The four best players who will definitely play in the Western Conference finals went to Washington State, Davidson, Weber State and Lehigh. All played college basketball for at least three years.
Houston is the first 1 seed since North Carolina in 2017 to take the hardest possible seed path to the Final Four, beating the 16, 8, 4 and 2 seeds to win its regional.
In the history of the tournament, there has never (I repeat NEVER) been a region that has featured none of the top 4 seeds in the Sweet 16. Until now. The South Region in Atlanta will feature (5) Kentucky, (11) Loyola Chicago, (7) Nevada and either (9) Kansas St. or (16) UMBC.
Purdue's Carsen Edwards has been named the Most Outstanding Player of the South Regional, becoming the first player to win MOP honors despite not being a member of the winning team since Steph Curry of Davidson in 2008.
We define an upset as a team seeded five spots or more lower than their opponent. We've already set the record with 11 such occurrences. We're midway through the second round.
It's official. The three-point line is being moved back in 2019-20 for Division I men's basketball. Other proposed rules changes also were approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel.
