Bracketology: 10 teams with Cinderella potential in the 2019 NCAA Tournament

This NCAA basketball season has been hectic and that bodes well for an exciting March. Which teams seem to be potential bracketology Cinderellas in 2019?

The NCAA Basketball Tournament is quickly approaching. With just under a week left until Selection Sunday, conference tournaments are underway and teams around the nation are fighting for their respective conference’s automatic bid. In addition, at-large teams near the end of the seed list are trying to secure the last-minute victories needed to land a bid to the Big Dance. With bracketology season heating up, it is time to start talking about which teams are capable of a “Cinderella run.”

With the nature of the NCAA Tournament as a single-elimination competition, there are bound to be upsets every single year and teams around the nation are hoping to be the next Butler, or George Mason, or Loyola-Chicago…you name it. For the sake of this article, I am determining a potential “Cinderella” as those teams that could make a deep run as a No. 5 seed or worse. Obviously, a “deep run” is relative based on seed but I will dive into what qualifies each team as we get there.

These teams have all put together very solid years to this point and come from both mid-major leagues as well as power conferences. In the end, anyone who vastly exceeds their seed expectations can be deemed one that sees “the slipper fit.” Now, without any further ado, let’s dive right in.