The field of 68 is down to 16 teams in the 2026 men’s NCAA tournament. The opening weekend of March Madness had it all: buzzer-beaters that went in and barely missed, a No. 1 seed getting knocked out early, and a double-digit seed breaking into the Sweet 16 … even if no one could possibly consider the Texas Longhorns a Cinderella story.
Every team remaining in the field comes from one of the college basketball power conferences. The Big Ten has been the clear winner of March Madness so far after we identified it as the strongest league before Selection Sunday. Six Big Ten teams are still standing, and it’s
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