Texas Tech's Darrion Williams (5) and JT Toppin (15) celebrate after defeating Baylor in an NCAA college basketball game during the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Conference tournament, Thursday, March 13, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) AP

The NCAA Tournament bracket can be analyzed endlessly, picked by the best experts around and even ranked against other tournament brackets. But what if we were break down the bracket to see how these teams really stack up against each other,

In the first game No. 16 St. Francis (PA) will square off with No. 16 Alabama State, with a trip to Kentucky to take on the top overall seed Auburn on the line. In the second game, No. 11 North Carolina — a surprising inclusion in the tournament — takes on No.