Florida, Wichita State Head NCAA Tournament

Before Wichita State's magical 34-0 season this year, no team had gone undefeated with 34 victories. Although the schedule wasn't very difficult, Wichita State showed that they deserved a number one seed by "running the table" with little trouble. One game went to overtime, and just a handfull of other games were within single digits, but most of the games were blowouts.

Florida (32-2), however, received the most poll votes and the number one overall seeding in the tournament. The team went undefeated at home and lost two close games against tough opponents on the road. They had a number of close games, including a one point victory over both Florida State in November and Kentucky in the Championship Game of the Southeastern Conference.

Arizona (30-4) and Virginia (28-6) hold the other top spots in the tournament.

As usual, the Tournament selection had some surprises. Kansas received a two seed despite nine losses, and VCU (28-8) has a five seed and plays a potential bracket-buster in SF Austin (27-2).  SMU (23-9) is a team that just missed the tournament. Southern Mississippi (25-6) is another team that got snubbed, who had the exact same RPI as BYU (22-11), a team that was selected as a 10 seed, to the surprise of some. 

If you count the play-in-games, the 68 team tournament starts Tuesday, March 18; The "Round of 64" starts Thursday, March 20.