Post by annaj26 on Mar 12, 2017 19:06:15 GMT -5
It's that time again. This is the college basketball tournament we wait for all year. Here are this your's competing teams.
March Madness is upon us once again, with the 68-team field for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament announced Sunday.
Defending champion Villanova earned the top overall seed, joined by fellow No. 1 seeds Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga.
While many teams were on pins and needles awaiting word on whether they made the tournament, perhaps the biggest cheer came from the Chicago area, as Northwestern was selected for the very first time after posting a 23-11 record.
The tournament tips off Tuesday and Wednesday with “play-in” games; first-round games will be played Thursday and Friday. For the seventh year in a row, CBS CBS, -0.43% and Time Warner Inc’s TWX, +0.15% Turner Sports will share broadcasting duties.
For all you spoilsports, a new study by Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimated that American businesses will lose up to $2.1 billion in productivity, assuming as many as 81.5 million workers will spend an hour this week researching and filling out their brackets, as well as time spent watching the mid-day games later in the week.
“The economy has created more workers and a higher hourly wage, which could equate to higher costs to employers,” Challenger said in a statement. “In the current political climate, more American workers might welcome this distraction leading to an even higher cost of productivity.”
On the other hand, Challenger noted that happy employees are more productive employees, and that banning office pools will only hurt morale. “Employers should embrace March Madness and seek ways to use it as a tool to foster camaraderie,” the company said.
And don’t expect a presidential bracket this year: President Donald Trump has already told ESPN he will “respectfully decline” the annual tradition. That might be no great loss though: In former President Barack Obama’s eight years of bracketology, he only picked the eventual champion once.
Here are the tournament matchups and seeds:
East Region
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 (Mount St. Mary’s/New Orleans)
No. 8 Wisconsin vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech
No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 12 UNC-Wilmington
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 13 East Tennessee State
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 New Mexico State
No. 6 SMU vs. No. 11 (Providence/USC)
No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Marquette
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Troy
Midwest Region
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 (N.C. Central/UC Davis)
No. 8 Miami vs. No. 9 Michigan State
No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Nevada
No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 Vermont
No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 14 Iona
No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 11 Rhode Island
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State
No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 15 Jacksonville State
South Region
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Texas Southern
No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Seton Hall
No. 5 Minnesota vs. No. 12 Middle Tennessee
No. 4 Butler vs. No. 13 Winthrop
No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 14 Kent State
No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 (Kansas State/Wake Forest)
No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Wichita State
No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Northern Kentucky
West Region
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 16 South Dakota State
No. 8 Northwestern vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt
No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Princeton
No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Bucknell
No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast
No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 Xavier
No. 7 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 10 VCU
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 North Dakota
March Madness is upon us once again, with the 68-team field for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament announced Sunday.
Defending champion Villanova earned the top overall seed, joined by fellow No. 1 seeds Kansas, North Carolina and Gonzaga.
While many teams were on pins and needles awaiting word on whether they made the tournament, perhaps the biggest cheer came from the Chicago area, as Northwestern was selected for the very first time after posting a 23-11 record.
The tournament tips off Tuesday and Wednesday with “play-in” games; first-round games will be played Thursday and Friday. For the seventh year in a row, CBS CBS, -0.43% and Time Warner Inc’s TWX, +0.15% Turner Sports will share broadcasting duties.
For all you spoilsports, a new study by Challenger, Gray & Christmas estimated that American businesses will lose up to $2.1 billion in productivity, assuming as many as 81.5 million workers will spend an hour this week researching and filling out their brackets, as well as time spent watching the mid-day games later in the week.
“The economy has created more workers and a higher hourly wage, which could equate to higher costs to employers,” Challenger said in a statement. “In the current political climate, more American workers might welcome this distraction leading to an even higher cost of productivity.”
On the other hand, Challenger noted that happy employees are more productive employees, and that banning office pools will only hurt morale. “Employers should embrace March Madness and seek ways to use it as a tool to foster camaraderie,” the company said.
And don’t expect a presidential bracket this year: President Donald Trump has already told ESPN he will “respectfully decline” the annual tradition. That might be no great loss though: In former President Barack Obama’s eight years of bracketology, he only picked the eventual champion once.
Here are the tournament matchups and seeds:
East Region
No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 16 (Mount St. Mary’s/New Orleans)
No. 8 Wisconsin vs. No. 9 Virginia Tech
No. 5 Virginia vs. No. 12 UNC-Wilmington
No. 4 Florida vs. No. 13 East Tennessee State
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 14 New Mexico State
No. 6 SMU vs. No. 11 (Providence/USC)
No. 7 South Carolina vs. No. 10 Marquette
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Troy
Midwest Region
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 16 (N.C. Central/UC Davis)
No. 8 Miami vs. No. 9 Michigan State
No. 5 Iowa State vs. No. 12 Nevada
No. 4 Purdue vs. No. 13 Vermont
No. 3 Oregon vs. No. 14 Iona
No. 6 Creighton vs. No. 11 Rhode Island
No. 7 Michigan vs. No. 10 Oklahoma State
No. 2 Louisville vs. No. 15 Jacksonville State
South Region
No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 16 Texas Southern
No. 8 Arkansas vs. No. 9 Seton Hall
No. 5 Minnesota vs. No. 12 Middle Tennessee
No. 4 Butler vs. No. 13 Winthrop
No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 14 Kent State
No. 6 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 (Kansas State/Wake Forest)
No. 7 Dayton vs. No. 10 Wichita State
No. 2 Kentucky vs. No. 15 Northern Kentucky
West Region
No. 1 Gonzaga vs. No. 16 South Dakota State
No. 8 Northwestern vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt
No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 Princeton
No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Bucknell
No. 3 Florida State vs. No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast
No. 6 Maryland vs. No. 11 Xavier
No. 7 Saint Mary’s vs. No. 10 VCU
No. 2 Arizona vs. No. 15 North Dakota
Omega
