The brackets have been revealed for both the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments, and the action is officially underway with the First Four games on the men’s side. From there, it’s a three-week dash to the Final Four, which is set for April 5 and 7 on the women’s side and April 6 and 8 on the men’s.
A total of 22 schools received a bid to both tournaments, including both defending national champions, UConn (men) and LSU (women). The SEC led the way with five schools, while the Missouri Valley, Summit League and West Coast Conference each had a lone representative. Here are a few more interesting notes regarding the dual participants:
- UConn (men No. 1, women No. 3) has the lowest combined seed number of four and is the only school to earn at least a top-three seed in both tournaments.
- South Dakota (men No. 15, women No. 12) has the highest combined seed number of 27 and is one of only two schools, along with Drake, to be a double-digit seed in both tournaments.
- Michigan State (men No. 9, women No. 9) is the only school to receive the same seed in both tournaments.
- Nebraska (men No. 8, women No. 6) and Texas A&M (Men No. 9, Women No. 11) will face each other in the first round of both tournaments.
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