NCAA Basketball: Ranking all 67 NCAA Tournament games from 2019

By Joey Loose | Jul 9, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - APRIL 08: Jarrett Culver #23 of the Texas Tech Red Raiders and Kyle Guy #5 of the Virginia Cavaliers battle for the ball i2g during the 2019 NCAA men's Final Four National Championship game at U.S. Bank Stadium on April 08, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

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COLUMBUS, OHIO – MARCH 24: Yves Pons #35 of the Tennessee Volunteers looks to dunk the ball against the Iowa Hawkeyes during their game in the Second Round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament at Nationwide Arena on March 24, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

15. #12 Liberty 80, #5 Mississippi State 76 (Round of 64)

The A-Sun champions powered their way to an upset win over the Bulldogs with hot shooting and resilient offense. A close game throughout, the Flames fought back after Mississippi State took a 10-point lead late in the second half, with Caleb Homesley (30 points) having an outstanding second half. The Flames made their free throws down the stretch and hung on to a very impressive victory. Quinndary Weatherspoon (27 points) and Lamar Peters (21 points) were solid for the Bulldogs, but they didn’t have enough offense in the end to topple the Flames.

14. #2 Kentucky 62, #3 Houston 58 (Sweet Sixteen)

Tyler Herro hit a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left to lift the Wildcats to the Elite Eight after blowing a 13-point lead. Big man PJ Washington returned after missing the last two Tourney games and the Wildcats needed all of his 16 points off the bench. Armoni Brooks scored 20 points for the Cougars and helped ignite that late run. A jumper by Corey Davis Jr. (14 points) gave the Cougars a 3-point lead in the final minute, but they couldn’t put the ball in the bucket again after that. The Wildcats escaped with the win after blowing a solid lead, benefiting greatly from having Washington back in the lineup.

13. #2 Tennessee 83, #10 Iowa 77, OT (Round of 32)

Tennessee was going to coast to an easy victory, grabbing a 25-point lead late in the first half. Then Iowa kept hitting their shots, played lockdown defense, and got right back into this game. The Hawkeyes forced overtime, but didn’t have enough to knock out the Volunteers, who avoided what would have been a devastating Tourney loss. Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield both had 19 points to lead the Volunteers, who made just enough free throws and field goals late in the action. The Hawkeyes resilience was nearly legendary, but they came up just short from pulling the upset. Regardless, they still gave us a phenomenal comeback effort on a game many people turned off early in the second half.

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