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Greg McDermott is back coaching Creighton after a brief suspension for racially insensitive comments. But either his team was actively protesting his reinstatement against Georgetown or it was just not ready to play as the Hoyas smacked the Bluejays, 73-48.
That has the Bluejays in a bit of a rough spot heading into their first-round matchup against UC Santa Barbara, one of the best low-major teams in the country.
In his Sunday writeup on the Gauchos, B/R s Kerry Miller put the team in recent historical context: UCSB finished the season in the top 75 on KenPom, which is no small feat. Only two other Big West teams have done that in the past eight years: 2018-19 UC Irvine, which upset Kansas State in the NCAA tournament, and 2015-16 Hawaii, which upset California in the first round of the dance. A continuation of that trend is a strong possibility.
There are levels to this game.
During March Madness, the definitions of sleeper and deep run can vary pretty widely by program and season, and that goes double for this haywire 2020-21 men s campaign.
So when we sat down to find the teams we think could sneak up on the field and surpass expectations, we took an all-of-the-above approach. How could we do anything differently? Given the way this season has unfolded, everyone deserves to be graded on a curve of their own.
From would-be Cinderellas to high majors looking to reach the last game of the season, these programs appear to have the ingredients necessary to surprise onlookers and opponents. And we ve gone beyond the brand names to find programs that may be hiding in the shadows now but could swoop in and shred your bracket to confetti. Don t say you weren t warned.