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NCAA Tournament Bracket Research: Looking at the Southland Conference

The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is the best weekend of the calendar year (this is fact, not an opinion). Dozens of college basketball games with teams and players trying to make themselves a household name, even if for just the weekend. This continues our series looking at conferences and schools are most likely to represent them in the NCAA Tournament. Consider this early bracket research to find that Cinderella team that busts everyone’s bracket...except yours.

Last Year’s NCAA Participant: New Orleans
Prior Years Upset Team: In 2016 14-seeded Stephen F Austin upset 3-seed West Virginia and nearly knocked of Notre Dame, losing by 1 in the second round.