NCAA Tournament: Storylines For Every Sweet 16 Team

Mar 20, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) celebrates defeating the Virginia Commonwealth Rams 85-81 during the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 20, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) celebrates defeating the Virginia Commonwealth Rams 85-81 during the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
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Storylines for every team in the Sweet 16. Who has the most to lose, most to gain?


Mar 20, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) celebrates defeating the Virginia Commonwealth Rams 85-81 during the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 20, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners guard Buddy Hield (24) celebrates defeating the Virginia Commonwealth Rams 85-81 during the second round of the 2016 NCAA Tournament at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports

As we enter the NCAA tournament’s Sweet 16–the regional semifinals, each team has a different story to write. How that story gets written, though, is left up to them.

They’re still two wins away from making the Final Four, etching their name in history, so there’s still plenty to get done in order to make that a reality.

The first weekend of the tournament had many, many microstories unfolding before our very eyes, but the Sweet 16 is where the bigger, grander stories begin to take shape.

What is every Sweet 16 team’s story and how can they tell it with a happy ending?

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