Overview
- Brackets for both tournaments will be revealed tonight, with the men’s field announced at 6 p.m. ET and the women’s at 8 p.m. ET.
- Arizona defeated Houston 79-74 to win the Big 12, and St. John’s beat UConn 72-52 to repeat as Big East champion on the eve of the reveal.
- Final projections widely list Duke, Michigan, Arizona and Florida as men’s No. 1 seeds, while ESPN’s Joe Lunardi projects Houston to the South Region for a near-home path.
- Automatic bids are locked for teams including UMBC (America East), Duke (ACC), Utah State (Mountain West), Howard (MEAC), Arizona (Big 12) and St. John’s (Big East), with remaining bid‑steal risk focused on Sunday finals such as the Atlantic 10.
- On the women’s side, UConn, UCLA, Texas and South Carolina are expected to be No. 1 seeds, the NCAA named its top‑16 hosts including North Carolina and West Virginia, and bubble decisions feature teams such as Arizona State, Virginia, Nebraska and Richmond.