DURHAM, N.C. — The first peek at the NCAA Tournament selection committee’s thoughts on the tournament’s top seeds showed Duke in the top eight and no other ACC teams in sight.
Tied for first place in the ACC standings with Notre Dame heading into Saturday, the Blue Devils (22-4, 12-3 ACC) were seeded No. 2 in the West Region in the projection of the top 16 seeds announced on Saturday.
NCAA selection committee chair Tom Burnett, the Southland Conference commissioner, revealed his committee had Gonzaga (22-2) as the No. 1 overall seed and placed in the West Region. Duke was seeded No. 8 overall, the lowest of the No. 2 seeds.