41.   East Region top seed Duke and Midwest third seed Kentucky are old hands at this NCAA Tournament stuff.

42.   Eighth-seeded Denver knocked off top seed Seattle in the first round last season.

43.   Even the top seeds are still open to debate.

44.   Four of them are byes for the four top seeds and four are filled by qualifiers.

45.   For the first time in more than two years, since they got together, Kirby and Masakayan were not the top seeds in San Diego.

46.   Forget a top seed in the NCAA Tournament.

47.   Georgia, the top seed in the East, has had even more tournament troubles.

48.   Gonzaga hoped to secure a top seed by winning the tournament title.

49.   Hingis, Davenport, Seles and Martinez, the top four seeds, respectively, each received a first-round bye.