One final time a day before Selection Sunday, college basketball writer SCOTT RICHEY projects his top four seeds for each region in the NCAA tournament. This week? Throw out RPI for a real metric, apply a similar "quadrant" system and you'll get these top seeds.
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1. Virginia
2. Michigan State
3. West Virginia
4. Auburn
The real question is what will the Cavaliers do with their No. 1 seed? Defense and guard play usually bodes well in the NCAA tournament, but Virginia — which seems to always have that — has just one Elite Eight appearance in the last decade.