Turns out hiring a new coach can lead to quick turnarounds, even in this day and age of the transfer portal and NIL money. Programs just have to make the right decision. Louisville and Kentucky sure look like they did just that.
The expanded SEC landed a record 14 teams in the 68-team bracket, populating it with the overall No. 1 seed (Auburn), another No. 1 seed (Florida) and four more among the top four seeds in their respective regions.
Zakai Zeigler has one overriding goal for his final season with the Tennessee Volunteers, and that is making sure they accomplish something this program has never done. Reach their first Final Four.
Wade Taylor IV has garnered so much respect in his four years in College Station that the school raised his No. 4 jersey into the rafters following his last home game.