With 11 Teams in Expanded Bracket, Big East Is a Region All Its Own

As the N.C.A.A. unveiled the new 68-team format for its men’s basketball tournament Sunday, the defining quality of this year’s field was not the bracket’s redesign, but the record 11 teams from the Big East to earn an invitation. Although the Big East made a strong overall showing, the conference received only one No. 1 seed, Pittsburgh, which joined Ohio State, Kentucky and Duke. Notre Dame, which was also considered for a top seed, was seeded second in the Southwest. http://nyti.ms/eCOBwl

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