According to the committee, North Carolina was officially the last team in the field.
On the latest bracket matrix, featuring 111 bracketologists:
West Virginia was in all 111 brackets.
Indiana was in 90.
Texas was in 50.
Xavier was in 30.
North Carolina was in 27.
For what it’s worth.
Jayson Tatum (age 26) has just become one of only 14 players in the Top 100 in playoff points, rebounds, assists, blocks, steals and threes.
The others:
LeBron
MJ
Kobe
KD
James Harden
Pippen
Paul Pierce
Clyde Drexler
Kawhi
Al Horford
Robert Horry
Draymond Green
Andre Iguodala
One thing about Smart: He wasn’t afraid of any situation on the court. The results could be heroic, frustrating and often hilarious, but he wasn’t scared of anyone or anything. That’s hard to replace.
Fred VanVleet is expected to decline his $22.8M player option and leave the Toronto Raptors in free agency this offseason.
Chicago, Orlando, New Orleans, Houston, and the Lakers all make sense as teams that could pursue VanVleet.