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best 5 players:
5. Semi Ojeleye (SMU): Speaks to the talent in this region that I didn’t list Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ, Duke’s Grayson Allen, Villanova’s Jalen Brunson, South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell or Virginia’s London Perrantes. There is a lot of talent in this corner of the bracket, no doubt. But Ojeleye is extremely underrated. SMU has good talent across its starting five, with Ojeleye (18.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg) being the leader. I like SMU to get to the Sweet 16, and in doing so, give Ojeleye his national moment.
Upsets:
Another fun possible upset to watch for: Let’s jump ahead a round and declare SMU over Baylor. This would be an intra-Texas battle. The Bears have been roughed up in the NCAAs in recent seasons, remember. In 2016, Yale got ‘em. How does Yale outrebound Baylor, by the way?
https://youtu.be/atr60tR7Emo
Taurean Prince describes how Baylor was out-rebounded by Yale by NCAA march madness on YouTube
In 2015, this happened to Baylor.
https://youtu.be/OmcOo-bGJp0
Georgia State vs. Baylor: R.J. Hunter 3-pointer for the win by NCAA march madness on YouTube
I don’t think the Bears get picked off by New Mexico State (who is good, by the way), but SMU presents enough challenges in the starting lineup that I’m inclined to believe Baylor won’t make the Sweet 16.
The lowest-seeded school to make the Sweet 16 will be …
No. 6 SMU. Alongside Ojeleye, the Mustangs have talented senior Sterling Brown, a sophomore point guard in Shake Milton who is going to be a breakout player next season, and a good senior forward in Ben Moore. Tim Jankovich, who could be up for a bigger job in a week or so, has done well in his first season in charge of the program.
The player the country doesn’t know now but will know by Saturday is …
Semi Ojeleye. Unless you’re a college hoops hardcore, you don’t know him. The tournament changes everything. Ojeleye’s road to this point is interesting, too, because he used to play at Duke but transferred after not cracking the rotation.
best 5 players:
5. Semi Ojeleye (SMU): Speaks to the talent in this region that I didn’t list Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ, Duke’s Grayson Allen, Villanova’s Jalen Brunson, South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell or Virginia’s London Perrantes. There is a lot of talent in this corner of the bracket, no doubt. But Ojeleye is extremely underrated. SMU has good talent across its starting five, with Ojeleye (18.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg) being the leader. I like SMU to get to the Sweet 16, and in doing so, give Ojeleye his national moment.
Upsets:
Another fun possible upset to watch for: Let’s jump ahead a round and declare SMU over Baylor. This would be an intra-Texas battle. The Bears have been roughed up in the NCAAs in recent seasons, remember. In 2016, Yale got ‘em. How does Yale outrebound Baylor, by the way?
https://youtu.be/atr60tR7Emo
Taurean Prince describes how Baylor was out-rebounded by Yale by NCAA march madness on YouTube
In 2015, this happened to Baylor.
https://youtu.be/OmcOo-bGJp0
Georgia State vs. Baylor: R.J. Hunter 3-pointer for the win by NCAA march madness on YouTube
I don’t think the Bears get picked off by New Mexico State (who is good, by the way), but SMU presents enough challenges in the starting lineup that I’m inclined to believe Baylor won’t make the Sweet 16.
The lowest-seeded school to make the Sweet 16 will be …
No. 6 SMU. Alongside Ojeleye, the Mustangs have talented senior Sterling Brown, a sophomore point guard in Shake Milton who is going to be a breakout player next season, and a good senior forward in Ben Moore. Tim Jankovich, who could be up for a bigger job in a week or so, has done well in his first season in charge of the program.
The player the country doesn’t know now but will know by Saturday is …
Semi Ojeleye. Unless you’re a college hoops hardcore, you don’t know him. The tournament changes everything. Ojeleye’s road to this point is interesting, too, because he used to play at Duke but transferred after not cracking the rotation.