With just over a minute remaining in regulation of its First Four game last year, UCLA trailed Michigan State by five points after the Bruins had barely made the field after losing their final four games prior to Selection Sunday. Now, they were staring the end of their season right in the face.
But then they rallied to force overtime and eventually beat the Spartans. Then they topped 6-seed BYU and 14-seed Abilene Christian. A week later, 2-seed Alabama and 1-seed Michigan had been vanquished, too. Less than two weeks after their season looked like it would end before some people had even finalized their brackets, the Bruins had destroyed most everyone’s bracket and were headed to the Final Four.
Since its introduction in 2011, the First Four has been the launching point for teams that went from barely making the field to making plenty of noise. There have been 10 NCAA Tournaments since the expansion to 68…
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