Duke is the highest general seed for this 12 months’s males’s NCAA event, bringing an 11-game profitable streak, a 32-2 document and player-of-the-year favourite Cameron Boozer into the three-week hoops free-for-all referred to as March Madness.
The Blue Devils, who prime the East Region, had been joined within the prime 4 by Arizona within the West, Michigan within the Midwest and defending nationwide champions Florida within the South.
The East area is stacked with large names, together with UConn because the 2-seed. Hall of Fame coaches Tom Izzo from Michigan State, Bill Self from Kansas and Rick Pitino from Big East champion St. John’s lead the subsequent groups up within the 16-team bracket.
In the West, Arizona will look to make its first Final Four since 2001, however should undergo a area that options No. 2 seed Purdue, Gonzaga, Arkansas and Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, regardless of seeing their undefeated season finish by the hands of UMass within the MAC quarterfinals on Thursday, Miami (Ohio) punched their ticket to the event with the final at-large bid. They will face SMU within the First Four.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
