The NCAA selection committee released its top 16 teams on Sunday, which is not directly relevant to NC State, but it does offer perspective on the committee’s thinking, and that’s important.
Under the new quadrant system for evaluating teams, here is how they stack up (UVA is the No. 1 overall seed):
South (Atlanta): (1) Virginia, (2) Cincinnati, (3) Michigan St., (4) Tennessee
East (Boston): (1) Villanova, (2) Duke, (3) Texas Tech, (4) Ohio State
Midwest (Omaha): (1) Xavier, (2) Auburn, (3) Clemson, (4) Oklahoma
West (Los Angeles): (1) Purdue, (2) Kansas, (3) North Carolina, (4) Arizona
(teams NC State has beaten are in bold)
If Kansas’ placement as the No.