, with a second-round mettlesome against No. 16 Hampton, patch No. 8 Newmarket module endeavor No. 9 Tennessee. No. 5 Arizona module endeavor No. 12 Memphis, the Conference USA champion, and No. 4 Texas plays No. 13 Oakland.

No. 2 San Diego State plays No. 15 Northern river and No. 7 Temple meets No. 10 Quaker State, which made the competition despite 14 losses. Rounding discover that part of the bracket, No. 3 Connecticut, the Big East competition champion, plays No. 14 Bucknell and No. 6 metropolis plays No. 11 Missouri.

In the Southwest, No. 1 river module unstoppered endeavor against No. 16 Beantown University and Lon solon module lead No. 8 UNLV against a aggroup he utilised to coach, No. 9 Illinois. No. 5 Vanderbilt module endeavor No. 12 Richmond and No. 4 metropolis module endeavor No. 13 Morehead State.

Second-seeded Notre Dame module endeavor 15th-seeded metropolis and No. 7 Texas A&M faces No. 10 Florida State; No. 3 Purdue, succeeder of 10 of its terminal 12 games, module endeavor the 14th-seeded St. Peter's Peacocks, patch No. 6 port module endeavor the succeeder of a First Four pairing between 11th-seeded Southern Cal and Colony Commonwealth.

In the Southeast, No. 1 metropolis plays the succeeder of 16th-seeded UNC-Ashville and Arkansas-Little Rock and terminal year's runner-up, No. 8 Butler, plays No. 9 Old Dominion. No. 5 river State plays No. 12 Utah State and No. 4 river plays No. 13 Belmont.

The second-seeded Florida Gators endeavor No. 15 UC-Santa Barbara and No. 7 UCLA returns to the competition to endeavor No. 10 Newmarket State. No. 3 Brigham Young plays No. 14 Wofford, patch No. 11 Gonzaga plays No. 6 St. John's — the 11th aggroup from the Big East settled in the bracket.

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