The East Region of the 2012 NCAA Tournament bracket may well belong to the Syracuse Orange. The Orange are the second No. 1 seed in the Tournament, behind the Kentucky Wildcats, who are the overall No. 1.
Syracuse are heavy favorites in their bracket, which also includes No. 2 seeds Ohio St. Buckeyes. The Orange finished their 2011-12 season with a 31-2 record, going 17-1 in the Big East.
Here's the full East Region bracket for the 2012 NCAA Tournament:
No. 1 Syracuse
No. 16 UNC Asheville
No. 8 Kansas State
No. 9 Southern Miss
No. 5 Vanderbilt
No. 12 Harvard
No. 4 Wisconsin
No. 13 Montana
No. 2 Ohio State
No. 15 Loyola
No. 7 Gonzaga
No. 10 West Virginia
No. 3 Florida State
No. 14 St. Bonaventure
No. 6 Cincinnati
No. 11 Texas
Other NCAA Tournament Regions: South | Midwest | West
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