4 toughest decisions facing NCAA tournament selection committee: Who will get final No. 1 seed?

Sometime before 6 p.m. EST on Sunday evening, the NCAA men’s basketball selection committee will provide a completed bracket to CBS to unveil on the selection show. Here’s our annual look at some of the most difficult decisions that the committee must make between now and then:

1. Who will secure the final No. 1 seed? 

The big question after Florida’s SEC semifinal flop against Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon was whether the Gators had cost themselves the final No. 1 seed.

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Did they open the door for UConn or Houston to leapfrog them and join Duke, Michigan and Arizona on the NCAA tournament’s top seed line?

Only a few hours later, Florida could breathe a little easier. Neither UConn nor Houston were able to seize their opportunity, St. John’s avenged a recent blowout loss to the Huskies in the Big East title game at the same time as foul-plagued Arizona outlasted the Cougars to halt their impressive Big 12 tournament run.

What that means is that Florida should be mailing thank you cards to the Johnnies and Wildcats. The Gators appear to have maintained a narrow edge over both UConn and Houston despite exiting the SEC tournament with just a single win.

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FLORIDA (26-7, 16-2 SEC)

NET: 4 | SOR: 5 | KenPom 4 | Q1A: 3-4 | Q1B: 9-2 | Q2: 6-1 | Q3, Q4 losses: 0

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Marquee wins: at Vanderbilt, Kentucky (3), Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee

Losses: at Duke, Arizona, UConn, Vanderbilt, TCU, at Missouri, Auburn

UCONN (29-5, 17-3 Big East)

NET: 10 | SOR: 4 | KenPom 9 | Q1A: 5-3 | Q1B: 2-0 | Q2: 11-1 | Q3, Q4 losses: 1 (Creighton)

Marquee wins: Florida, Illinois, at Kansas, St. John’s, BYU

Losses: Arizona, St. John’s (2), at Marquette, Creighton

HOUSTON (28-6, 14-4 Big 12)

NET: 7 | SOR: 7 | KenPom 6 | Q1A: 5-6 | Q1B: 5-0 | Q2: 9-0 | Q3, Q4 losses: 0

Marquee wins: Texas Tech, Arkansas, Kansas, BYU (2), at TCU

Losses: Arizona (2), at Iowa State, at Texas Tech, at Kansas, Tennessee

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Author : Jeff Eisenberg

Publish date : 2026-03-15 01:36:00

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