Michigan, Duke, Arizona top NCAA's early bracket seeding preview

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Michigan was the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament men's basketball selection committee's bracket preview, revealed on Saturday, followed by Duke and Arizona in what the committee chair called a consensus top three.

The Wolverines rank No. 1 in six of the seven metrics on the NCAA teamsheets, also leading the country in combined Quadrant 1 and 2 wins. Each of the top three teams have 10 Quadrant 1 wins, and the Wildcats remained in the top three despite losing two games last week.

Committee chair Keith Gill said there was much more debate surrounding the fourth 1-seed, as UConn's loss to Creighton on…