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It's finally here: the NCAA Tournament. This year's bracket features 68 teams hoping to make a deep run to the national championship. Duke, Michigan, Florida and Arizona are No. 1 seeds, but as history has shown, it doesn't always end in Final Four appearances.
No. 8 Ohio State vs. No. 9 TCU No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 11 South Florida No. 1 Duke vs. No. 16 Siena No. 3 Michigan State vs. No. 14 North Dakota StateNo. 6 North Carolina vs. No. 11 VCU No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Texas or NC State No. 3 Illinois vs. No. 14 Penn No. 3 Gonzaga vs. No. 14 Kennesaw State Melo, Vince, T-Mac, Maria make Final Four picks24m ago / 8:53 AM EDTIn the men’s bracket, chaos typically reigns supreme in the first weekend. Here are three double-digit-seeded teams that could pull off an upset or two this week: No. 11 seed Virginia Commonwealth: The Rams are one of the hottest teams in the country, having won 16 of their last 17 games en route to winning the Atlantic 10 Tournament. They’re prolific from 3-point range, and they’re coached by Phil Martelli Jr., the son of St. Joe’s coaching legend Phil Martelli. On Thursday, VCU plays No. 6 seed North Carolina, which is without injured star Caleb Wilson.No. 10 seed Santa Clara: The Broncos are on a hot streak, too, having won 17 of their last 21. They make 3-pointers and force turnovers , and that’s typically a good recipe for March. Santa Clara hasn’t made the Big Dance in about 30 years, not since Steve Nash played there. But if the Broncos can get past No. 7 seed Kentucky on Friday, they might be able to make a run. No. 12 seed High Point: Without Googling, do you know where High Point University is? In High Point, North Carolina. The Panthers went 30-4 this season and led the country in scoring margin, winning by an average of 19.7 points per game. They also force lots of turnovers, the third-most per game in the country. Get to know High Point now; it might upset No. 5-seeded Wisconsin on Thursday.Last year’s “Cinderella” was No. 10 seed, Arkansas. Two years ago, it was No. 11 seed, N.C. State. If a new era is dawning, this may be the type of March magic we now have to settle for — teams who finished in the bottom half of power conferences getting on a roll when it really counts. Who could be this year’s version? It might be Texas A&M, the No. 10 seed in the South. The Aggies play “Bucky Ball,” the relentless, up-tempo style that can flummox foes. It’s become the trademark of their first-year coach Bucky McMillan, who nearly led Samford to an upset of Kansas in the 2024 NCAA Tournament.Pierre Andresen and Christian Odjakjian reveal their biggest upsets in the NCAA Tournament, urging viewers to keep an eye on Hawaii against Arkansas and High Point’s matchup against Wisconsin.
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