Re-seeding the Sweet 16 teams: Separating the contenders from pretenders

Craig Meyer, USA TODAY NETWORK Tue, 24 March 2026 at 9:07 am UTC·10 min read Over four action-packed days, a 64-team bracket was quartered. And with it, we’ve got 16 men’s college basketball teams whose dreams of a national championship get to live for at least a few more days.Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement With the Final Four and national championship pictures now much clearer than they were a week ago, how do the remaining teams stack up? Sweet 16 predictions: Experts pick who will advance in March Madness bracket Here’s a ranking of the Sweet 16 teams:Re-Ranking Sweet 16 teams 16. Texas The Longhorns fit the traditional mold of an underachieving power-conference team that gets...