Every March, college basketball fans sit glued to the television for hours at a time to watch their favorite team, on top of other countless great teams, in the NCAA Tournament. Each tournament, there are upsets, buzzer beaters, and moments that define the “Big Dance.”
For some reason, however, the 2019 version just did not seem the same.
The first round might be part of this. No team higher than a 13-seed won its Round of 64 matchup, a rare thing considering how recent years have been. To top it off, even the 12-seeds and 13-seeds that did pull off upsets were not that big of upsets, either.