The two teams that finished 1-2 in last year's NCAA Tournament begin the 2014 playoffs as the top two seeds. Duke (13-3) earned the top spot over No. 2-seeded Syracuse (11-4) when the NCAA announced the brackets Sunday night. Ivy League runner-up Harvard was the last team in, beating out Hofstra for the final spot.

Eighth-seeded Virginia battles rival Johns Hopkins at Klockner Stadium in the only first-round game to air on ESPN2, Sunday at 1 p.m. Other intriguing first-round matchups include North Carolina going to Denver, Drexel going to crosstown-rival Penn and Cornell going back to Maryland, where they beat the Terps last year in the NCAA Quarterfinals. Albany and the Thompson Trio kick off the first round at Loyola's Ridley Athletic Complex on Saturday at noon.

Download and print out the full NCAA bracket here.

In the first year of the NCAA's 18-team play-in format, Air Force and Richmond battle in one play-in game, for the right to face top-seeded Duke, while Siena and Bryant battle in the other for a crack at Syracuse. The play-in games will take place on Wednesday, with Air Force hosting Richmond at 9 p.m., and Bryant hosting Siena at 4 p.m.

Richmond, playing in its first year of Division I competition, appears in its first NCAA game, while Drexel also makes its first postseason appearance. Air Force makes its first NCAA appearance since 1988, having won 10 or more games for the first time since 1989. The ACC placed all six of its teams in the NCAA field, while the Ivy League sent three.

This year's NCAA championship weekend is at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium on Memorial Day weekend. Click here for ticket information.

1. Duke (13-3)

vs. winner of Air Force (10-5) (ECAC)/Richmond (6-10) (ATLANTIC SUN) Sunday, 5:15 p.m. ESPNU

8. Virginia (10-5)

vs. Johns Hopkins (10-4) Sunday, 1 p.m., ESPN2

5. Denver (14-2) (BIG EAST)

vs. North Carolina (10-4) Saturday, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU

4. Penn (11-3) (IVY)

vs. Drexel (12-4) (CAA) Sunday, 3 p.m., ESPNU

2. Syracuse (11-4)

vs. winner of Bryant (14-4) (NEC)/Siena (11-5) (MAAC) Sunday, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU

7. Maryland (11-3)

vs. Cornell (11-4) Saturday, 5 p.m., ESPNU

3. Loyola (15-1) (PATRIOT)

vs. Albany (11-5) (AMERICA EAST) Saturday, noon, ESPNU

6. Notre Dame (9-5) (ACC)

vs. Harvard (10-6) Saturday, 2:30 p.m., ESPNU

Additional Resources

• Jim Siedliski, Coaches' Reactions

• Snubs/Surprises

• NCAA teams' equipment via ILGear

• Quint Kessenich's take on the field

• Division I stat leaders

• Warrior May Madness Archives

• Inside Lacrosse Video Archives

• Inside Lacrosse Poll Archives

• ESPN Broadcast Schedule

Up Next: IL's Unofficial RPI

Final Regular Season RPI

Rank Team Conference RPI 1 Syracuse ACC 0.668 2 Penn IVY 0.655 3 Duke ACC 0.648 4 Loyola PL 0.632 5 Notre Dame ACC 0.626 6 Virginia ACC 0.621 7 Denver BE 0.618 8 Cornell IVY 0.617 9 Maryland ACC 0.608 10 North Carolina ACC 0.608 11 Drexel CAA 0.606 12 Johns Hopkins IND 0.600 13 Albany AE 0.591 14 Hofstra CAA 0.588 15 Yale IVY 0.576 16 Harvard IVY 0.574 17 Princeton IVY 0.564 18 Penn State CAA 0.563 19 Massachusetts CAA 0.552 20 Fairfield ECAC 0.552 21 Towson CAA 0.543 22 Bryant NEC 0.533 23 Brown IVY 0.531 24 Colgate PL 0.531 25 St. John's BE 0.529

Up Next: IL's At-Large Resumes

IL's NCAA Tournament At-Large Resumes

1. Duke (13-3)

RPI: 3

Top 5 Wins: Syracuse, Penn, Notre Dame

Top 20 Wins: Denver, Carolina, Virginia, Harvard

2. Syracuse (11-4)

RPI: 1

Top 5 Wins: Duke, Notre Dame

Top 20 Wins: Cornell, Carolina, Johns Hopkins, Albany

3. Loyola (15-1) (PATRIOT)

RPI: 4

Top 5 Wins: Duke

Top 20 Wins: Johns Hopkins, Penn State

4. Penn (11-3) (IVY)

RPI: 2

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Cornell, Denver, Yale, Harvard, Harvard

5. Denver (14-2) (BIG EAST)

RPI: 7

Top 5 Wins: Notre Dame

Top 20 Wins: Penn State

6. Notre Dame (9-5) (ACC)

RPI: 5

Top 5 Wins: Syracuse

Top 20 Wins: Maryland, Virginia, Carolina

7. Maryland (11-3)

RPI: 10

Top 5 Wins: Syracuse, Duke, Notre Dame

Top 20 Wins: Virginia

8. Virginia (10-5)

RPI: 6

Top 5 Wins: Syracuse, Loyola

Top 20 Wins: Carolina, Johns Hopkins, Drexel

Cornell (11-4)

RPI: 8

Top 5 Wins: Penn

Top 20 Wins: Yale, Virginia, Princeton

North Carolina (10-4)

RPI: 9

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Maryland, Virginia, Johns Hopkins, Princeton, Harvard

Johns Hopkins (10-4)

RPI: 12

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Maryland, Princeton, Albany

Harvard (10-6)

RPI: 15

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Cornell, Yale, Yale, Princeton

Drexel (12-4) (CAA)

RPI: 11

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Hofstra, Albany, UMass, Penn State

Left Out

Hofstra (11-5)

RPI: 14

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Cornell, Fairfield, UMass

Princeton (7-6)

RPI: 17

Top 5 Wins: Penn

Top 20 Wins: Hofstra

Penn State (7-6)

RPI: 18

Top 5 Wins: Notre Dame

Top 20 Wins: Hofstra

Fairfield (12-4)

RPI: 20

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Yale, UMass

Yale (9-5)

RPI: 15

Top 5 Wins: None

Top 20 Wins: Princeton