There's a lot to like with Vermont, which ranks first nationally in defensive rebounding percentage (81.3 percent), third in effective field goal percentage (57.3 percent), 16th in offensive turnover percentage (14.9 percent) and plays at the 288th-fastest pace in the country, meaning the game could have fewer possessions. After all, there's an average of 0.86 13-over-4 upsets per NCAA tournament. 4 seed Providence, so perhaps you should consider the Catamounts to be the most likely No. 12 seeds New Mexico State and Richmond, and it's only 10 spots behind No. Cole (15.7 points per game) and 3-point sharpshooter Tyrese Martin (13.7). He's one of three UConn players that averages between 13 and 16 points per game, along with senior and leading assist man R.J. The big man is the central reason why UConn ranks first nationally in offensive rebounding rate (37.9 percent) and fifth in defensive 2-point percentage (42.8 percent). ![]() Thanks to a breakout second season in which he's averaging 14.9 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, he could reasonably put up four points and grab four rebounds in the four-minute-ish span between media timeouts against New Mexico State. UConn's 6-foot-9, 240-pound sophomore Adama Sanogo had just four points and four rebounds in 16 minutes in UConn's first-round loss to Maryland in the 2021 NCAA tournament. Offensive rebounding is of particular importance to Memphis because the Tigers commit a turnover on almost 23 percent of their offensive possessions, which ranks 352nd nationally, so offensive rebounds allow them to maximize the possessions in which they do attempt a shot. There's also going to be a strength-on-strength matchup on the boards, where Memphis ranks fifth nationally in offensive rebounding percentage and Boise State ranks fifth in defensive rebounding percentage. This matchup will be a clash of styles in terms of tempo, as the Tigers, who play at the 34th-fastest tempo nationally, want to push the ball, while the Broncos (307th) would like to buck that trend. 1 overall seed in the NCAA tournament for the second year in a row, has advanced to the Sweet 16 in each of the last six NCAA tournaments, including two national runner-up finishes and two Elite Eight exits, so the Zags haven't only been a safe pick in the first round, they've been a safe pick to make it through the first weekend. ![]() Here's every first-round matchup in the 2022 NCAA tournament, picked. MAKE YOUR PICKS: Play the official Bracket Challenge Game After the 68-team 2022 NCAA men's basketball tournament was unveiled on Selection Sunday, I went through every first-round matchup, analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of each team, and picked the winner of each game.
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