Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Those who give us hope: The 12 seeds
The NCAA basketball tournaments are coming just as we are most in need of some distraction!
One of the oddities of these tournaments, at least on the men's side, is the unusual number of times that an underdog 12 seed beats a 5 seed in the first round. In 33 of the last 39 men's tournaments, at least one 12 seed has beaten a 5 seed.
They are the kind of underdogs that give us hope!
Here are the 5 v. 12 matchups coming up this week in the men's tournament:
5 Texas Tech vs. 12 Akron
5 Wisconsin vs. 12 High Point
5 Vanderbilt vs. 12 McNeese State
5 St. Johns vs. 12 Univ. of Northern Iowa
I'm hoping Akron can take down Texas Tech, but we will all watch and see....
