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Seeding is believing: Hokies still in the conversation

Each week until Selection Sunday on March 17, college basketball writer SCOTT RICHEY will project his top four seeds for each region of the NCAA tournament. This week? Still a departure from the top 16 teams the NCAA released, but they're probably wrong:

Midwest

1. Kentucky

2. Michigan

3. Kansas

4. Virginia Tech

Yes, the Hokies lost a home game Monday, but it was to No. 3 Virginia. Not exactly a bad loss. Head-scratching losses do exist on Virginia Tech's résumé — losses at Penn State and Clemson, for example — but Buzz Williams has a Sweet 16-caliber team behind junior guard and scoring leader Nickeil Alexander-Walker.