Monday's Hot Clicks: March Madness Is Underdog and Upset Central

If your bracket makes sense after the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, you made your picks while blindfolded.

Jon Tayler | Mar 19, 2018

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Are you the NCAA Tournament? Because you look upset

It's official: If your bracket still makes sense by this stage of the tournament, then you made your picks while blindfolded. The Sweet 16 is a mess of teams that aren't supposed to be there: two 11 seeds (Loyola-Chicago and Syracuse), two nine seeds (Florida State and Kansas State) and two seven seeds (Nevada and Texas A&M) are among those still alive. There are as many double-digit seeded teams in the Sweet 16 as there are one seeds, and in the South region, No. 5 Kentucky is the highest-seeded team left, and both the South and West have lost their top two teams. And I have to say, if you've got a problem with this, then you're nuts. Usually, the tournament is a staid march of venerable title favorites, with one or two big teams getting upset along the way, but a good chunk of them surviving at least through the first two rounds. Now though? We're on the verge of pure chaos. So keep rooting for those low seeds, and let's see just how mad March can get.

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Eric Musselman would like to invite you to the gun show

Eric Musselman 😂 #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/9y5mE7W0jg
— Randy Cruz (@randyjcruz) March 19, 2018

Someone please overlay Yello's "Oh Yeah" on this video.

All hail Sister Jean

Protect Loyola-Chicago at all costs.

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Chennedy Carter will tear your heart out

CHENNEDY CARTER FOR PRESIDENT

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— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessWBB) March 18, 2018

Accuracy counts

I wanna thank everyone for the congratulatory messages. When you practice your jump shot as much as I have, you just hope one day it’ll pay off. 🏀
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) March 18, 2018

That would be Jordan Peele responding to the folks who think he's Michigan's Jordan Poole. And hey, the kid was cool with it, too.

Mission accomplished, UMBC

Well, it was fun y'all. KState may have won (50-43), but we hope to have won your hearts.
— UMBC Athletics (@UMBCAthletics) March 19, 2018

Fun with insane comebacks in graph form

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— Mid-Major Madness (@mid_madness) March 19, 2018

Fun with insane comebacks in tweet form

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— Nevada Basketball (@NevadaHoops) March 19, 2018

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Published Mar 19, 2018

JON TAYLER

Jon Tayler is a writer for SI.com. His most prized possession is a Rich Garces rookie card.