Welcome to the third annual installment of "343 teams that won't win the title." This venerable feature is now two-for-two, having successfully excluded Villanova from its list in 2016, while also shunning North Carolina in the 343 model's second go-round last year.
The smart thing to do would therefore be to quit now before a dark-horse national champion like Connecticut in 2014 wanders into view. (It's only a matter of time.) Alas, the streak beckons to be extended, and prudence has been cast aside. Here we are.
These are my selections for the 343 teams that will not win the 2018 national title, broken up into three sections.