Kansas, the Big 12 tournament champion, was one of the four No. 1 seeds in the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament field announced Sunday night. The other three top seeds in the 68-team field were the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament winner North Carolina, the Pacific-12 tournament champion Oregon and the A.C.C. runner-up Virginia.
Kansas (30-4) is in the tournament for the 27th consecutive year, tying the record set by North Carolina from 1975 to 2001. Kentucky, the Southeastern Conference champion, made the field for a record 55th time, while Cal State-Bakersfield, the Western Athletic Conference tournament winner, and Stony Brook, which captured the America East, will make their first appearances in the N.