Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Teams That Can Still Win a National Championship (First Four Day 2)

Just win 6 more 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 64 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

USC was down by as much as 17 in the second half before they stormed back to go ahead with six minutes in the game and held on down the stretch. They will play SMU on Friday.

#12 UNC Wilmington
#13 East Tennessee State
#14 New Mexico State
#15 Troy
#16 Mount St. Mary's

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

UC Davis led a close game throughout the second half and held on to win over North Carolina Central 67-63. They will play Kansas on Friday.

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 Kansas State
#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

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