Ranking the NCAA tournament's best-ever Cinderellas: The Sweet 16 - SI.com
We've whittled the list of best NCAA tournament Cinderellas down to the Sweet 16, and now we want to hear from you. As Alexander Wolff explained in the introductory essay , we took teams only from the traditional seeding era (since 1979) and only those that were seeded ninth or below in their respective year (i. e. in the bottom half of the bracket) and... To vote, simply click on the picture of the team you want to advance. The voting will continue until we are down to a Final Four on Friday and a championship matchup on Monday. Editor's note: Voting is now closed for the Sweet 16. Screen shots of the final polls are shown belo. 1 Wichita State (2013) vs. No 16 Valparaiso (1998) Wichita State Shockers. NCAA tournament result: Entered the tournament as a No. 9 seed in West Regional. A year before the aptly named Shockers became the first team in 10 years to enter the NCAA tournament undefeated, they heeded coach Gregg Marshall’s call to “play angry” all the way to the Final Four as a No. 9 seed. That anger translated to a smothering man defense that bludgeoned Pitt in their opening tournament win and helped them grind out an Elite Eight victory over Ohio State, but Wichita State’s signature performance may have come when its defense most... Source: www.si.com
