ORLANDO, Fla. — The NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee finally showed some respect to the American Athletic Conference, giving the three teams its selected — Cincinnati, Wichita State and Houston — accurate seeds and decent draws for the upcoming national tournament.
Cincinnati (30-4) received the No. 2 seed in the South and will play No. 15-seeded Georgia State in the first round of a sub-regional bracket Friday at 2 p.m. ET on TBS in Nashville in a pod that will also include No. 7 Nevada and 11 Texas.
Wichita State (25-7) will be the No. 4 in the East and open against No.