CBS Sports analyst Seth Davis is never shy about making some March Madness upset picks. With just one quadrant of the 2025 men's NCAA tournament bracket unveiled, he already had a Cinderella run to the Sweet 16 picked out: South Region No. 12 UC San Diego.
Led by guard Aniwaniwa St. Jones (19.5 points per game), the Tritons put together an incredible 30–4 season, winning a competitive Big West to make their first Big Dance. Davis doesn't think they'll be a flash in the pan, thanks in part to another projected first-round upset in the bracket.
"Everybody get used to saying Aniwaniwa because UC San Diego is going to defeat—not only Michigan in the first round, I like Yale to pull off another first-round upset over Texas A&M—which means the Tritons, their first season in Division I, they want to keep playing. They are going to the Sweet 16."
"The Tritons (UC San Diego) ... They are going to the Sweet 16."
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) March 16, 2025
-- @SethDavisHoops says 12-seed @UCSDmbb is going to take down Michigan and Yale en route to a Sweet 16 pic.twitter.com/zTQN3pN1O9
If UC San Diego can make a dramatic run in their March Madness debut, they could get their shot at the nation's top team, as No. 1 overall seed Auburn sits atop the South Region bracket.
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