Re-seeding the Sweet 16 teams: Separating the contenders from pretenders
With Final Four and national championship pictures much clearer than they were a week ago, how do the remaining teams stack up headed into Sweet 16?
Over four action-packed days, a 64-team bracket was quartered. And with it, we’ve got 16 men’s college basketball teams whose dreams of a national championship get to live for at least a few more days. With the Final Four and national championship pictures now much clearer than they were a week ago, how do the remaining teams stack up?
Sweet 16 predictions: Experts pick who will advance in March Madness bracket Here’s a ranking of the Sweet 16 teams: Re-Ranking Sweet 16 teams 16. Texas The Longhorns fit the traditional mold of an underachieving power-conference team that gets some favorable matchups and starts to play up to its potential in the single-elimination crucible of the tournament. Their three wins in five days against NC State, BYU and Gonzaga may not be the end for them, either.
Dailyn Swain is one of the best bucket-getters remaining in the field and seven-footer Matas Vokietaitis is averaging 18. 3 points and 11 rebounds per game in the tournament. Despite its placement on this list, this is the kind of team that could absolutely give Purdue problems.
15. Iowa Ben McCollum wins wherever he goes, whether it’s four national championships at Division II Northwest Missouri State or 31 wins and a second-round trip in his lone season at Drake. Now, in his first season at Iowa, the Hawkeyes are off to their first Sweet 16 since 1999 after a 73-72 upset of Florida on Sunday.
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