{"id":1163064,"date":"2026-02-22T13:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1163064"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T18:36:24","slug":"ncaa-tournament-top-16-seeds-have-rough-day-just-hours-after-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/ncaa-tournament-top-16-seeds-have-rough-day-just-hours-after-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA tournament top 16 seeds have rough day just hours after reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NCAA Tournament<\/a> selection committee offered a first glimpse into what this season’s March Madness bracket<\/a> could look like.<\/p>\n

After one day, they’ll need to go back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n

The selection committee unveiled the first in-season top 16 seeds<\/a> on Saturday, Feb. 21, and of those 16, six lost on Saturday.<\/p>\n

March Madness bracket tracker: <\/strong>Who’s in, out and on NCAA bubble<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

March Madness power rankings: <\/strong>Ranking top 16 teams based on odds<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The official NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed on Selection Sunday<\/a>, March 15.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at how the top-16 seeds fared this weekend.<\/p>\n

NCAA Tournament selection committee’s top 16 seeds<\/h2>\n

Michigan: lost to Duke<\/a>, 68-63Duke: beat Michigan<\/a>, 68-63Arizona: beat Houston, 73-66Iowa State: lost to BYU, 79-69UConn: beat Villanova, 73-63Houston: lost to Arizona, 73-66Illinois: lost to UCLA, 95-94PurdueFlorida: beat Ole Miss, 94-75Kansas: lost to Cincinnati, 84-68Nebraska: beat Penn State, 87-64Gonzaga: beat Pacific, 71-62Texas Tech: beat Kansas State, 100-72Michigan StateVanderbilt: lost to Tennessee, 69-65Virginia: beat Miami, 86-83<\/p>\n

When is Selection Sunday 2026?<\/h2>\n

The 68-team bracket for the 2026 NCAA men\u2019s basketball tournament will be unveiled on 6 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 15.<\/p>\n

When does March Madness start?\u00a0<\/h2>\n

The first men\u2019s game of the 2026 NCAA tournament will be on March 17 with the start of the First Four in Dayton, Ohio.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: March Madness top 16 seeds struggle after selection committee reveal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/ncaa-tournament-top-16-seeds-133624115.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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