Joe Lunardi's 2022 NCAA tournament bracket: Hits, misses from myself and the selection committee

Once again the NCAA men's basketball selection committee has rendered its verdict for the tournament, generally hitting the mark yet leaving plenty of room for nitpicking among those of us who otherwise need to get a life.

HIT: The committee got the top seeds right (and in the right order). What used to be a topsy-turvy undertaking has been extremely predictable in recent years. Gonzaga, Arizona and Kansas were obvious selections, as was Baylor once Kentucky bowed out of the SEC tournament. I maintain the defending champion Bears (in the East) would have been better as a 2-seed in the South, but here they are as a 1-seed for the second straight year (three straight if the 2020 tourney isn't canceled).

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MISS: Everyone is all over the committee for not making SEC champion Tennessee a 1- or 2-seed. The top line was never going to happen for the Vols, but most of the comparisons to the other 2-seeds are valid. It's also an area where I would have gone with the Vols if voting my own ballot. Alas, this is my 22nd consecutive year without a vote, and I believed all along the Vols would be a 3-seed. And I have no quibble with Tennessee slotting just behind 2-seed Villanova, which beat the Vols handily in November.

HIT: Beyond the seeding, the committee got the teams right, too. I spent an hour in the late afternoon deciphering Texas A&M and Wyoming, reluctantly settling on the Aggies on account of their late run. But Wyoming had a better season-long résumé and was more than deserving. I should have stuck to my gut and the original