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Alabama named 1-seed in selection committee bracket preview

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Four weeks from tomorrow, the 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket will be revealed. In the meantime, the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee revealed on CBS its top 16 seeds based on where teams currently stand today. Alabama (21-3, 10-1) was listed as a 1-seed, and No. 2 overall.

“They’ve had an incredible year. They’re 8-1 on the road, 15-3 in Quad 1 and 2,” committee chair and North Carolina athletic director Bubba Cunningham said on CBS. “Alabama’s schedule that they have in front of them is absolutely incredible. The next month will determine who gets the No. 1 overall seed.”

It marks the fourth time in the last five years that Alabama has been listed as a top-16 seed in the committee’s bracket preview. Last season, the Crimson Tide was tabbed as a 3-seed (No. 9 overall) in the preview, and went on to finish as a 4-seed and make a run to the Final Four.

If Alabama can maintain its hold on a 1-seed, it would be the program’s second 1-seed in three years after being No. 1 overall in 2023 and making the Sweet 16.

The Crimson Tide has a massive game today against Auburn, the committee’s No. 1 overall seed in the bracket preview. A win could help close the game as Alabama chases the No. 1 overall seed for its own. The Tide has one of the toughest remaining schedules in the entire sport, closing the regular season with seven straight AP-ranked teams.

The bracket currently projects Alabama in the Midwest Region, meaning it would play its second weekend games in Indianapolis.

The NCAA selection committee first began previewing the bracket’s top 16 teams in 2017, and the March Madness Bracket Preview Show has proven to be a good indicator of what’s to come on Selection Sunday. More than 80 percent of teams remained among the top four seeds when the actual brackets were revealed after the league tournaments.

Below is the full list of the top 16 teams that were revealed on CBS this morning.

  1. Auburn (South Region)
  2. Alabama (Midwest Region)
  3. Duke (East Region)
  4. Florida (West Region)
  5. Tennessee (East)
  6. Texas A&M (South)
  7. Purdue (Midwest)
  8. Houston (West)
  9. Iowa State (Midwest)
  10. Kentucky (West)
  11. Wisconsin (South)
  12. Arizona (East)
  13. Texas Tech (South)
  14. Michigan (West)
  15. Kansas (Midwest)
  16. St. John’s (East)

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