2017 NCAA Bracket Released, ACC with nine teams

The NCAA field has been announced and even though Pitt isn't in it, you're likely to need a printable bracket for office pools and whatnot. Here is a printable bracket showing all of the matchups, courtesy of the fine folks from SB Nation.

Your No. 1 seeds are Villanova (in the East Region), Gonzaga (West), Kansas (Midwest), and North Carolina (South). The ACC ended up with nine teams Virginia, Virginia Tech, Duke, Notre Dame, Florida State, Miami, Wake Forest, Louisville, and North Carolina all in. That, in case you're counting, is more than any other conference in college hoops. The one team that missed that had a legitimate shot was Syracuse, who was 18-14. As I said earlier, 14-loss teams have gotten in, but it's just hard to do.

Pitt had a down year but I expect most people will be following the tournament to some degree.

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