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NCAA Tournament: Upsets to watch out for on lower seed lines

By Bryan Mauro

MURRAY, KY - FEBRUARY 09: Ja Morant #12 of the Murray State Racers reacts in the second half of the game against the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars at CFSB Center on February 9, 2019 in Murray, Kentucky. Murray State won 86-55. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
MURRAY, KY - FEBRUARY 09: Ja Morant #12 of the Murray State Racers reacts in the second half of the game against the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars at CFSB Center on February 9, 2019 in Murray, Kentucky. Murray State won 86-55. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /
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HARTFORD, CT – MARCH 11: Head coach Johnny Dawkins of the UCF Knights looks on during the first half against the Southern Methodist Mustangs during the semifinal round of the AAC Basketball Tournament at the XL Center on March 11, 2017 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
HARTFORD, CT – MARCH 11: Head coach Johnny Dawkins of the UCF Knights looks on during the first half against the Southern Methodist Mustangs during the semifinal round of the AAC Basketball Tournament at the XL Center on March 11, 2017 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) /

Every year a lower-seed team makes a run in the NCAA Tournament.  Who is this year’s Cinderella and how far can they potentially go if they get out?

The instant that Selection Sunday is over, millions of college basketball fans across the world race to their website of choice to fill out their NCAA tournament brackets. Many of those will enter bracket contests with their friends, coworkers, and families. The most diehard college basketball fans start to read every publication they can to get the leg up on the rest of their competition.

One thing everyone looks for is the likely upsets in the first round by the lower seeded teams. Nothing instills more pride in one self than a bracket that had a few correct upsets. This year’s tournament has eight teams at the top that are better than any other team in the country. The rest of the bracket and the field for this year’s NCAA tournament is wide open and it could see a historic number of upsets. However, probably not a No. 16 over a No. 1 like last year.

This is the guide to the games that are most likely to produce an upset from each lower seed line. It is not to say that each one of these will happen, but if you are scanning your bracket looking for a potential upset on the lower seed line, these are the games that are the most probable. Some of these upsets will hit and the others will be blowouts by the higher seeded team, and that is what makes the tournament so great every single year.  Either way it is going to be a great tournament like it is every single year.

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