These top seeds face manageable matchups in their NCAA tournament regions to get to San Antonio.
team got overseeded. Why is one team getting shipped across the country while this one plays down the street? Why does the committee always seem to like the Duke Blue Devils?
While such questions are a constant this time of year, there’s little doubt some teams have better paths to the national championship than others. That’s especially true this season, where the SEC, Big Ten and Big 12 all sent an oversized amount of teams to thethat forced some interesting decisions impacting the sub-regional matchups all the way through to potential Final Four combinations.
With that in mind, which men’s basketball team has the clearest path to cutting down the nets? After examining the bracket, these top seeds are a tad better off in what lies ahead as they chase the national title all the way to San Antonio.You wouldn’t think landing in the No. 1 overall seed’s region would be a good thing, but the South is there for the taking by Tom Izzo’s squad. They’ll open against the America East champion Bryant Bulldogs, who are a No.
The Spartans also get lucky as the No. 3-seeded Iowa State Cyclones on their portion of the bracket are banged up and their best bet in the Sweet 16 is an Ole Miss Rebels squad who have just one win by more than four points since the end of January. Their No. 1 seed Auburn Tigers have a trickier path, but even if they meet in Atlanta, that’s not exactly a strange environment for Michigan State after it was in that building for the Champions Classic to start the season.
The thing is, though, Duke is the lone elite defensive team in the East outside of the St. Mary’s Gaels and they wouldn’t meet until the Elite Eight. Bama is also dealing with Grant Nelson’s injury, and Arizona has not lived up to expectations yet in March for a decade. Plus, if the team ends up making it to San Antonio, it won’t face two of the other top threats to win it all from the SEC in the Auburn Tigers or Florida Gators until the final. If Cooper Flagg gets healthy, Duke should cruise.
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