Wisconsin may be only a projected five seed, but with elite guard play, a rotation full of shooters, big wins over top competition, and strong late-season form, the Badgers look like exactly the kind of dangerous team that could make a deep NCAA tournament run.

Three years after a chaotic Final Four led by San Diego State, Florida Atlantic, Miami, and UConn, this NCAA tournament feels far more top-heavy, with Duke, Michigan, and Arizona looking like the only truly realistic national title winners in a landscape where the favorites suddenly hold a bigger edge than ever.