NCAA Tournament 2014 Bracket: How These Teams Could Score Big Upsets in March Madness' Sweet 16 [Video]

Halfway into March Madness and already, many a bracket have been busted in this year’s 2014 NCAA Tournament, as college hoops fans have seen some wild upsets to kick off the most famous basketball tournament in the country.

We’ve seen No.14 Mercer shock No.3 Duke. Then there was No.12 Harvard stunning No.5-seeded Cincinnati, while the No.10-ranked Stanford surprised No.7 New Mexico and, even more astonishing, edging out No.2 Kansas while No.11 Dayton dropped some jaws by punching out No.6 Ohio State and No. 3 Syracuse.

We have quite a few Cinderella’s still hanging around hoping to go to the Big Dance, and a few of them are starting to look like they could make it past midnight. The bracket-busters and surprises are always part of the fun for March Madness (well, unless you’ve bet some serious cash in the office pool, but that’s another story). Some of them are one-hit wonders, good for one bracket-busting upset and done in the next run. Other times, teams go on improbable runs, like Stephen Curry’s 2008 Davidson College Wildcats, who went to the Elite Eight, or the 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams team and the 2006 George Mason University squad that went to the Final Four.

So, which Cinderella teams have a chance of making it to the Elite Eight and perhaps beyond? Let’s take a look at some of the more interesting seeds that are still alive as March Madness continues:

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University of Kentucky
The No.8-seeded Wildcats pulled off quite the upset when they stunned No.1-seeded Wichita State on Sunday. They won’t have an easier time against the defending champion No.4 University of Louisville, but they have plenty of size in their tall starting five, consisting of five uber-talented freshmen, including potential NBA Draft top five pick Julius Randle and Andrew Harrison. The Wildcats, 25-10, are much better than their eighth seed shows them to be, in part to their fifth-best team rebounding (41.3 boards per game), so don’t be surprised if the Wildcats stick around on the dance floor for a while…perhaps even all the way to the Final Four.

University of Dayton
Dayton has shocked the world not once, but twice, with big-time upset wins over No.6 Ohio State and No.3-seeded Syracuse. And they’ve done it with a hard-nosed defense—the Flyers are 11-0 when they hold opponents to under 60 points—holding Ohio State and Syracuse to 59 and 53 points, respectively. In addition, Dayton’s well-balanced offensive attack of Devin Oliver (11.9 points per game), Jordan Sibert (12.4 points) and Dyshawn Pierre (11.2 points) allows the Flyers to spread the floor, making them tough to guard. They’re not putting up any brow-raising stats, but this is a well-rounded, well-balanced team that has already broken hearts and busted brackets this March, and they might not be done yet.

University of Tennessee
After stunningly dominating No.6 Massachusetts in the Round of 64 and promptly dispatching would-be-Cinderella Mercer by 20 points in the Round of 32, the Volunteers are looking pretty formidable. Jordan McRae (19.7 points this season) is a lethal scorer, but he will need help on offense from players like Josh Richardson, who scored a career-high 26 points against Mercer. Tennessee will also need to control the boards, as they did against Mercer, having outrebounded the Bears 22-4.

University of Connecticut (UCONN)
One year after being banned from the NCAA tournament as a result of academic sanctions against UConn, the Huskies are kicking out a few teams themselves from the March Madness tourney. The betting odds don’t favor the No.7-seeded Huskies, who knocked off the heavily-favored No.2 Villanova in the second round, but they have a few X-factors in their favor. One of them is standout guard Shabazz Napier, who dazzled with 25 points against Villanova. Napier has been huge for UConn thus far in the tournament, and against No.3 Iowa State, they’ll need him to be at his slashing, high-scoring, lightning-fast best.

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