Just looking at the path for any of the 5-12 seeds, this gauntlet after a normal regular season is the toughest SOS ever, right? Honestly, aside from Penn State, this exceeds 2020 Alabama, which has that brag imo (zero layups).
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Take OSU....their regular season included @Oregon, @Penn St, #5 at the time IU....then basically 4 straight games vs top 8 teams (if they win the NC). That's 13 straight games vs P4 teams, including 7 top 10 teams. That's nuts.