It’s one of the strangest brackets in recent NCAA Tournament history, a 68-team jumble likely to produce “upsets” and reward office pool entrants who watched less than five minutes of college basketball all season.
There is no beast in the field.
Seasoned seniors are in, dominant one-and-done freshmen hard to find.
South Carolina deserves one of the at-large spots given to Tulsa, Syracuse or Vanderbilt.
Louisville and SMU are not eligible.
All of which plays into Virginia’s busy hands. The No. 1 seed Cavaliers plod and struggle to score at times but their defense forces long possessions with Tony Bennett’s aggressive approach (No.