March 23, 2026
By Jeff Eisenberg, Yahoo Sports: Last November, 365 Division I men’s college basketball teams began the season with dreams of advancing to the NCAA tournament’s second week. The 16 still alive all have one thing in common: They each hail from a power conference.
Six are from the Big Ten, raising the possibility that league could finally end its 26-year national title drought. Four are from the SEC, though regular season champion Florida surprisingly is not among them. Three are from the Big 12. UConn and St. John’s hail from the Big East. And Duke is the ACC’s lone team left standing.
Thirteen of the 16 remaining teams are No. 5 seeds or better, but even this historically chalky NCAA tournament did produce some surprises. Nebraska is playing in its first-ever Sweet 16. Iowa and St. John’s haven’t been since 1999. Ten of the 16 remaining teams have never won the NCAA tournament.
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