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Who Can Prevent a Gonzaga-Baylor National Championship Game?

On Saturday, the men's NCAA tournament selection committee unveiled its top 16 seeds for the 2021 Big Dance, four weeks and a day ahead of Selection Sunday. There were not any huge surprises with the big reveal, and the prevailing theme was the same as it’s been for virtually the entire season: There’s Gonzaga and Baylor, then there’s everybody else.

The pandemic robbed us of a Gonzaga-Baylor matchup in December, yet it feels like a foregone conclusion that the two will meet up in Indianapolis for the national title. But should either get tripped up on the way to the championship game, which team from the rest of the pack is best positioned to pull off the upset?