Updated 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket: Final Four set

A look at the updated 2018 NCAA Tournament now that the Final Four is set following Sunday’s games in the aftermath of a wild two weekends.

Labeling March Madness in 2018 as “crazy” probably doesn’t do it justice. While fans are used to the NCAA Tournament bracket getting wrecked by upsets, most brackets have been busted to the point that they could be considered a war zone. But despite that fact, March Madness has carried on with the Elite Eight games being played this past weekend to set the field for the Final Four.

The action all started with the Kansas State Wildcats and Loyola-Chicago Ramblers, two NCAA Tournament bracket busters, squaring off. Though Loyola was the lower-seeded team in the matchup, they were dominant in this bout between two underdogs. In the end, Bruce Weber’s group didn’t have enough to knock off Sister Jean and the Ramblers, who advanced to their first Final Four since 1963.

Next up on the docket were the Michigan Wolverines and Florida State Seminoles. While the Noles certainly didn’t lay down, the Wolverines proved that they may well be the hottest team we’ve seen in the tourney in quite a while. They won their 13th-straight contest in a tightly contested matchup to punch their ticket to San Antonio.

On Sunday afternoon, the action got underway with the Villanova Wildcats and Texas Tech Red Raiders going at it. While Texas Tech kept things close early, Jay Wright’s group did as they’ve done all year. With Jalen Brunson and company, they just can hit you from so many angles, and they did that to earn the program’s sixth Final Four berth in history.

Despite some fun earlier int he weekend, the finale between the Duke Blue Devils and Kansas Jayhawks was the cream of the crop. Two blue bloods going at it is always enticing, but they delivered the goods. Like any good heavyweight bout, it was an array of haymakers being thrown back and forth from the opening tip. However, neither could land the knockout blow and the game went to overtime. Thanks to the sweet shooting of Malik Newman, it was Kansas that pulled away for the win.

Now the Final Four is set in March Madness. Let’s take a look at the updated 2018 NCAA Tournament bracket:

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It’s probably safe to say that almost no one had the Loyola-Michigan matchup, but many may have had Villanova-Kansas. If we’ve learned anything from this time of year in 2018 though, it’s that all bets are off until the final buzzer sounds in San Antonio for the Final Four.