Rock Chalk Talk · Mar 14, 2018
Bracket Breakdown: Overall #1 Seed Virginia Leads South Region
Virginia was unquestionably the No. 1 overall seed after dominantly winning the ACC by four games and owning a country-best 31-2 record. If Tony Bennett is going to reach his first Final Four, he’s going to have to go through a region that includes defensive-minded Cincinnati and Tennessee and surging Arizona and Kentucky. Here are the teams that make up the South Region.
Editor’s Note: Big wins are typically going to be wins against Top-25 Kenpom teams, whereas bad losses include losses to teams that either didn’t make the tournament or are outside the Top 50 in Kenpom. There is some subjectivity in the bad losses department.