Teams That Can Still Win a National Championship (First Four Day 1)

Just win 6 (or 7) games. That's all a team needs to do to win the NCAA Title now. While not remotely practical for many teams, until the clock hits triple zeros, no team is officially eliminated from title contention.

Teams will be listed according to seed and bracket. This will be updated every night of the NCAA Tournament, with some comments as teams advance. For now, the 66 teams that could hypothetically win an NCAA Championship.

East Region
#1 Villanova
#2 Duke
#3 Baylor
#4 Florida
#5 Virginia
#6 Southern Methodist
#7 South Carolina
#8 Wisconsin
#9 Virginia Tech
#10 Marquette
#11 Providence
#11 Southern California
#12 UNC Wilmington
#13 East Tennessee State
#14 New Mexico State
#15 Troy
#16 Mount St. Mary's

Mount St. Mary's advanced to a first round matchup with Villanova after beating New Orleans 67-66 on a go ahead jumper by Junior Robinson with 1:27 to go in regulation.

#16 New Orleans

Midwest Region
#1 Kansas
#2 Louisville
#3 Oregon
#4 Purdue
#5 Iowa State
#6 Creighton
#7 Michigan
#8 Miami
#9 Michigan State
#10 Oklahoma State
#11 Rhode Island
#12 Nevada
#13 Vermont
#14 Iona
#15 Jacksonville State
#16 North Carolina Central
#16 UC Davis

South Region
#1 North Carolina
#2 Kentucky
#3 UCLA
#4 Butler
#5 Minnesota
#6 Cincinnati
#7 Dayton
#8 Arkansas
#9 Seton Hall
#10 Wichita State
#11 Wake Forest
#11 Kansas State

Kansas State led most of the way and made their free throws down the stretch as the Wildcats beat Wake Forest 95-88 in a First Four game. Kansas State will advance to play Cincinnati.

#12 Middle Tennessee
#13 Winthrop
#14 Kent State
#15 Northern Kentucky
#16 Texas Southern

West Region
#1 Gonzaga
#2 Arizona
#3 Florida State
#4 West Virginia
#5 Notre Dame
#6 Maryland
#7 Saint Mary's
#8 Northwestern
#9 Vanderbilt
#10 Virginia Commonwealth
#11 Xavier
#12 Princeton
#13 Bucknell
#14 Florida Gulf Coast
#15 North Dakota
#16 South Dakota State