re: What non tournament favorite has impressed you the most?

It's hard to say that WSU has impressed the most because I think they were underrated and underseeded going in. They're a good team with a great coach. They're just showing that once again.

MSU looked impressive beating UVA, but should we really expect anything else from Izzo? You'd be hard pressed to find a better tournament coach than him over the last 10-15 years.

NC State has been the most fortunate of any team. They simply weren't very good against LSU. It took a complete meltdown by LSU just for them to win at the buzzer. The win over Nova was impressive, but it didn't hurt that Nova shot the ball as poorly as they have all season (31%). Make no mistake, LSU would have needed Nova to have the same kind of performance if they wanted to pull the upset, but it's not like State was dominant that game. At the end of the day all that matters is the result on the score board. For that, NC State doesn't have to apologize to anyone. But it's hard for me to say that they have been "impressive".

The non-favorite that has impressed me the most is Utah. KenPom had them as a top 10 team going into the tournament. Instead of looking at that, I believed the talk that they were trending down and SFA was too good and experienced. Utah's defense completely shut down a very good SFA offense and then really never let G'town get going. I would not be shocked at all to see them in the Final Four. Outside of UK and Zona, they're probably the most balanced team left in the tournament