The fun part of filling out an NCAA tournament bracket is plotting early upsets and seeing what carnage may unfold. But let’s be honest, the money is at the end: you need to pick the winning team. With that in mind, here are the 10 teams* that have a chance of climbing the Werner Ladder on the night of April 5 in Indianapolis and cutting down the nets. Interestingly, the quartet at the top of the list all would be first-time national champs.
(*I’m not sure 10 teams really have a great chance. But it’s a nice, round number, so that’s what we’re going with.