March Madness 2019: 10 teams that will bust your bracket

ANN ARBOR, MI - FEBRUARY 09: Wisconsin Badgers forward Ethan Happ (22) plays defense during a regular season Big 10 Conference game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Michigan Wolverines on February 9, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
ANN ARBOR, MI - FEBRUARY 09: Wisconsin Badgers forward Ethan Happ (22) plays defense during a regular season Big 10 Conference game between the Wisconsin Badgers and the Michigan Wolverines on February 9, 2019 at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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SEATTLE, WA – FEBRUARY 23: Washington Huskies guard David Crisp (1) dribbles the ball down court during a college basketball game between the Colorado Buffaloes against the Washington Huskies on February 23, 2019, at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, WA. (Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA – FEBRUARY 23: Washington Huskies guard David Crisp (1) dribbles the ball down court during a college basketball game between the Colorado Buffaloes against the Washington Huskies on February 23, 2019, at Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, WA. (Photo by Joseph Weiser/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

No. 3: Washington Huskies

This Washington team made it to the Pac-12 championship game this season against the Oregon Ducks, and were easily handled by them. Mike Hopkins’ Huskies were given a No. 9 seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament, despite finishing with statistics and reputation that landed them at just 51st in the KenPom rankings.

The Huskies came in at No. 119 in adjusted offense. In terms of pace, the Huskies are a slow-moving team, coming in at No. 263 in tempo, which could serve to suffer at the hands of faster teams in this year’s tournament, which complement the ever-increasing speed of modern basketball.

Washington was 1-7 against teams that reached the NCAA Tournament this year, with their only win coming earlier in the season against an Oregon team that later beat the Huskies, as was stated above. The Pac-12 managed to squeeze three teams in this year, and the Huskies landed in as one, thus breaking an eight-year drought.

Their competition, the eight-seeded Utah State Aggies, come into Friday’s game riding on the tail end of a 10-game winning streak, including a win that saw them top the Mountain West Tournament. The Huskies are looking very beatable in this bracket for a hot Aggies team coming into Friday’s contest in Columbus.

If Washington manages to evade a loss in their first round competition, I don’t look to them to make it very far afterwards, despite receiving a seed inside of the top 10 in the region.