One of the joy of March Madness is the chance that every player shines. Whether they play for the highest seed or a loser, every athlete has the same shot to etch his name to the tradition of the tournament when they fight through the holder for the national title.
This year’s tournaments could be light on Cinderella – seven out of the eight finals of four teams are seeds No. 1, with Geno Auriemma’s Uconne Women’s team as lonely No. 2.
But that did not prevent the new stars in discovery.
From the clutch games to the captivating personalities, the journey to Final Four was full of players who became a brand.
Here is a round view of March Madness’s main characters.
First round
Amir Khan: Manager, McNeese Cowboys
Khan kindly known as “Aura”, Khan became a viral in February after led McNeese tunnels Down Down Locker Room with a boombox in his hand and rapped along Luda Foe’s “in & out” – the team song. His March moment increased when 12-SEMEN Cowboys upset Clemson No. 5 in the first round of the male tournament.
Before McNees fell into Purdue in the second round, Khan was still gaining traction, which led to becoming the first student manager to sign an agreement with zero and landed more.
Despite blowing the 19-point lead of the second half, the 10-sine Oregon survived 7-SEMEN Vanderbilt overtime to advance to the second round.
North Carolina Deja Kelly’s transfer led and ended with 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 theft. With less than three minutes in OT grabbed a key defensive jump and imitated Nani Magea for a 3-proofer. Kelly’s Clutch Free Hows also helped seal 77-73 win.
Second round
Derik Queen, Maryland TerrapinsJohn Calipari, Arkansas Razorbacks
There are six seconds left, State Guardian Colorado Jalen Lake He buried the rainbow 3 over the derik Queen to give 12-heaps a lead.
Then he had a 6-Naha-10 newcomer from Baltimor in Maryland for ever “March moment”.
Queen remains 71-70 with the remaining 3.6 seconds, Queen rose in Fadeaway buzzer to lift Maryland to a 72-71 Win and send Terps to their first Sweet 16 since 2016.
Razorbacks Calipari was the closest thing to the Cinderella team at the tournament this year. In his first season as head coach Arkansas managed to lead a 10-sized pig to the tournament.
To make things even sweeter, he knocked down the long -time opponent Rick Pitin and No. 2. John’s to reach his 16th Sweet 16.
Lauren Betts, Ucla bruins;; Aneesah Morow, Tigers
Betts was almost unstoppable and gained 31 points in shooting 15 out of 16 to Power UCLA around Ole Miss and to its first elite eight since 2018.
6-Naha-7 Center added 10 rebounds and three blocks in victory. Betts dominated early and earned 16 out of 30 Bruins’ first half of the points-the second time this season was more than 50% of their scoring in half. Defense player BIG TEN DEFENSIVE This with limitation of game rating PLUS-23.
Morrow, the highest rebounder of the nation, recorded her 30. Twice the season of 30 points and 19 rebounds.
In the first quarter she set the tone soon with 10 points, then took over again in third place and gained 11 out of 21 points in LSU in Tigers victory over Nc State Wolfpack.
Sweet 16
Milos Saan, Houston Cougars;; Cooper Flagg, Duke Blue Devils
With the remaining 0.9 seconds, the head coach of Houston Kelvin Sampson drew the perfect game of the incoming and Saan made it flawlessly.
Saan threw the ball on Joseph Tuglerthat bounced back right back and allowed the Rangers 6 feet to cut to the edge for the undisputed layout that gave the best deployed Cougar’s dramatic victory over Purdue.
Flagg gave a commanding performance that included a number of moments changing the game; A deep 3-proofer just before the half-time Bsus, no appearance for the aisle, another for the 3-boy and the key blocked shot in the showing the Duke head coach Jon Scheyer called one of the best tournament performances When was the witness to.
He ended up with 30 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks in Duke’s victory over Arizona.
Paige BueckersUconn Huskies; Mailasia Fulwileia, South Carolina Gamecocks
Bueckers scored 40 points high points, raised Uconn from the slow first half and turned a tight game against Oklahoma to 82-59 Blowout. After the break, she poured into 29 and deleted 36-32 half-lives almost one hand.
Bueckers also combined her career high with six 3-pointer-two of them came during a 10-0 personal run in the fourth quarter, which sealed victory.
Sophomore Milaysia’s Fulwiley Rangers scored a team of 23 points to keep the national title alive in South Carolina.
When Gamecocks ended 60-59 late, its layout caused 7-0 running and she followed him with a bucket on the 2:22 mark to help lift South Carolina around Maryland.
Elite eight:
John Broome, AUBURN TIGERS;; Walter Clayton jr. Florida Gators
Broome led Auburn with 25 points and 14 rebounds, shot efficient 10 out of 13 from the field and released both of his 3-point attempts.
He harded on his right arm while trying to block a shot with 10:37 on the left, but returned five minutes later to loud ovations from fans Auburn.
With his elbow packed, Broome was exhausted by a 3-proof less than a minute after check-in and later with one hand withdrew and limited Gutsy performance.
Clayton passed in the clutch and drilled two late 3-proofers to collect the best deployed Florida around Texas Tech and four since 2014.
“There is no other player in America that you should now have right now than Walter Clayton with the ball in his hands in a big time,” said head coach Todd Golden.
Clayton who started his university career IonaHe ended up with a team leadership of 30 points.
Gabriela JaquezTeased
With the Star Center Lauren Betts, he spends the entire second quarter on the bench and plays limited minutes, other stars Ochla performed in victory over LSU.
Gabriela Jaquez led the accusation and ended up with a team of 18 points and eight rebounds. Her 3-clutch clutch with 1:30 left Bruins’s victory over the team that set out in Sweet 16 last year.
