It’s been a tournament of almost no real upsets and a lot of overtime games.
Going strictly by the seeding the teams seeded 1,2,3,& 4 would be in the sweet 16. Fourteen of those were in the Sweet 16 and Auburn was a 5-seed. Oregon (#12) and UC Irvine (#13) pulled upsets in the opening round and then got to play one another so one of them was guaranteed to be in the Sweet 16.
Traditionally, SEC teams other than UK collapse once they get very far, so I would expect Auburn to fold against Virginia. Maybe the same for TTU, although I’ll be rooting for them. I’m hoping for an Auburn-TTU final but I actually expect a Virginia-Michigan State final.
Remaining are teams seeded 1,2,3, and 5 so there’s no coin flipping to decide which color uniforms to wear.
*Ahem* Not in 2006 and 2007.