Plus, don’t sleep on the 3-seeds — including Baylor, set to take on Colgate in the tournament’s opening round.
Houston's Damian Dunn celebrates with fans after an NCAA college basketball game against Kansas Saturday, March 9, 2024, in Houston. Houston won 76-46 and finished the regular season as the Big 12 Conference Champions. Houston’s second attempt to make college basketball history begins in Memphis on Friday. The Cougars learned as much Sunday evening when CBS revealed the 68-team men’s bracket, one that has Houston clutching the South’s No.
Did I say second attempt? Yes, the Cougars have been to the Final Four four times but have never closed the deal. Kelvin Sampson still believes his team can do it. But this comes after the Cougars made unplanned history in Kansas City, becoming the first No. 1-ranked team to lose a game by 28 points or more since Houston lost by 32 to UCLA in the 1968 Final Four.
Still, the league‘s eight bids matched the Southeastern Conference, and the Big 12 was given a slight edge in seeds with teams placed at the 1-2-3-4-6-6-7-9 levels. With Tennessee losing in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament, the Vols did not get a 1-seed, so the SEC was left with 2-3-4-4-6-7-8-9 seeds. There could be some very intriguing matchups between the two conferences, however..
As for Big 12 champion Iowa State, their army of fans will travel nicely to Omaha to see the 2-seed Cyclones play South Dakota State. Presuming victory, the Washington State-Drake winner will be next up. Sampson said Saturday night the Cyclones could be a Final Four team, and no one was inclined to disagree after their destruction of Houston. But they get the toughest bracket with top overall seed and defending champion Connecticut at the top.
Still, if we are to learn anything from last year it’s that these seeds can sometimes mean next to nothing. Texas was the only 2-seed to even reach the Elite Eight, and there was not a single 1-2-3 seed at the Final Four in Houston.Fill out your brackets accordingly. But don’t sleep on the 3 seeds — Creighton, Kentucky, Illinois, Baylor — who all seem capable of playing late into March or beyond.
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