The 2023 NCAA Tournament is here! To view the full bracket click here. To check out our full analysis, read on.
The national championship race is wide open in my opinion. I’ve seen too many of the top teams suffer too many bad losses and/or close calls. Even undefeated No. 1 overall seed South Carolina was tested by No. 11 seed Mississippi State, No. 10 seed Alabama and No. 10 seed Georgia, and went to overtime against No. 8 seed Ole Miss. Let’s start our breakdown with a look at South Carolina’s region.
Greenville 1 Region
South Carolina’s No. 2 seed is Maryland, a team that turned heads with a 36-point win over No. 3 seed Ohio State and a 28-point win over No. 2 seed Iowa but also has losses to non-tournament teams in Nebraska and DePaul. Maryland was arguably the hottest team in the country down the stretch of the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons and looked to be one of the hottest teams late this regular season before losing to Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals and missing out on a No. 1 seed. Those early-season losses to Nebraska and DePaul are definitely concerning though as is the fact that in 2020-21, also as a No. 2 seed, the Terps suffered a disappointing loss to No. 6 seed Texas that prevented them from making the Sweet Sixteen and ruined their…
