Winners, losers from men's NCAA Selection Sunday

Duke Blue Devils

The Blue Devils weren't the overall number one seed, but they did receive a more favorable region than Auburn (more on that later). The Blue Devils navigated the ACC Tournament without Flagg — who is expected to be back for the NCAA Tournament.

Winning without its best player and getting a more favorable draw than the other one seeds is a huge win for Jon Scheyer's bunch.

Losers

Auburn Tigers 

So, you say you want the number one overall seed? The perks of such a thing: the toughest region in the bracket. The Tigers are joined by 2-seed Michigan State (11 NET ranking), 3-seed Iowa State (9) and 4-seed Texas A&M (18). 

A second round matchup against either Louisville (23) or Creighton (38) is hardly a walk in the park, and the bracket also contains Big Ten tournament champion Michigan. That's a difficult road to the Final Four.

ACC

The ACC struggled this season and received only four bids from its 18-team league. It's the fewest bids for the conference since 2013. In direct contrast to the SEC, the committee showed little respect to the ACC.

Louisville finished runner-up in the regular season and conference tournament, but was handed an 8-seed with the potential of facing the overall number one seed, Auburn, in the second round. The ACC received the fewest bids of the Power 5 conferences.

Big Ten 

It's hard to say a conference with eight bids is a loser, but the Big Ten had two teams, Indiana and Ohio State, in the first four out. The Hoosiers were 4-13 against Quad 1, giving them three more such wins than North Carolina, the last team into the field. 

Ohio State had six Quad 1 wins, but suffered from a 3-4 record against Quad 2. It's not the end of the world for the Big Ten, but with the rival SEC seeing multiple bubble teams get in the field, it's a tough pill to swallow.