About one month prior to Selection Sunday, the projected top 16 overall seeds for the 2024 NCAA Tournament have been revealed.
Saturday afternoon on CBS — just a few hours before the Kentucky basketball team scored an impressive road win over Auburn — the NCAA Tournament selection committee revealed the in-season top 16 overall seeds for the Big Dance.
The following teams were included in the reveal, with the following overall seeds and region assignments:
(The seeds listed are each team’s projected seed for the NCAA Tournament, which means that 1-4 equals a No. 1 seed in a region, 5-8 equals a No. 2 seed, 9-12 equals a No. 3 seed and 13-16 equals a No. 16 seed).
Midwest Region (Detroit):
1. Purdue.
6. Tennessee.
10. Baylor.
14. San Diego State.
East Region (Boston):
2. UConn.
5. North Carolina.
11. Iowa State.
16. Wisconsin.
South Region (Dallas):
3. Houston.
7. Marquette.
9. Alabama.
15. Illinois.
West Region (Los Angeles):
4. Arizona.
8. Kansas.
12. Duke.
13. Auburn.