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Disappointing teams that will make the 2018 NCAA tournament

Shaka Smart and the Longhorns were upset by Northern Iowa in the first round of the 2016 NCAA tournament. John Rivera/Icon Sportswire

As conversation about brackets and bubbles heats up for this year's NCAA tournament, the reality is that the majority of college basketball's 351 teams will be watching the Big Dance from home. But there's always hope for next year. Our experts present a handful of unlikely tourney teams for this year that should be dancing in 2018.