Overview
- The committee also awarded No. 1 seeds to Kentucky, Texas and Pitt in a 64-team field composed of 31 automatic qualifiers and 33 at-large bids.
- Opening rounds will be hosted by the top 16 seeds Dec. 4–6, with regionals staged by the highest seeds advancing in each quarter and the Final Four set for Kansas City.
- Louisville earned a No. 2 seed in Nebraska’s quadrant and will open at home against Loyola Chicago.
- Wisconsin received a No. 3 seed in Texas’s regional and will begin against Eastern Illinois in Madison.
- The Big 12 placed 10 teams, the Big Ten nine and the ACC seven; defending champion Penn State is an 8 seed in Texas’s quarter, and the national semifinals and final are Dec. 18 and 21 at T‑Mobile Center.