Back to the Rice Owls Newsfeed

Jay Bilas' NCAA tournament rankings: Sweet 16 edition

The 2019 NCAA tournament has been another great national championship event. Of course, those who are uneducated in the game, mistaking close contests for good basketball, claim that this tournament is a yawner because it doesn't meet their standard for entertainment value -- not enough buzzer-beaters or backdoor covers.

Instead, you have a confirmation of what The Bilastrator told you in the regular season (a regular season that matters in basketball): that a few top teams were separated from the unwashed masses, that there was a very soft bubble and that there was only a handful of "little guys" who were legitimate threats to the top teams.