2017 NCAA Tournament Bracket: Latest Projection of the Field of 68

With less than three weeks remaining until Selection Sunday, Villanova remains our projected No. 1 overall seed for the 2017 NCAA tournament. Close behind the Wildcats on the top line are Kansas, Gonzaga and Louisville.But one glance at the AP or Coaches Top 25 can give you a good guess at which teams belong on the top few seed lines. It's on the bubble where things get more interesting, particularly for the ACC, which has several teams just barely on each side of the tournament cut line.There are only a couple of teams that have moved more than one full seed line since our last projected bracket. Iowa State, Marquette and Arkansas were the biggest climbers while Syracuse, TCU, Tennessee and Virginia moved significantly in the wrong direction.Hate on RPIall you want, but it's still the primary metric the NCAA selection committee uses in picking and seeding the field. KenPom.comrankings and strength of schedule were also crucial pieces of this projection, but prepare yourself for many mentions of how teams have fared against opponents in varying ranges of the RPI.As always, we'll take a look at the last five teams to make the field, the first five out and a few on the horizon.After that, we'll present each seeded region, includingthe subregional locations in which each pod would be playedand some commentary on which teams have moved the most in each region. Then we'll defend the rankings of the No. 1 seeds, followed by a summary of the entire field broken up by conference.Begin Slideshow
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