Ohio State Awarded No. 1 Seed in NCAA Tournament

By Justin Worsley,

The Ohio State Buckeyes were given the first-overall seed and the Big East sent 11 teams in the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball tournament.

Defending national champions Duke, Kansas and Pittsburgh were also given top seeds for their region. Duke will attempt to become the first team since Florida in 2006-07 to win back-to-back national titles.

This year's tournament will also feature three more at-large bids for the first time, expanding the bracket from 65 teams to 68. The "first four" games in the inaugural season of the new bracket include Texas-San Antonio vs. Alabama State, USC vs. Virginia Commonwealth, UAB vs. Clemson and North Carolina-Asheville vs. Arkansas-Little Rock.

Ohio State went 32-2 this season to secure the top seed and will try to win their first national championship since 1960.

Second seeds include Notre Dame, North Carolina, San Diego State and Florida.

The opening round of the tournament begins on Wednesday. A copy of the bracket has been made for the Working Title courtesy of Brigitte Volochinsky and is available here.