Purdue top seed in committee’s preview bracket

Jeff Borzello, ESPN

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• Graduate of University of Delaware.Purdue is the total 1-seed in the NCAA competition guys’s basketball selection committee’s bracket preview, exposed Saturday afternoon, with reigning champ UConn provided the total 2-seed. It would be the Boilermakers’2nd straight competition with a 1-seed

. Last season, they lost to Fairleigh Dickinson, ending up being just the 2nd 1-seed group in NCAA tournament history to lose to a 16-seed. If the Boilermakers do end up being the general front runner, it would be its second-straight competition with a 1-seed. Last season, they suffered the tournament’s second-ever 16-over-1 upset loss to Fairleigh Dickinson. AP Photo/Michael Conroy UConn is ranked No. 1 in this week’s AP survey, but Purdue got the nod over the Huskies since of its exceptional metrics throughout the board, along with the Boilermakers’9 Quadrant 1 wins and 15 Quadrant 1 and 2 wins, both of which are the most in the country.The bracket preview was released before Saturday’s games.”Getting the No. 1 seed is considerable,”committee chair Charles McClelland stated.” You have the opportunity to pick

which region you enter. Great for the teams, also great for the fans. “Houston–” Various league, very same results, “McClelland said– and Arizona, which is ranked in the leading 5 of every choice metric, completed the 1-seeds, with McClelland adding that all 12 committee members had the exact same specific 1-4 order.” It’s not unprecedented for the committee to be unanimous on which 4 teams are worthy of to be the top seeds however to have just about everybody settle on the series of those groups

in terms of how they were enacted on the seed list is extremely uncommon,” McClelland said.All 4 1-seeds in last year’s mock-bracket expose ended up as 1-seeds in the bracket on Choice Sunday.North Carolina, Tennessee, Marquette and Kansas were the 2-seeds, with Alabama, Baylor, Iowa State and Duke as the 3-seeds. Auburn, San Diego State, Illinois and Wisconsin rounded out the top 16 as 4-seeds.

McClelland said Dayton, Creighton and Clemson– not in that exact order– were also in the discussion for the last spots in

the top 16.”This was a great process to go through, whether you have actually been on the committee for a number of years or if it was your first time,”McClelland stated. “Parity is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but I think we have seen a lot more of it than in most years

, that makes me believe we remain in for a wild ride down the stretch of the season and as we get to March Madness. As holds true with countless college basketball fans worldwide, the committee is thrilled and prepared. “This is the lone mock bracket expose of the season. Choice Sunday is March 17.