Selection Sunday has arrived. The fields for both the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments will be announced today.
After months of waiting, fans will be able to fill out their brackets this week after the selection committees sort 68 teams into their respective seeds and the teams prepare to duke it out on the court to crown national champions.
By the time the selection shows begin, 32 automatic bids to the tournament will have been clinched by conference tournament champions, leaving 36 at-large bids available to round out the 68-team field. Maryland is a virtual lock to qualify for both tournaments, with the men’s team most recently projected as an eight or nine seed and the women’s team as a two seed.