With the 2024 NCAA women's volleyball tournament here, NCAA digital reporter Michella Chester has closely examined potential first round upsets. Data from ESPN's bracket challenge game highlights several matchups where lower-seeded teams could surprise their higher-seeded opponents....
The 2024 DII football regular season was full of upsets, and the first round of the DII football championship followed suit. Two No. 2 seeds fell, and three No. 3 seeds are going home early. When you keep in mind that No. 1 seeds were off on a bye — and you throw...
The majority of first-round upsets come in games involving teams seeded 5-8. Things take a major turn in favor of underdogs when we get to the 5 seeds. Don’t focus all your attention on the 5 vs 12 matchup. It’s just as likely that a No. 6 will lose to a No. 11. ...
An early bust is a 1-3 seed that loses in the first weekend of the tournament – failing… 2024 First Round Upsets – Model Results BracketNinja • March 19, 2024 A First Round upset is when a double-digit seed wins their First Round game. I wonder why the… ...
which means the Tigers are seeded above five slots higher than a perfectly seeded bracket would suggest. That’s also true for some of our other likeliest first-round upsets: No. 7 Northwestern is about four seeds too high (No. 10 Boise State is a seed too low), while No. 5 Miami ...
First round No. 1 Baylor vs. No. 16 Saint Peter's There is still plenty to be learned about the Bears, but their tenacity on the offensive glass and stingy defense eliminate any threat of them becoming the second 1-seed to fall in the first round. The Peacocks grade out as ...
Conference tournaments are underway as teams are vying for automatic bids for the NCAA tournament, and there are upsets happening all over the place already. Wake Forest is the No. 1 team in the country, according to D1baseball.com, and the Demon Deacons are looking for th...
Likeliest first-round upsets:No. 9 Oklahoma over No. 8 Ole Miss (53 percent); No. 12 Oregon over No. 5 Wisconsin (45 percent); No. 10 Iowa over No. 7 Cincinnati (34 percent) Midwest region Top seed outlook:On paper, the Midwest seems to be the most open of the four regions, ...
OSU will play at No. 2 seed Arkansas in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Razorbacks have been among the best in the country throughout the season, going 14-2-2. OSU has shown it is capable of upsets throughout the season, but Arkansas might be the Cowgirls’ tou...
First round: March 20-21 Second round: March 22-23 Sweet 16: March 27-28 Elite Eight: March 29-30 Final Four: April 5 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas NCAA championship game: April 7 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas These are the sites for the men's tournam...