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The 2013 NCAA Tournament Official Seed List

Cardinals head coach Pitino instructs guard Siva while playing the Orange during the second half of their NCAA men's championship final basketball game at the 2013 Big East Tournament in New York

Louisville Cardinals head coach Rick Pitino instructs guard Peyton Siva (L) while playing the Syracuse Orange during the second half of their NCAA men’s championship final basketball game at the 2013 Big East Tournament in New York, March 16, 2013. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)

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One of the coolest things that the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee does is provide us with the entire seed list that they use for filling out the bracket.

What is the seed list, you ask?

Exactly what it sounds like: a ranking, from No. 1 to No. 68, of every single team in the NCAA tournament. This is what the committee uses instead of an S-Curve. It takes hours upon hours upon days to come up with this final list, but when they do, this is what is used to seed the teams. Nos. 1-4 are the 1-seeds. Nos. 5-8 are the 2-seeds, etc.

The only place it gets a little bit tricky is when you run into the bracketing rules. Teams from the same conference can’t play each other before the Elite 8. Regular season rematches are frowned upon. Previous tournament matchups are less than ideal. That’s how some of these teams end up seeing their seeds differ from where they rank here.

Before I get to the list, a couple of interesting notes:

- La Salle and Middle Tennessee State (at Nos. 49 and 50) were the last two at-larges in the field.

- Ole Miss (No. 47) was only ranked above two at-large teams, so it stands to reason that they may have missed the tournament if they hadn’t earned the automatic bid.

- All the complaining about Oregon and Cal being No. 12 seeds is incorrect. They were ranked No. 41 and No. 42, meaning they would have been 11 seeds if it weren’t for bracketing rules that got in the way.

So without further ado, here is the 2013 NCAA Tournament Official Seed List:


  1. Louisville
  2. Kansas
  3. Indiana
  4. Gonzaga
  5. Miami (FL)
  6. Duke
  7. Georgetown
  8. Ohio State
  9. New Mexico
  10. Florida
  11. Michigan St.
  12. Marquette
  13. Michigan
  14. Kansas St.
  15. Saint Louis
  16. Syracuse
  17. Oklahoma St.
  18. UNLV
  19. Wisconsin
  20. VCU
  21. Arizona
  22. Butler
  23. Memphis
  24. UCLA
  25. Creighton
  26. San Diego St.
  27. Notre Dame
  28. Illinois
  29. North Carolina
  30. Colorado St.
  31. Pittsburgh
  32. North Carolina St.
  33. Missouri
  34. Temple
  35. Wichita St.
  36. Colorado
  37. Cincinnati
  38. Villanova
  39. Iowa St.
  40. Oklahoma
  41. Minnesota
  42. California
  43. Oregon
  44. Belmont
  45. Boise St.
  46. St. Mary’s (CA)
  47. Ole Miss
  48. Bucknell
  49. La Salle
  50. Middle Tenn. State
  51. Akron
  52. New Mexico St.
  53. South Dakota St.
  54. Montana
  55. Davidson
  56. Valparaiso
  57. Northwestern St.
  58. Harvard
  59. FGCU
  60. Pacific
  61. Iona
  62. Albany (NY)
  63. Western Ky.
  64. Southern U.
  65. LIU Brooklyn
  66. James Madison
  67. N.C. A&T
  68. Liberty