Our 2022 NCAA tournament brackets are broken. All of them. And the uncle who claims he had Saint Peter’s in the Elite Eight? He’s lying for the ninth year in a row. We’ve never seen his actual bracket.
Your sibling who said they picked Miami to make the Elite Eight for the first time? Sure. And yeah, every Duke fan knew Coach K would reach the Elite Eight in his final season. OK.
At this point in the season, however, nothing makes sense in a field that features just one top seed (Kansas) among the final eight.
That brings us to our reseeding of the Elite Eight. At this point, what does that even mean? Well, we hope it means that we’re taking a hard look at the remaining teams and telling you where we think they all stand right now.
But everyone on this list is a good team that should pat itself on the back for reaching the stage. And every team on this list has done something to make you think that a run to New Orleans is possible.
Here’s where we think they all stand.
1. Kansas Jayhawks
Original seed: No. 1
Elite Eight seed: No. 1
2022 tournament record: Defeated No. 16 Texas Southern 83-56; defeated No. 9 Creighton 79-72; defeated No. 4 Providence 66-61
In 2020-21, Remy Martin recorded four games with 30 points or more for Arizona State. With Ochai Agbaji and David McCormack returning from the previous season, Kansas didn’t need any additional pieces. Still, Martin’s arrival through the transfer portal over the summer expanded the talent pool for a squad that was already considered a national championship contender.
Then his season stalled, thanks to a lingering knee injury. Even when he was available for long stretches at the start of the season, Martin never looked like the first team all-Pac-12 player who had averaged 19.1 PPG in back-to-back seasons before coming to Lawrence. As Kansas continued to excel, he had challenges finding a role on a team that had established players at every spot on the floor and reliable reserves.
Source : espn
