NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seeds: Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga

All, College Basketball, NCAA Tournament Jason McIntyre March 17th. 2013, 6:34pm

Louisville (Midwest), Kansas (South), Indiana (East) and Gonzaga (West) are the No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

We’ll break down each bracket tomorrow.

My far too early knee-jerk picks, just glancing at each bracket:

Louisville vs. Michigan State in the Midwest regional final
VCU vs. Georgetown in the South regional final
Indiana vs. Miami in the East regional final
Gonzaga vs. Ohio State in the West regional final

Those are obviously subject to change a few times before Thursday at noon.

How about some props for Jason Lisk and his perfect bracket!

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43 Responses to “NCAA Tournament No. 1 Seeds: Louisville, Kansas, Indiana and Gonzaga”

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Jason McIntyre Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:38 PM
lowest seed to reach the Final Four .. New Mexico 3? Saints Louis 4? Butler 6?
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:39 PM
Hey the party is in the last post
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VladimirCrouton Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:45 PM
Gonzaga vs. Ohio State in the West regional final
Lovin it. Wisconsin scares me.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:50 PM
Hey vladdy…karma for my carey price move…i might beat ap this week but will losr my awesome goalie stats bc not enough goalie starts
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conjugalbootz Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:50 PM
Anyone else think Gottlieb talks too damn much?
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:52 PM
Bells two hearted i heart you especially for your 7.0 abv
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virginia4lovers Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:54 PM
Anyone else think Gottlieb talks too damn much?
Yes, but I still like him. Had forgotten he left ESPN
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:55 PM
How about some props for Jason Lisk and his perfect bracket!
Lisk, doin’ work AND rearing children. I salute you.
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Tim Ryan Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Gottlieb has been perfectly self-absorbed and arrogant. CBS needed a villain.
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conjugalbootz Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:57 PM
He can’t help himself with the rebuttals. How many times has Gumbel had to shut him up?
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virginia4lovers Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Gottlieb has been perfectly self-absorbed and arrogant. CBS needed a villain.
Smug. Just the way I like ‘em.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Sparty got hosed.
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virginia4lovers Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Fantastic avatar Some Random Old Dude
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A.P. Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:02 PM
Fantastic avatar Some Random Old Dude
well hello there!
I am not confident with Syracuse winning their first game against Montana…
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virginia4lovers Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:04 PM
I am not confident with Syracuse winning their first game against Montana…
I think Gottlieb called for the upset.
/or was it Seth Davis
//one of them
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A.P. Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:05 PM
Seth Davis..who has a raging hardon for upsets
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virginia4lovers Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:06 PM
Seth Davis..who has a raging hardon for upsets
Dame Dukies.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:10 PM
v4l, much thanks. That album, my all-time favorite.
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A.P. Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:11 PM
Marvin Gaye..the best.
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A.P. Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:15 PM
of course a lot of these analysts think Gonzaga has no chance to make it to the final four.. Give me Gonzaga over Ohio State all day.
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Liquor Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:19 PM
New Mexico 3? Saints Louis 4? Butler 6?
Those are actual schools? Not interested.
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DeusExMachina Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:26 PM
Pretty stunned UNC got an 8 seed. They are higher in almost every conceivable metric when compared to every 7 seed. The committee must not have thought highly of the ACC.
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A.P. Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:28 PM
Pretty stunned UNC got an 8 seed. They are higher in almost every conceivable metric when compared to every 7 seed. The committee must not have thought highly of the ACC.
For most of the season, the ACC sucked outside of Miami/Duke.
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A.P. Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:29 PM
New Mexico 3? Saints Louis 4? Butler 6?
Those are actual schools? Not interested.
Some school named Saint Louis
/jmac’d
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KC Resident Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:32 PM
Pretty stunned UNC got an 8 seed. They are higher in almost every conceivable metric when compared to every 7 seed. The committee must not have thought highly of the ACC.
KU vs Roy Williams in Kansas City. Print money.
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KC Resident Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:32 PM
Pretty stunned UNC got an 8 seed. They are higher in almost every conceivable metric when compared to every 7 seed. The committee must not have thought highly of the ACC.
KU vs Roy Williams in Kansas City. Print money.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:33 PM
join.
http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com/t1/group/83301
win.
or lose.
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TNCOWBOY7 Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:35 PM
Bilas(who I generally loathe for his arrogance) is nailing it in their postgame. SOS and who you beat means jackshit. In every case, at the top lines all the way thru to the bubble, the little guy won the battle.
Its who beat you and how many losses you have that trumps and not vice versa. The committee needs to quit pretending otherwise.
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vajayjay redick Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:38 PM
Pretty stunned UNC got an 8 seed. They are higher in almost every conceivable metric when compared to every 7 seed. The committee must not have thought highly of the ACC.
I feel like the 8 seeds were seeded low esp. Pitt and UNC. It’s almost like they wanted to set up some juicy 2nd round matchups. NCSt. is pretty feisty as well. Likewise UCLA and Memphis at a 6 seems way too high.
Also if seeds hold we’ll have yet another Wisky-K-State matchup in the 2nd round, they met in the 2nd round in ’08 and ’11.
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Jason McIntyre Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:39 PM
but TNC – it’s NOT who you beat. MTSU, St. May’s beat nobody. But they ‘played’ people (non conf SOS).
Tenn, Maryland have quality wins. but they didn’t play as many in the non-conf.
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DeusExMachina Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:41 PM
KU vs Roy Williams in Kansas City. Print money.
Yeah the NCAA has really been good about flaunting that storyline. Have Kansas fans really still not moved on? I figured 40-12 and the championship would have been enough to let go.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:44 PM
everyone writing off the Zips. wait and see.
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DeusExMachina Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:44 PM
I feel like the 8 seeds were seeded low esp. Pitt and UNC. It’s almost like they wanted to set up some juicy 2nd round matchups. NCSt. is pretty feisty as well. Likewise UCLA and Memphis at a 6 seems way too high.
Also if seeds hold we’ll have yet another Wisky-K-State matchup in the 2nd round, they met in the 2nd round in ’08 and ’11.
Oregon as a 12 is also really baffling. The media seems to focus on the bubble teams and ignore the questionable seeding decisions.
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KC Resident Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:44 PM
Have Kansas fans really still not moved on? I figured 40-12 and the championship would have been enough to let go.
The hatred is gone, but there is still underlying resentment.
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QueeferSutherland Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:48 PM
The committee has gone too far in the “Who you scheduled” direction to try and accommodate mid-majors. It’s great that Middle Tennessee played a tough OOC schedule (which frankly, isnt great when you look at it). But they did’t beat anyone — only one top-100 win. Their only really good opponent was Florida, and the Gators won by 21. Are we really giving credit for trying now?
I’m a Terps fan and I didn’t think Maryland deserved to make the tournament — not enough OOC tests coupled with some bad losses. But then a team like MTSU gets in, and I get irritated all over again. Bottom line: beating Duke twice matters a whole hell of a lot more than scheduling a few decent OOC teams.
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DeusExMachina Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 7:51 PM
The hatred is gone, but there is still underlying resentment.
I wish they had televised Roy’s reaction, probably an epic facepalm.
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knitty Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 8:10 PM
everyone writing off the Zips. wait and see.
They are playing a VCU team that destroys turnover prone teams… they just lost their starting PG, so I’d say VCU will murder them unless their backup PG plays the game of his life.
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TNCOWBOY7 Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 8:15 PM
but TNC – it’s NOT who you beat. MTSU, St. May’s beat nobody. But they ‘played’ people (non conf SOS).
Tenn, Maryland have quality wins. but they didn’t play as many in the non-conf.
I agree. I may have wrote poorly. That is my argument (and Bilas). Who you beat is related to who you schedule. And teams like UT played a far better OOC schedule than MTSU.
Look, UT sucks and got what they deserve. But they went out and scheduled aggressively (Wichita St, Georgetown, others) and it didnt help them any at all.
For what its worth MTSU would probably smoke UT and Virginia and probably Maryland also.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 8:23 PM
lowest seed to reach the Final Four .. New Mexico 3? Saints Louis 4? Butler 6?
Michigan / South Dakota State winner.
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 8:33 PM
Trutv has à doc on uk hoops rt now. Never knew Bobby hit coach hall on a game then got beat by UK in that yrs tourney
No wonder he wouldn’t say kentucky on air
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Shining Base Path Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 8:36 PM
Like i typed in the previous post: it sucks that so many left out would manhandle a bunch of AQs
Pay the playoffs
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angry Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 8:36 PM
Bells two hearted i heart you especially for your 7.0 abv
Doesn’t get any better than Bells two hearted.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
March 17th, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Like i typed in the previous post: it sucks that so many left out would manhandle a bunch of AQs
Wait until college football goes to an 8 or 16 team playoff. The uproar from teams left out will be deafening.