In the West Region, where Syracuse is a No. 1 seed, three so-called bubble teams found themselves in the field.
No. 12 UTEP play No. 5 Butler in San Jose. No. 10 Florida faces No. 7 BYU in Oklahoma City. No. 11 Minnesota, which was blown out by Ohio State in the Big Ten tournament, faces No. 6 Xavier in Milwaukee.
Syracuse will take on No. 16 Vermont to a friendly crowd in Buffalo, N.Y.
The No. 2 seed in the West is Kansas State.
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