College Hoops

Bracketology: Big 12 leads way with four teams in NCAA selection committee’s early official top 16 seeds

Bracketology: Big 12 leads way with four teams in NCAA selection committee's early official top 16 seeds

We have a new bracket Saturday, but I cannot take full responsibility for it. NCAA selection committee chairman Tom Burnett, the commissioner of the Southland Conference, shared the official top 16 seeds at this point of the season with us for the NCAA March Madness Men’s Bracket Preview on CBS and that top 16 is reflected in the updated Bracketology.

With four teams in the top 16, the Big 12 is well represented, as you would expect of the top rated conference. Kansas and Baylor have ridden very strong schedules to the overall No. 4 and No. 5 seeds, respectively. Texas Tech has three wins over those two schools and checks in as a No. 3 seed. Texas got the last spot in the top 16 to give the conference a quarter of the top 16.

The SEC and Big Ten each have three teams in the bracket reveal. Auburn is the No. 2 overall seed and while Kentucky is currently No. 6, the Wildcats’ win over Kansas could end up being a…

Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at CBSSports.com Headlines…