Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It is about as exciting as college basketball gets without the sweat and squeaking sneakers and school bands. Of course, we're talking about the televised selection shows picking the teams for the men's and women's Division I tournaments. Yesterday was Selection Sunday for the men. Selection Monday for the women is today. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman joins us now. Good morning.TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: Hi, Renee.MONTAGNE: There is, of course, Tom, usually some grumbling about seedings and who gets left out. Did that happen yesterday?GOLDMAN: Oh, sure it did. You know, there's some justifiable griping about Monmouth and St. Bonaventure and other worthy so-called mid-major teams being left out while bigger, but not better, teams like Syracuse and Tulsa got in. But let's focus on the surprise at the top of the heat - Michigan State not being a No. 1 seed. The No. 1s in the four regions are North Carolina, Kansas, Virginia and
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