The award-winning state-of-the-art TD Garden is New England's largest sports and entertainment arena, and doubles as the home of the Boston Bruins® and Boston Celtics. Remember, it’s now that time of the year to look for my brackets on Monday and Friday here at Stadium.Since opening in 1995, Boston's famed TD Garden has hosted more than 200 sports and concert events a year. While you might see a reshuffling of this order, history tells us that most of these programs will remain somewhere on these four lines. There are still plenty of big games to be played over the next three weeks before Selection Sunday. I also felt strongly that Marquette and Gonzaga belonged on the three-line.

It’s hard to imagine how the Huskies could be seeded four spots below Indiana. No question that the biggest miss by the committee was the omission of UConn. In my mind, K-State should be on the bottom of the four-line.įour-Seeds: Indiana, Marquette, Gonzaga, Xavier The Wildcats have a good resume but that non-conference strength of schedule concerns me when comparing them to the teams below them. Iowa State was a borderline three-seed for me, so I have no real issue there - but Kansas State was mis-seeded. Tennessee and Virginia match up with my rankings. Three-Seeds: Tennessee, Virginia, Iowa State, Kansas State I thought the resume of Baylor’s was enough to have them at the top of the line.

Considering Kansas’ tremendous resume, I was surprised by them only being ranked fourth.Īgain, no issues here with the teams on the line, just the order. The committee valued Houston’s top NET ranking and their No. I had the same teams on the one-line, just in a different order. One-Seeds: Alabama, Houston, Purdue, Kansas I’m going to break down their initial seeding and share my thoughts. On Saturday, the NCAA Selection Committee revealed the current top-16 teams.

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