2026年3月15日 / 美国东部时间下午7:04 / 美联社
周日，杜克大学获得2026年NCAA”疯狂三月”（March Madness）锦标赛的头号种子，紧随其后的是亚利桑那大学、密歇根大学和佛罗里达大学。这四所学校都希望重现上赛季的辉煌——当时四支头号种子球队全部晋级四强。
根据锦标赛选委员会主席基思·吉尔（Keith Gill）的说法，头号种子的确定是周日选种日最可预测的结果。密歇根大学排名下滑一位至整体第三，这是因为在选种名单公布前一刻，密歇根大学（”狼獾队”）输给了普渡大学。
当天最扣人心弦的时刻是，迈阿密大学（俄亥俄州）以11号种子身份惊险入围。这支”红鹰队”战绩为31胜1负，但赛程强度排名第339位，是最后一批入围的球队之一。他们将在周三（3月18日）于俄亥俄州代顿市迎战南卫理公会大学（SMU），距离主场并不太远。
锦标赛将于周二（3月17日）正式拉开帷幕，包括附加赛在内的多场比赛将率先进行，其中一场将由排名”泡泡区”（Bubble Teams）的球队对阵11号种子德克萨斯大学和北卡罗来纳州立大学。全国冠军将在4月6日于印第安纳波利斯举行的四强赛中产生。
未能晋级的球队包括圣地亚哥州立大学、印第安纳大学、俄克拉荷马大学和奥本大学。
奥本大学（”老虎队”）虽然有16场失利，但赛程强度排名第三。这一”遗珠之憾”引发了前主教练布鲁斯·皮尔（Bruce Pearl）的不满。他在CBS广播中表示：”他们的赛程是全国最艰难的，但我不知道他们是否因此得到了应有的回报。”
尽管存在这些遗珠之憾，SEC（东南联盟）仍以10支球队晋级68强的成绩领先，比上赛季少了4支。紧随其后的是Big Ten（十大联盟）的9支球队，ACC（大西洋海岸联盟）和Big 12（大十二联盟）各有8支球队晋级。在联盟大幅扩张、NIL（姓名、形象和 likeness ）补偿吸引顶级球员流向”烧钱大户”的时代，这一结果并不令人意外。
佛罗里达大学（”短吻鳄队”）作为上赛季的卫冕冠军（26胜7负），正试图复制2006-07赛季背靠背夺冠的壮举。上赛季，佛罗里达大学成为自2009年以来首支所有四支头号种子球队晋级四强的队伍——这是17年来首次出现这种情况。
March Madness bracket set as Duke nabs top overall seed in the 2026 NCAA men’s basketball tournament
March 15, 2026 / 7:04 PM EDT / AP
Duke received the top overall seed for March Madness on Sunday, followed by Arizona, Michigan and Florida, each of whom would love a repeat of last season when all four No. 1s made it all the way to the Final Four.
The top line was the most predictable thing to come out of Selection Sunday, with Michigan’s drop of one spot to the overall No. 3 the result of the Wolverines’ loss to Purdue moments before the brackets were revealed, according to tournament selection chair Keith Gill.
In the day’s biggest nail-biter, Miami (Ohio) made the field as a No. 11 seed, but just barely. The RedHawks, with a 31-1 record but the 339th-ranked strength of schedule, were one of the last teams in the field and they face a First Four game Wednesday against SMU in Dayton, Ohio, not terribly far from home.
The tournament starts Tuesday with other play-in games, including one pitting bubble teams and No. 11 seeds Texas and North Carolina State. The national champion will be crowned at the Final Four in Indianapolis on April 6.
Among those left out were San Diego State, Indiana, Oklahoma and Auburn.
The Tigers had 16 losses but the third-best strength of schedule. The snub drew predictable blowback from Bruce Pearl, their former coach and father of their current coach, who said on the CBS broadcast, “They played the toughest schedule in the country, and I don’t know if they were rewarded for it.”
Even with those snubs, the Southeastern Conference led the way by placing 10 teams in the field of 68, four short of its record from last year.
The Big Ten followed with nine, the ACC and Big 12 with eight apiece — an unsurprising result in an era of massive conference expansion and NIL compensation drawing top players to the biggest spenders.
The Gators (26-7) are the defending champion, trying to repeat their back-to-back titles from 2006-07. Last season, Florida was part of an all-No. 1 Final Four — the first time that had happened in 17 seasons.
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