March Madness Morning After: Indiana's Hot, The Pac-12's Not, And Wichita State's Uncertain Future

This feature is part of VICE Sports' March Madness coverage.

Day three of the 2016 NCAA Tournament is over, and after a wild Friday, chalk mostly ruled on Saturday. Let's get caught up on all the action.

We already have chronicled why the NCAA's metric of choice for seeding teams, the RPI, is awful. The short of it is that the system can easily be gamed, and that it ignores margin of victory, the metric most predictive of team strength.

The Pac-12 was a bit of an RPI darling this year, and it's what helped the league get a lot of quality seeds—Oregon as a No. 1 seed, Utah as a No. 3 seed, Cal as a No. 4 seed, Oregon State as a No. 7 seed, Colorado as a No. 8 seed, etc. However, six of the Pac-12's seven teams already are out of the tournament—all of them at the hands of lower-seeded teams—and the league is looking like a bit of a bust.

Who ever could have predicted that? Anyone who looked at margin of victory.

According to KenPom.com's ranking, which incorporates margin of victory, six of the Pac-12's teams were overseeded, and four of them—Oregon State, Utah, USC and Colorado—were among the most overseeded teams in the NCA field.

This can easily be avoided in the future if the NCAA adds margin of victory as a seeding component. Until then, overseeding will cause RPI darlings like the Pac-12 to massively disappoint.

Duke guard Grayson Allen insists that he looks nothing-nothing!-like a certain Republican presidential candidate:

Grayson Allen on the Ted Cruz comparisons: 'I don't see it. I asked my parents, and the don't see it either.' Acknowledges others do see it

— Laura Keeley (@laurakeeley)March 19, 2016

Grayson Allen is also wrong. A wonderful basketball player, but so, so wrong:

Ted's smile suddenly looks like it fits! MT — Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann)March 17, 2016

For more on this complete non-controversy, click here.

Wichita State lost to Miami in the round of 32, meaning Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker have played their last games as Shockers. In four years, those two star guards have been the prime movers of an incredible WSU run. The highlights:

● A No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and an undefeated regular season;

● A Final Four and a Sweet Sixteen;

● Four straight years advancing out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament;

● Wins over Kansas, Indiana, Ohio State, Gonzaga, Pitt, Iowa, Tennessee, Utah, Vanderbilt, Arizona and many more.

Wichita State is illegitimate power program now, despite playing in the Missouri Valley Conference. Question is, can the Shockers sustain their newfound success?

WSU was good before VanVleet and Baker, which bodes well for the program. More importantly, the Shockers are funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, and they're spending money like a nationally elite program, paying coach Gregg Marshall a top-tier power conference salary of $3.3 million.

If Wichita State suffers a down year, will that money help the program recruit its way back to prominence? Will it keep Marshall from bolting for a power conference opening, the way Shaka Smart left VCU for Texas? The answers to those questions will go a long way toward determining the Shockers' future.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

— Ryan Nanni (@celebrityhottub)March 20, 2016

On the other hand, maybe Grayson Allen is right, after all.

Indiana beat Kentucky on Saturday in what wasan Elite Eight-caliber matchup played in the round of 32, and the Hoosiers proved that they have an offense good enough to win the national championship.

When you defend Indiana, you have to pick your poison, because the Hoosiers can hurt you from everywhere on the floor, with the fifth-best three-point shooting percentage and the sixth-best two-point percentage in the country. Star guards Yogi Ferrell, Robert Johnson and Nick Zeisloft are all shooting above 40 percent from beyond the arc.

Inside, IU is getting better with each passing game. Former five-star recruit Thomas Bryant dominated Kentucky, finishing with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting. He was joined by emerging freshman OG Anunoby, who is becoming a walkin highlight reel:

The old adage says defense wins championships, but truth is that you need elite offense, too. Indiana's offense might be too good to stop. North Carolina is up net, and the top-seeded Tar Heels will have their hands full.

Kentucky's Tyler Ulis to Indiana's Yogi Ferrell, after draining the below shot: "I'm a bad motherfucker."

He's not wrong!

Every year, the NCAA Tournament attracts lots of reporters who don't otherwise cover college basketball on a regular basis, as well as a gaggle of media with blank screens and empty pages to fill. The result? A whole lot of very, um, strange questions. To wit:

● Discussing Puerto Rican heritage as it relates to basketball (it does not):

Reporter from Attleboro asking Larranaga why 'some 6-foot white guy, Puerto Rican kid' always seems to make plays in March. OK?

— Matt Porter (@mattyports)March 19, 2016

● An outstanding answer to a condescending question:

● Failing to know anything about a player's history:

Peter Jok was asked what he remembers from Iowa's last Sweet 16 run, in 1999. 'I think I was in Africa then. I… — Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello)March 19, 2016

● A coach asking a reporter about weed:

What a time for journalism.

As always: you're welcome, America. On to Day Four!