The NCAA tournament begins Thursday, with 12 players from the 15-player final ballot for the 2021 John R. Wooden Award scheduled to take part in this season's version of March Madness. With that in mind, we asked our panel of ESPN college basketball experts to weigh in on the player with the most interesting matchup -- or potential matchup -- in the first and second rounds.
Which Wooden Award finalist's first-weekend NCAA tournament matchup or potential matchup do you find the most intriguing?
Myron Medcalf, senior college basketball writer: My guess is the selection committee would not have slotted an undefeated Winthrop team as a 12-seed, despite its strength of schedule.