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North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA, Kansas Earn No. 1 Seeds in NCAA Tournament

Mar 16, 2008 – 6:04 PM
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The NCAA Tournament Selection Committee has chosen North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA and Kansas as the four No. 1 seeds for this year's Big Dance.

North Carolina was named the No. 1 overall seed. The Tar Heels will play the winner of the play-in game in the first round of the Tournament.

There's not much controversy in any of those four selections, as these were the four teams that most people figured would be the four No. 1 seeds. If there are any complaints, they're likely to come from Tennessee, where some fans thought the Volunteers had done enough to earn a No. 1 seed. Gary Parrish of CBS picked Tennessee as a No. 1, and in RPI Tennessee was No. 2 in the nation.

Instead, the Volunteers are the No. 2 seed in the same region as North Carolina, setting up the possibility for a huge regional final. Tennessee plays No. 15 seed American in this week's first-round game.

By picking North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA and Kansas, the Selection Committee showed that conference tournaments are meaningful: Tennessee didn't make the SEC Tournament title game, and that's why the Selection Committee knocked the Vols out of the top four.

Read FanHouse previews for all teams in the NCAA Tournament.
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