As we head into Day 2 of the Round of 32 matches, the big ticket question stands strong, how many more upsets will we see?
It has been a remarkable year for the NCAA, just one year after the tournament being postponed due to COVID-19 protocols and concerns, the Big Dance continues on, but not without it's upsets.
15 seed Oral Roberts took down 2 seed Ohio State on Friday, only to then beat 7 seed Florida on Sunday, punching their ticket to the Sweet 16. Loyola Chicago knocked off 9 seed Georgia Tech, then steamrolled over 1 seed Illinois to fling them and Sister Jean into the Sweet 16 as well. 11 seed Syracuse pummeled 6 seed San Diego State, then took down 3 seed West Virginia to put them in a match versus 2 seed Houston.
But as we move into the second day of the Round of 32, how many more upsets will we see? One thing for sure is that another double digit seed will advance, as 11 seed UCLA and 14 seed Abilene Christian square up today. 13 seed University of Ohio (not Ohio State) goes up against 5 seed Creighton, just days after taking down 4 seeded Virginia. 10 seed Maryland also has the chance to pull an upset, as they play 2 seed Alabama.
Aside from the fact that more than a handful of double digit seeds have made it to the Sweet 16, the real brain buster is the fact that not a single bracket on Earth remains after the Round of 64. Granted whether it would be North Texas beating Purdue, Oral Roberts beating Ohio State, Abilene Christian beating Texas, or many of the other lesser upsets. There were 31-1 picks, but not a single bracket is perfect, not a single damn one.
But what can we expect moving forward? Probably quite a bit.
Loyola Chicago plays Oregon State, the matchup of two teams racking up some solid upsets. Ohio and their offense go up against a Creighton team who held the UCSB Gauchos to $38.6 shooting from the field, however barely edged them 63-62.
Overall, these next few matches will be interesting, so we will just have to wait and see what happens, for all we know, Loyola Chicago, or even Abilene Christian could go to the finals.