Looking at what lies ahead, it's possible the B12 could snag 50% of the elite 8 (far from likely, but possible).

Texas Tech and Houston both play lower seeds and are favored based on seeding (TT plays 10 seed Arkansas and Houston plays 4 seed Purdue). Can't take anything for granted at this level, but I expect both to take care of business.

BYU plays 2 seed Alabama and, while Alabama is a higher seed, with the way BYU has been playing in its last 10 games, none of us would be shocked to see BYU win that game. Pundits have been saying for the last few weeks that nobody wants to see BYU in their bracket, and BYU is coming off an upset of a similarly talented Wisconsin team that was only in the game late because of very favorable officiating. Many of us would be pleasantly surprised by a win Thursday against Alabama, but I don't think many of us would be shocked.

Arizona plays Duke, which would be a really surprising upset if AZ were to pull it off. Arizona has a lot of talent and sometimes crazy things happen in this tournament. If AZ plays well and Duke has an off game then who knows?

If the B12 were to be undefeated in sweet 16 play, BYU and AZ would be playing each other for a spot in the Final Four. Obviously the most likely outcome is the B12 goes 2-2 with a possibility of 3-1, but either of those scenarios would be great for the conference considering the B12 struck out entirely on the Elite 8 last year in spite of Houston landing a 1 seed and Iowa State landing a 2 seed.

As a side note, if this scenario played out for the B12, the Elite 8 could be comprised of 4 SEC teams and 4 B12 teams. The SEC would only need to win the games it's favored in plus have Ole Miss upset Michigan State. It would be highly unlikely, but not impossible. Although, if the B12 got 4 teams into the Elite 8 I'd probably prefer the other spots be divided up among several conferences.