After all the delightful tumult of the past four days, the NCAA tournament bracket has gotten a thorough scrubbing. As a result, we have arrived at a fresh-faced Sweet 16.
Welcome, Florida Atlantic. The Owls have never been here before and deserve to be celebrated, even if they did the dirty work of dispatching No. 16 seeded darling Fairleigh Dickinson.
Welcome back after an extended absence, Princeton. The Tigers were last seen in these parts in 1967, when the field consisted of 23 teams and they only had to win once to make the final 16.