The East Region According to KenPom Posted Mar 14, 2016 North Carolina is the #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament's East region and by the looks of it drew the group of death. Three of the KenPom top eight and five of the top 15 are in the East with UNC on a path to potentially need wins over two KenPom top ten teams in Philadelphia to advance to the Final Four. (Tar Heel Blog)