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Madness teams could pull off upsets in the first round? Here's eight bracket-buster predictions for Round of 64 NCAA Tournament bracket.

The First Four has been around since 2011 and features the last four automatic qualifiers and last four at-large bids playing to whittle the field from 68 to 64. This year will see two 16-seed vs. 16-seed matchups and two 11-seed vs. 11-seed matchups, but don’t write these games off because they involve double-digit seeds.

Fast forward to this Sunday, and the Wolverines already knew their fate before the NCAA Tournament bracket was officially revealed — for the exact opposite reason. A remarkable turnaround in Year 1 of Dusty May’s tenure led to Michigan putting an end to its two-year absence in March Madness with a Big Ten tournament title and making the 68-team field as the No.