Key dates:
Today: Tournament selection show, 4:30 p.m., Ch. 4
Tuesday-Wednesday: First Four in Dayton, Ohio
Thursday-Friday: First round
Saturday-Sunday: Second round
March 23-24: Regional semis
March 25-26: Regional finals
April 1, 3: Final Four at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz.
Staff writer Marcus Fuller picks his No. 1 seeds:
Kansas: Big 12 champions for the 13th straight year should be the No. 1 overall seed despite losing to TCU to open the conference tourney. Freshman sensation Josh Jackson will be back after a one-game suspension.
Villanova: Could possibly steal the top overall seed from KU after blowing out Creighton in the Big East final Saturday. 'Nova won both the regular-season and conference tournament titles in a loaded league.
Gonzaga: One of five teams to be ranked No. 1 in the country this season, but the Zags were the last undefeated team at 29-0 before falling to BYU. They have enough talent to make their first Final Four.
North Carolina: Will have the most losses of the No. 1 seeds at 27-7 and didn't reach the ACC tournament title game. But the Tar Heels deserve credit for winning the regular season title outright in a league that could get 10 NCAA bids.
Two developments this week signal that Williams Arena, which opened in 1928, will be the home of Gophers basketball for many years to come.
