Potential for upset risk: High
Does give Richie Saunders love for his grandfather's creation...
No. 6 BYU Cougars vs. No. 11 VCU Rams
Player to watch: Richie Saunders (BYU). He is a shooter who has canned 74 3-pointers on the season at a 43% clip. Plus, his great-grandfather invented the tater tot — for that, we owe him a great debt.
Winner: BYU
Potential for upset: High. VCU is very good — the Rams have the highest offensive and defensive efficiency in the Atlantic 10. They force miscues and have two major talents in Joe Bamisile and Max Shulga, both of whom average 15.0 PPG. Coach Ryan Odom also engineered the UMBC upset over Virginia as a 16-seed in 2018.