Oklahoma's March Madness March Is a Sweet 16 Sip

For the teams that aren’t one of the 68 teams to make the 2026 NCAA Tournament , Selection Sunday was the start of March sadness. Every year, teams spend all season trying to prove they belong in the bracket. Despite some hiccups along the way, they do achieve things that are worthy of being included in the field.

However, there aren’t spots for everyone, and the selection committee decides to go a different route, believing there were too many bad marks in the resume to put them in. Printable bracket: Fill out for predictions, picks in NCAA Tournament No matter if the tournament expands or not, there’s always going to be teams that felt like they were wrongfully left out. While the at-large candidates weren’t necessarily as strong as previous years, these ones have a case for being upset with their omission.

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Join USA TODAY’s Survivor Pool today! Oklahoma The late surge by the Sooners was all for naught, finishing as the first team out of the field despite being one of the hottest bubble teams in the conversation. Oklahoma looked dead in the water when it was 13-14, but it flipped a switch with six straight wins before falling just short in the SEC tournament quarterfinals to Arkansas.