NCAA Tournament: Gonzaga, Villanova and LSU among teams to avoid

NCAA Tournament 2019: Gonzaga, Villanova and LSU among teams to avoid picking

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 12: Zach Norvell Jr. #23 of the Gonzaga Bulldogs drives against Tanner Krebs #00 of the Saint Mary's Gaels during the championship game of the West Coast Conference basketball tournament at the Orleans Arena on March 12, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

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PHILADELPHIA, PA – MARCH 02: Phil Booth #5 and Eric Paschall #4 of the Villanova Wildcats celebrate after the game against the Butler Bulldogs at the Wells Fargo Center on March 2, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Villanova defeated Butler 75-54. (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images) /

Villanova: 6 seed in the South

The Wildcats are one of those teams I expect many people to put a lot of trust in due to past performance and their place in the bracket. They are a team over the past three years that have shown tournament dominance on the way to two championships. They are in a region with Virginia, Tennessee, and Purdue as the top teams, none of which have shown the ability recently to make a deep run in the tournament.

Despite this, this is not the year to put Villanova in your Elite Eight. They have the ability to make a run to the Sweet Sixteen, but I do not see them pulling off two upsets in a row and making it past Tennessee.

Anything past that is wishful thinking and will end in a busted bracket. St. Mary’s is a tough first round match up and Villanova is a team that has shown the ability in years past to flame out early. I think this will be one of those years for Villanova where they are more likely to flame out early, even as early as the first round against the Gaels.

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