The 2013 NCAA Tournament bracket is being released and the Louisville Cardinals are the number one overall seed after taking the final true Big East Tournament championship for the second straight year with a come from behind win over the Syracuse Orange at Madison Square Garden.
The Miami Hurricanes made some history of their own, as the team won it's first ACC Tournament championship and also set a milestone as the first regular-season and conference tournament winners that were not Duke or North Carolina since NC State did it in 1974. The Hurricanes took down North Carolina on Sunday to take the ACC and likely will have a number one seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Point guard Shane Larkin was key for the Hurricanes, scoring 28 points to defeat the Tar Heels 87-77 to earn their first ever tournament championship crown. The Tar Heels put up a good fight, but Larkin and the Hurricanes were too much, despite PJ Hairston scoring 28 points. Miami was sharp from long-range, hitting 13 three-pointers.
The Tar Heels have made it to the finals in each of the past three seasons and lost to a team in Miami that Humiliated them earlier in the year in a 26-point win in February. Louisville and Kansas already have number one seeds, while the Hurricanes and Tar Heels are still waiting on seeding.
In the Big Ten, Ohio State edged by Wisconsin after a great run from the Badgers in the conference tournament, giving the Buckeyes their fifth conference championship. Deshawun Thomas was a main component of the victory, adding 17 points and putting Ohio State in position for a two seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Aaron Craft scored nine points and added sic rebounds, as the Buckeyes pulled away from Wisconsin in the second half. The team did not score for the final minutes of the game and Ohio State took advantage, leaving them to shoot under 40 percent for the game.
Both teams should get top five seeds on Sunday and Wisconsin bolstered its resume by defeating Indiana and Michigan on their way to finals. They would have been the first team to win while knocking off both top seeds if they won on Sunday.
