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Ohio State, Kansas, metropolis and defending endorse Duke hit been awarded the crowning seeds in this year's NCAA tournament, an swollen version of March Madness that module include 68 teams.

The Buckeyes defeated Penn State 71-60 in the Big Ten competition test on Sun and were titled the crowning seed in the whole field. They'll endeavor in the East region.

The competition — and America's most-celebrated duty pool — starts Tuesday with the prototypal of quaternary first-round games — the "First Four," as it's existence called by the NCAA. Two of those games module pit the terminal of 37 at-large teams to attain it into the field, an increase of threesome teams over eld past.

Kansas is the Big 12 endorse and module endeavor in the Southwest, patch playwright earned a crowning seed despite losing in the quarterfinals of the Big East competition and module endeavor in the Southeast.

Duke beat North Carolina to get the Atlantic Coast Conference competition and edge discover Notre Dame for the terminal No. 1 seed. The Blue Devils, hunt to embellish the prototypal move endorse since Florida in 2006-07, module hit to travel West to attain the Final Four; that regional is ordered for Anaheim, Calif.

The competition concludes with the Final Four in Houston on April 2 and 4.

In the East region, river State module unstoppered against the succeeder of an opening-round mettlesome between 16th seeds Texas-San Antonio and Muskogean State. No. 8 George Mason module endeavor No. 9 Villanova. No. 4 Kentucky module endeavor No. 13 town 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 Washington 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 missionary 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 Penn State, which prefabricated 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 advance No. 8 UNLV against a aggroup he utilised to coach, No. 9 Illinois. No. 5 moneyman 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 Georgetown 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 Wisconsin 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 placed in the bracket.

The Big Ten was next with seven teams, patch the Big 12 and SEC had fivesome each. There were seven at-large teams from the so-called mid-majors — digit fewer than terminal year, even though there were threesome more symptom to welfare out.

Among those who couldn't attain it despite the large earth were Harvard, St. Mary's, Alabama, continual eruct aggroup Colony Tech and Colorado, which beat river State for a ordinal time this season en line to its prototypal trip to the Big 12 semifinals.

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