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His writing has also appeared on SI.com, Men’s Health, and The Cauldron. Here are all the potential Cinderellas (8-16 seeds), ranked by how often they were picked to make the Sweet 16: Seedĭaniel Wilco has worked at the AJC, Sports Illustrated, and SEC Country. The most we’ve ever seen in one year is five, which happened in both 1999 (12-seed Missouri State, 10-seed Purdue, 10-seed Gonzaga, 13-seed Oklahoma, and 10-seed Miami (OH), and 2011 (11-seed Marquette, 8-seed Butler, 12-seed Richmond, 11-seed VCU, and 10-seed Florida State). Still, there have only been two years in that 34-year span where the Sweet 16 didn’t include any teams seeded higher than 7.

Only 20 teams (3.7 percent) have been 12 seeds. Of the 544 total teams that have made a Sweet 16 appearance since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, only 17.3 percent have been 8-seeds or higher. They finished the year at 27-4, and captured the OVC tournament title with a win over Belmont. The Racers have one of the most exciting players of the season in star guard Ja Morant, who averaged 24.6 points per game - the 8th-most in Division I this year. The second-most popular pick was another 12-seed: Murray State. Highlights & features | Shop Final Four gear There’s much to be said for this, even though it sports only a 2¾-inch chamber. Virginia beats Texas Tech in OT | 3 takeaways from UVA's first titleĢ019 final bracket | Print bracket | How'd you do? So what it is about the 16 gauge that has kept it alive all these years The standard saw is that the 16 carries like a 20, but hits like a 12, making it beloved among upland hunters putting in long, hard miles every day.
