Duke<\/a>, Kansas and Cincinnati. The No. 4 seeds are Tennessee, Ohio State, Arizona and Oklahoma.<\/p>\nTwo universities left off the list were Gonzaga and Rhode Island. The No. 9 Bulldogs lost in the title game last year to North Carolina. Rhode Island is ranked No. 16. Both teams are hurt by playing in weaker conferences, but the Rams are fifth in RPI.<\/p>\n
Preview Doesn\u2019t Guarantee Success<\/h2>\n
This is the second consecutive year the committee has provided a sneak peak into their thought process on how they select the first 16 colleges of the eventual 68 that will participate in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s reveal had Kansas, Villanova, Baylor and Gonzaga as the top seeds. Baylor was dropped to a No. 3 on selection Sunday, replaced by North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Of the No. 1 seeds, only Gonzaga and North Carolina made the Final Four. Villanova was knocked out in the second round by Wisconsin and Kansas made the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The University of Virginia is the No. 1 ranked team and a member of the NCAA Selection Committee said they, along with Villanova, Xavier and Purdue are the current No. 1 seeds. Committee Chairman Bill Rasmussen released a preview of the top 16 teams on Sunday and said the Cavaliers would get the overall No. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":70148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
NCAA College Bracket Preview has Virginia, Villanova, Xavier, and Purdue No. 1 Seeds<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n