The 7-13 teams are Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, and USC. The tiebreaker for three or more teams is based on round-robin record ... a double-bye in the bracket, along with Maryland ...
Those teams meet in Dayton, Ohio, as part of the play-in games to earn a spot in the first round. The Big East could be considered among the "biggest losers" of the bracket reveal with a handful ...
What lower-seed will become this year's Cinderella team? What teams were under-seeded, or perhaps over-seeded, and have a favorable first-round matchup ... perfect bracket was No. 8 Utah State ...