2018 NCAA Tournament: Selection committee has Virginia as No. 1 overall seed

The Cavaliers, Villanova, Xavier and Purdue were the top seeds in the committee's midseason bracket

By Chip Patterson

Feb 11, 2018 at 12:58 pm ET • 1 min read

For the second year, the NCAA Tournament selection committee has given fans a preview of the bracket as it stands heading into the final month of regular season play.

This new annual tradition of the bracket projection has already proven to have some merit, with last year's projection including 15 of the 16 teams that would go on to receive a top-four seed on Selection Sunday.

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The bracket projection gives a hint at the top four seeds and where they might end up, as well as letting fans into the process of the complicated math -- avoiding conference foes, creating competitive balance -- used to fill out the remaining bracket.

So here are the top 16 seeds, according to the Selection Committee, and which region they'll play in as it stands on Sunday:

Top 16 seeds

Seed	Team	Region
1	Virginia	South (1)
2	Villanova	East (2)
3	Xavier	Midwest (1)
4	Purdue	West (1)
5	Auburn	Midwest (2)
6	Kansas	West (2)
7	Duke	East (2)
8	Cincinnati	South (2)
9	Clemson	Midwest (3)
10	Texas Tech	East (3)
11	Michigan State	South (3)
12	North Carolina	West (3)
13	Tennessee	South (4)
14	Ohio State	East (4)
15	Arizona	West (4)
16	Oklahoma	Midwest (4)