Biggest March Madness snubs and surprises of the NCAA tournament field
The Owls made the Final Four as a No. 9 seed last year, but they were uneven at times this year on the way to a 25-8 record. They dropped a pair of Quadrant 4 games in nonconference play (Bryant and Florida Gulf Coast), and while neutral-site defeats of Arizona and Texas A&M were helpful, they ended on a down note with a loss to Temple in the American Athletic tournament.
On paper, Florida Atlantic was a borderline team. Instead, it will be a No. 8 seed. The Owls are still dangerous, they rank between 33rd and 41st in the five team sheet metrics, and they did go 10-5 against the top two quadrants. Still, this is probably a hair better than it should be.
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