After a two-year waiting period, the NCAA Tournament has finally arrived. Robbed of March Madness last season, the 2021 bracket features a slew of promising teams and contenders. As the name March Madness suggests, Cinderella stories create the environment that makes the tournament so popular every season. This particular piece will look at teams capable of making a run deeper into the postseason. Make sure to also check out Connor Allen s March Madness Bracket Strategy: Part 1 and Part 2.
For house-keeping purposes, Cinderella teams will be defined as teams seeded six or below with legitimate paths to the Sweet 16. I ve also pinpointed potential bracket busters. The NCAA uses quadrant wins to rank strength of schedule for these teams. A quadrant-one win is defined as home games against Rating Percentage Index (RPI) top-30 teams, neutral games against RPI top-50 teams, and away games against RPI top-75 teams. With all of that out of the way, let’s dig into a few potential Cinderel
Notae helps #8 Arkansas beat Missouri in SEC Quarterfinals By Mike Cawood - Arkansas Athletics | March 12, 2021 at 10:46 PM CST - Updated March 12 at 10:46 PM
JD Notae has his best game as a Razorback, scoring 27 points, but none was bigger than his desperation bank shot in the lane with 1:19 left to lead #8 Arkansas to a 70-64 victory over Missouri in the SEC quarterfinal Friday night at Bridgestone Arena.
Arkansas, the SEC second seed, wins its 12th straight versus an SEC opponent and improves to 22-5. The Razorbacks also improve to 15-2 all-time when playing in the SEC quarterfinal. Mizzou, the seventh seed, falls to 16-9.
LSU was 4-of-4 from the free throw line inside the final 11 seconds to defeat #8 Arkansas, 78-71, in the SEC semifinals Saturday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena.
Arkansas 70 Missouri 64
What a win for this Arkansas team. It was unconventional and even to the style that Missouri likes to play.
Arkansas was without Jaylin Williams and will be until Sunday if.