NCAA College Basketball Brackets, Schedule & Predictions 2015: Kentucky, Wisconsin, Duke & Villanova Draw No. 1 Seeds for March Madness
The biggest postseason in sports is about to get underway.
The 68-team NCAA men's basketball tournament begins on Thursday, March 19, and as the seedings are set, fans are filling out their brackets as we speak.
Kentucky finished the regular season with an unblemished 34-0 record. The last Division 1 team to go fully undefeated was the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers with coach Bob Knight. Odds are we won't see coach John Calipari tossing any chairs on the court this postseason. Dominican freshman Karl-Anthony Towns is having a tremendous season with a team-leading 6.7 rebounds per game.
Kentucky is the No. 1 seed in the Midwest region. As the No. 1 seed, they will take on the No. 16 seed; which will be the winner of the Hampton Pirates and Manhattan Jaspers game. A No. 16 seed has never once beat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament before. All the pressure is on Kentucky now. Manhattan has been sort of a Cinderella team this year. Puerto Rican forward Emmy Andujar leads the squad in points scored, rebounds and steals this season.
Wisconsin grabbed the No. 1 seed in the West region. This is the first time that Wisconsin has ever received the No. 1 seed heading into the tournament. Power forward Frank Kaminsky is having a great season leading his team in rebounds, points scored and blocked shots. Kaminsky could very well be the first overall NBA draft pick in 2015. Wisconsin is in the same region as the North Carolina Tar Heels and Arizona Wildcats.
Wisconsin will take on Coastal Carolina on Friday, March 20.
Down in the South region, the Duke Blue Devils hold the top spot. Many people think Duke has the easiest path to the final four because of lack of competition. The South region doesn't have many great teams. Jahlil Okafor is having a great season with the team averaging nine rebounds and 17 points per game. Coach Mike Krzyzewski has led Duke to four NCAA titles, so this squad can never be counted out.
Duke will face the winner of the North Florida and Robert Morris game in the first round.
The final No. 1 seed heading into March Madness is Villanova, who won the Big East this season with an impressive 32-2 record, and they are the No. 1 seed in the East region. This is a tough region that features squads like North Carolina State, Virginia and Oklahoma. Villanova will open up their tournament against Lafayette. Virginia is being picked by many fans to come out of the East.
The four winners from the those four regions will face off in the famous "final four" at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Stadium on Saturday, April 4. The two winners from that round will then play each other in the championship game on Monday, April 6, also at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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