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Bubble Watch: Let's hand out some locks

If the NCAA tournament began Sunday, here's what the field's top 16 teams would look like:

Is this what the 2018 Sweet 16 will look like? #BracketPreviewhttps://t.co/PxBQXWxUP0 pic.twitter.com/Rdru8SJez5

— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) February 11, 2018

That's the result of the selection committee's bracket preview, which was released Sunday. With the possible exception of Oklahoma making the cut as a No. 4 seed, there were no surprises among the teams included.

What was surprising, however, was a couple of the seeding decisions. Kansas (19-6), which has dropped three of its past six games and could (brace yourself) finish second in the Big 12 this season, was slotted as a No.