With March arriving on Sunday, the madness will soon ensue as the 2026 NCAA Tournament in men’s college basketball is almost here. Selection Sunday is on March 15, which means fans are gearing up to fill out their brackets.
Heavyweight programs that are expected to garner No. 1 or No. 2 seeds in the Big Dance will receive a lot of attention when it comes to picking the favorites to reach this season’s Final Four.
However, sleeper teams are out there, too, that can make serious noise into late March or even early April. These are either power-conference or mid-major programs that are flying a tad under the radar as lower seeds, but could be great bracket-busting selections for the field of 68.
