Finding NCAA tournament Cinderella candidates is becoming increasingly difficult in a college basketball landscape dominated by NIL and the transfer portal.
Since the nation’s best programs are now regularly poaching talented players from other rosters, it makes for loaded super teams at the top coupled with mid-majors often needing to replace steady starters.
It’s no secret that a double-digit seed has moved on to the second weekend in 17 consecutive NCAA tournaments. Last season the only one was No. 10 seed Arkansas. The Razorbacks certainly deserve credit for their unexpected run. But a John Calipari-led roster of former McDonald’s All-Americans finally figuring things out isn’t exactly America’s idea of an underdog
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