Kansas, North Carolina, Virginia, Oregon score top NCAA March Madness seeds

Oregon wins one of four No. 1 seeds at 2016 March Madness tournament

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On Selection Sunday, the NCAA rolled out the top seeds for March Madness 2016 — Kansas, North Carolina, Oregon, and Virginia — along with the other 64 teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Many basketball analysts were surprised that Oregon beat out Michigan State, which landed the top No. 2 seed in the tournament. Kansas (30-4), the overall top ranked team in the bracket, is making its 27th straight appearance in the tournament, tying North Carolina's 1975-2001 record.

While CBS took 90 minutes to roll out the NCAA March Madness selections on live TV, somebody leaked the bracket on Twitter just 20 minutes into the Selection Sunday broadcast. During the show, Notre Dame's coach got a text from his son, Kyle, telling him where the Irish fit in the March Madness firmament. "I thought he was messing with me," Brey told The Associated Press. "So I just deleted it. Fifteen minutes later we show up, and then I found out we had a little leakage going on. Nothing's secure, huh? That's great. That is so typical. It's so typical of college basketball." The NCAA says it is investigating the breach.

This year's tournament is particularly unpredictable, Georgia Tech engineering professor and seeding statistician Joel Sokol tells The New York Times, estimating that the top team has a lower than 25 percent chance of winning it all. Still, if you want some help putting together your March Madness bracket, AP basketball reporter Jim O'Connell has some tips and insights in the video below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.