As conference realignment continues, it will become increasingly difficult to maintain the balance between big and small schools that has made the tournament so compelling.
President Barack Obama chooses Kansas to beat North Carolina for the national championship this season.
The NCAA tournament bracket was leaked on Twitter during Sunday's selection show, revealing all 68 teams that made the Big Dance about midway through the CBS broadcast.
Tulsa would have been left out of the NCAA tournament had Memphis beaten UConn in the American Athletic Conference championship game Sunday, selection committee chairman Joe Castiglione said.
North Carolina, Kansas, Virginia and Oregon have earned No. 1 seeds for the 2016 NCAA tournament.
N.C. State's Cat Barber says things are square again with President Barack Obama.
