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Battle for No. 2 and No. 3 seeds will come down to the wire

Battle for No. 2 and No. 3 seeds will come down to the wire

Much of the focus on men’s NCAA tournament seeding centers around coveted No. 1 seeds as we inch nearer to Selection Sunday.

But this year we could also see a down-to-the-wire battle between No. 2 and No. 3 seeds. The No. 1 and No. 2 line are indeed close – with Kansas’ loss to TCU on Tuesday opening up the door for chasing No. 2s Auburn, Duke and Kentucky to potentially leapfrog weaker No. 1s KU or Baylor in the next week.

But the projected No. 2 seeds are hardly safe from getting their seeds stolen themselves. Such is the case for Purdue, once in line to snatch a No. 1 seed. The Boilermakers got taken down by No. 3 seed Wisconsin on Tuesday in a game that gave the Badgers the Big Ten regular season title. The NCAA selection committee pays no attention to conference supremacy, which is why Purdue stays – barely – at the No. 2 line in today’s bracket.

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