Selection Sunday is officially in our rearview and the 68-team bracket for this year’s NCAA Tournament in all its glory is set, which means you’ve probably stumbled upon this page to gather intel as you make your picks. So I come bearing good news and bad news.
The good news is that you’ve absolutely landed in the right place. The bad news is that you’ve now all but officially guaranteed yourself a perfect bracket in the Midwest Region thanks to my expertise, thus opening yourself up to ridicule and risking possible ostracism from your friend group after lapping the field in your bracket pool this year.
You’re welcome, and I’m sorry in advance.
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The Midwest Region in this year’s bracket is a wide-open field where chalk looks like it may be the move. No. 1 seed Houston is the betting favorite to emerge from the bracket and land in the Final Four, to no surprise, but this pod is stacked with stars from the likes of Tennessee, Purdue, Kentucky and Illinois, positioning a potential dark horse to emerge from this region.
As you’ll see below, however,…