A look at the brackets for the 2026 NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments, with the UCLA women taking the No. 1 seed in Region 2.

NCAA Tournament selection committee chairman Keith Gill said Purdue's run to the Big Ten Tournament championship caused the "biggest debate from the seeding standpoint" during CBS' broadcast announcing the field.

Duke, Arizona, Michigan and Florida were named the top seeds in the men's NCAA tournament with one-loss Miami (Ohio) grabbing an at-large bid.

Purdue beat Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament title game, preventing Wolverines from repeating as champions but likely not affecting their NCAA seed.

The Boilermakers (27-8) await to find out where they start the NCAA Tournament next week. Purdue 70, Michigan 63, 2:44 left 2H: Trey Kaufman-Renn holds his left shoulder in pain at the end of a play.

A big run by the Boilermakers in the second half was too much for the Wolverines to overcome in the Big Ten Tournament title game

Wolverines -6.5; over/under is 149.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 3 Michigan and No. 18 Purdue meet in the Big Ten Championship. The Wolverines' record in Big Ten games is 21-1, and their record is 10-1 against non-conference opponents.

Michigan basketball is one win away from a second Big Ten trophy. Following the No. 3 Wolverines' 68-65 win over No. 23 Wisconsin, top-seeded Michigan will play in the final of the 2026 Big Ten Tournament on Sunday,