Auburn, Duke, Houston and Florida received No. 1 seeds to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament on Selection Sunday as the SEC secured multiple top seeds for the first time in 45 years and set a record for most teams in the field from one conference with 14.
Two-time defending national champion UConn (23-10) will try to three-peat as a No. 8 seed in the West Region, facing an opening game against Oklahoma, with Florida looming in the second round.
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Auburn is a No. 1 seed for just the second time in program history, joining the 1999 team, and the top seed overall in this year’s bracket. Coach Bruce Pearl’s Tigers, led
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