Following the unveiling of the 2023 men’s NCAA tournament bracket on Sunday, sports media members began to dissect the matchups and make their Final Four selections.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith unveiled his picks on First Take on Monday, as he was joined by college basketball analyst Seth Greenberg in a segment dedicated entirely to the men’s bracket.
Smith revealed that he has No. 1 seed Alabama making the Final Four out of the South Region, No. 2 seed UCLA in the West, No. 4 seed Indiana in the Midwest and No. 5 seed Duke in the East.
“I’m just looking at it and saying ‘Excuse me, Alabama is the No. 1 seed for a reason,’” Smith said to Greenberg. “Can you imagine if Alabama basketball walked away with a national championship in a football town like that? That would be unbelievable. We shall wait and see.”
The men’s NCAA tournament tips off at 6:30 p.m. ET Tuesday night with the First Four, as Southeast Missouri State and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi meet for the right to claim a No. 16 seed and play against the Crimson Tide.
