Re-ranking the Sweet 16 by championship potential

[Smashcat]

The biggest surprise so far in this year’s men’s NCAA tournament isn’t the first-round upsets suffered by Auburn and Kentucky.

It’s that so few other highly seeded heavyweights also went home early.

Every top-two seed advanced to the NCAA tournament’s second weekend for only the fifth time since the bracket expanded to 64 teams in 1985. All but two remaining teams rank in the top 17 in Ken Pomeroy’s efficiency rankings.

March Madness: Re-ranking the men's Sweet 16 by championship potential

Now that we're down to the final 16, we take another look at every team from most to least likely to take home a national championship.

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[doc4UK]

How many of these teams rely on true Freshmen? How many start more than one true Freshman?

 

[Boyd94]

I'd put Dook at 14. They got extremely lucky so far. Can't wait for Houston to bitch slap them.