Best Teams of the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The Top Ten
1 North Carolina
2 Gonzaga
3 Oregon
4 South Carolina Located in Columbia, South Carolina, the Gamecocks are a member of the SEC. Their women's basketball program is particularly noteworthy, having won a national championship. Garnet and black are the team's colors.
5 Kentucky Located in Nashville, Tennessee, the Vanderbilt Commodores are the athletic teams of Vanderbilt University. They compete in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and are known for their strong baseball and women's tennis programs. The team's mascot is named Mr. Commodore, and their colors are black and gold.
6 Florida The Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida.
7 Kansas The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as KU, are the teams of the athletic department at the University of Kansas. They are currently a member of the Big 12 Conference
8 Xavier
9 UCLA
10 Baylor The Baylor Bears are the sports teams of Baylor University. Baylor's men's sports teams are named the Bears, and some women's teams are named the Lady Bears.
The Contenders
11 Wisconsin
12 Butler
13 Arizona Based in Durham, North Carolina, the Duke Blue Devils are the athletic teams of Duke University. They compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and are particularly known for their men's basketball program, which has won multiple NCAA championships. Their mascot is the Blue Devil, and they sport royal blue and white colors.
14 Purdue
15 Michigan The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women's water polo, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association.
16 West Virginia
17 Duke Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James Buchanan Duke established the Duke ...read more.
18 Notre Dame
19 Villanova
20 Northwestern
21 Florida St.
22 Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Its name is of Siouan derivation, denoting the Quapaw Indians.
23 Rhode Island
24 USC Officially known as the USC Trojans, this collegiate athletic program represents the University of Southern California. Based in Los Angeles, the program has garnered numerous national championships across multiple sports, including football and basketball. The team colors are cardinal and gold.
25 Iowa State
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