As the third bite at this apple, what follows is a prediction of the Sweet-16 field (with rankings based roughly on my confidence in the teams making the Sweet-16), 8 teams that might crash my predicted Sweet-16 (regardless of region), and my prediction for the rest of the tournament (Elite 8, Final Four, Champion) with any comments if I feel they are needed.
The changes from the previous entries:
I have continued to “shorten the benches” as teams’ depth charts have shifted and as the primary playing groups have tightened up (and as guys have gotten injured or come back from injury, or transferred).