It’s filled with tight games, high end talent and the rush of a state tournament — it’s the adaptive hockey annual competition.
The most notable part of this year’s Sweet 16 might be how many of men’s college basketball’s perennial juggernauts aren’t part of it.
Reigning champ Kansas failed to survive the opening weekend. So did Kentucky, Duke, Baylor and Indiana. Other big brands didn’t even make the field of 68. North Carolina was among the first teams left out. Villanova, Florida and Syracuse weren’t even on the fringes of the bubble. Louisville lost 28 games.