BSouth Carolina, Oregon and Gonzaga are in the Final Four, along with blue blood North Carolina.
So there's room on the biggest stage for programs not projected to last long in your brackets.
Looking forward, why not Oklahoma State?
That's the premise of new Cowboys coach Mike Boynton, who pushed that message in his first full address to the team on Sunday.
“We’ve got a chance to build something really, really special here,” said Boynton. “You young guys got a taste of what success as a college basketball team is. Going to the (NCAA) Tournament was fun, wasn’t it?