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Selection Sunday is here, and while overtime in the Big Ten title game threw a monkey wrench in my bracketing plans, I do have my projected seedings below. Conference champions are listed in all-caps.

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1 KENTUCKY

2 VILLANOVA

3 Duke

4 WISCONSIN

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5 Virginia

6 ARIZONA

7 GONZAGA

8 Kansas

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9 IOWA STATE

10 NOTRE DAME

11 NORTHERN IOWA

12 Maryland

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13 Baylor

14 Oklahoma

15 North Carolina

16 Arkansas

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17 West Virginia

18 SMU

19 VCU

20 Butler

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21 Louisville

22 Wichita State

23 Georgetown

24 Utah

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25 Providence

26 Iowa

27 Michigan State

28 San Diego State

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29 Xavier

30 Oregon

31 Cincinnati

32 North Carolina State

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33 Dayton

34 Davidson

35 St. John’s

36 Colorado State

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37 Ohio State

38 Oklahoma State

39 Texas

40 Georgia

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41 Lsu

42 Boise State

43 Temple

44 Ole Miss

45 Purdue

46 Indiana

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47 STEPHEN F AUSTIN

48 WOFFORD

49 WYOMING

50 BUFFALO

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51 HARVARD

52 VALPARAISO

53 GEORGIA STATE

54 UC IRVINE

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55 NORTHEASTERN

56 EASTERN WASHINGTON

57 ALBANY

58 LAFAYETTE

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59 NORTH DAKOTA STATE

60 UAB

61 BELMONT

62 NEW MEXICO STATE

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63 COASTAL CAROLINA

64 TEXAS SOUTHERN

65 NORTH FLORIDA

66 MANHATTAN

67 ROBERT MORRIS

68 HAMPTON

Also considered: Brigham Young, Tulsa, Miami (Fl), UCLA

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