2020-21 Season

Michigan pegged as No. 1 seed in NCAA’s early bracket reveal

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Selection Sunday is a month away which means the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee unveiled its annual mock bracket reveal today. The committee announced the top 16 teams in the NCAA Tournament field as things stand right now.

Despite not playing a game for three weeks, Michigan is still a No. 1 seed on the NCAA Tournament’s current S-curve. The Wolverines were ranked 3rd out of 16 teams included in the early reveal.

Gonzaga is the No. 1 overall seed followed by Baylor, Michigan and Ohio State.

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There are four Big Ten teams in the NCAA’s top 16: Michigan (3), Ohio State (4), Illinois (5) and Iowa (13).

Michigan is currently ranked 3rd in the NCAA’s NET Ranking with a 53rd ranked strength of schedule. The Wolverines are 3-1 in quadrant 1 games but still have seven more quadrant one tests on their schedule — depending on rescheduling.

Here’s Michigan’s current team sheet:

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  1. kturnup

    Missouri as our 4 seed would be nice

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  2. umhoops

    Any idea why the S-curve isn’t snaked? Shouldn’t Missouri be Gonzaga’s 4 seed? Something to do with Iowa, I assume?

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  3. umhoops

    This one is apparently different.

    What gives?

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  4. GoBlueScrewOSU7

    Top 4 seeded teams from the same conference and be in the same region. So the B1G screws everything up

    Also, would love if Michigan got the region.

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  5. ChathaM

    It must be conference principles, which are still in force, since the reveal isn’t even close to a true snake setup.

    • Each of the top four teams selected from a conference shall be placed in different regions if they are seeded on the first four lines.
    • Teams from the same conference shall not meet before the regional final if they played each other three or more times during the regular season, to include the conference tournament.
    • Teams from the same conference shall not meet before the regional semifinals if they played each other twice during the regular season, to include the conference tournament.
    • Teams from the same conference may play each other as early as the second round if they played no more than once during the regular season, to include the conference tournament.
    • If possible, rematches of nonconference regular-season games should be avoided in the First Four and first round.

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