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Bracket Madness: The greatest NCAA tournament team of all-time Sweet 16

The votes from the first round have been tallied and we are now down to a field of 16 teams as we look to crown the greatest NCAA tournament team of all-time.

There were some upsets in the first round, as the sixth-seeded Texas Western team, the first national champion starting five black players, took down the 1993 North Carolina team led by Eric Montross. No. 7 seed 1984 Georgetown, led by star center Patrick Ewing, knocked off a stacked 1996 Kentucky team featuring five future pros.

All the No. 1 seeds advanced, but the 2012 Kentucky team featuring Anthony Davis nearly went down to the 2006 Florida squad. The Wildcats scraped by with just 52.9% of the votes.

Let’s take a look at the Sweet 16 matchups…

East region

(1) 1991-92 DUKE

Notable players: Christian Laettner, Grant Hill, Bobby Hurley

 (5) 1993-94 ARKANSAS

Notable players: Corliss Williamson, Scotty Thurman, Alex Dillard

(6) 1965-66 TEXAS WESTERN

Notable players: Bobby Joe Hill, David Lattin, Orsten Artis

(2) 1971-72 UCLA

Notable players: Bill Walton, Henry Bibby, Jamaal Wilkes

Midwest region

(1) 2011-12 KENTUCKY

Notable players: Anthony Davis, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Terrence Jones

(4) 1966-67 UCLA

Notable players: Kareem Abdul-Jabaar, Lucius Allen, Mike Warren

(6) 1985-86 LOUISVILLE

Notable players: Pervis Ellison, Billy Thompson, Milt Wagner

(2) 1975-76 INDIANA

Notable players: Scott May, Kent Benson, Quinn Buckner

South region

(1) 1981-82 NORTH CAROLINA

Notable players: Michael Jordan, James Worthy, Sam Perkins

(4) 1989-90 UNLV

Notable players: Larry Johnson, Anderson Hunt, Stacey Augmon

(3) 2006-07 FLORIDA

Notable players: Al Horford, Joakim Noah, Corey Brewer

(7) 1983-84 GEORGETOWN

Notable players: Patrick Ewing, David Wingate, Michael Jackson

West region

(1) 1972-73 UCLA

Notable players: Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes, Keith Wilkes

(5) 1996-97 ARIZONA

Notable players: Miles Simon, Mike Bibby, Michael Dickerson

(3) 1998-99 CONNECTICUT

Notable players: Richard Hamilton, Khalid El-Amin, Kevin Freeman

(2) 1978-79 MICHIGAN STATE

Notable players: Magic Johnson, Greg Kelser, Jay Vincent

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