Villanova's 32-2 season, capped off with Big East regular-season and tournament championships, earned the Wildcats their first No. 1 seed since 2006.
The top-seeded Villanova Wildcats, which completed its brilliant regular season with the Big East tournament championship, headline the East Region of the NCAA Tournament. The East Region will go through the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y., and send its champion to the Final Four in Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium.
Villanova won its first Big East tournament since 1995 with a rollicking 69-52 win over the Xavier Musketeers on Saturday night, capping off a 32-2 regular season that includes a 15-game winning streak heading into the Wildcats' NCAA Tournament opener in Pittsburgh against No. 16 Lafayette. These Wildcats are the hottest team in the country this side of the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats.
The region's No. 2 seed is Virginia, widely considered a contender for the final No. 1 seed but ultimately left a bit short by losing two of its last three games.
Below are the first-round matchups for the East Region.
1 Villanova Wildcats
8 North Carolina State Wolfpack
13 UC-Irvine Anteaters
11 Boise State Broncos/Dayton Flyers
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