Houston, Kansas, Purdue join Alabama as NCAA tourney's No. 1 seeds

INDIANAPOLIS — Alabama is the overall top seed in the NCAA tournament after cruising through the end of a season clouded by a murder case over the past two months.

The Crimson Tide were awarded the top spot Sunday over Kansas and Houston, each of whom exited their conference tournament without the title and missing key cogs. Purdue secured the final No. 1 seed.

«It was an interesting process, and it took a little while,» Chris Reynolds, the tournament committee chair, said on CBS after the bracket reveal was concluded. «However, what I will say is this. Those teams at the top, they performed consistently throughout the year. And so we considered about six or seven teams at the top. But at the end of the day, those four teams are the teams we selected.»

It was a day full of good news for Alabama, which defeated Texas A&M to win the SEC tournament before gathering to watch the selection show.

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