Overview
- Both brackets became public Sunday after the NCAA site posted them around 8:15 p.m. ET before ESPNU’s 9 p.m. women’s and 9:30 p.m. men’s shows, a leak the on‑air host Anish Shroff acknowledged.
- Princeton earned the men’s No. 1 seed after winning the Ivy League tournament, while No. 2 Notre Dame is set to face the Jacksonville–Robert Morris play‑in winner in the first round.
- Northwestern claimed the women’s No. 1 seed with a first‑round bye and a home path that includes hosting the semifinals and final at Martin Stadium, where the Wildcats will open against the James Madison–Notre Dame winner.
- Preseason No. 1 Maryland was left out of the men’s field for the first time since 2002 as the ACC placed all five teams and the Big Ten landed two, a split that shaped several first‑round road trips.
- Tournament play starts this week with men’s opening games on Wednesday, May 6, and the women’s first round on Friday, May 8, with the men’s title game at Virginia’s Scott Stadium on May 25 and the women’s final at Northwestern on May 24.