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Houston, Kansas, Purdue join Alabama as NCAA tourney's No. 1 seeds

INDIANAPOLIS -- Alabama is the overall top seed in the NCAA Tournament after cruising through the end of a season clouded by a murder case over the past two months.

The Crimson Tide was awarded the top spot Sunday over Kansas and Houston, each of whom exited their conference tournaments without the titles and missing key cogs on their teams. Purdue secured the final No. 1 seed.

"It was an interesting process and it took a little while," Chris Reynolds, the tournament committee chair, said on CBS after the bracket reveal was concluded. "However, what I will say is this.