Have we met? Familiar names in a new place, March Madness
Illinois center Kofi Cockburn (21) celebrates with Trent Frazier (1) and Adam Miller (44) during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the Big Ten Conference men's tournament in Indianapolis, Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Illinois center Kofi Cockburn (21) celebrates with Trent Frazier (1) and Adam Miller (44) during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Rutgers at the Big Ten Conference men's tournament in Indianapolis, Friday, March 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Mar. 12, 2021 07:43 PM EST
Alabama's Keon Ellis (14) celebrates after scoring against LSU during the second half of the championship game at the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference Tournament Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Alabama's Keon Ellis (14) celebrates after scoring against LSU during the second half of the championship game at the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference Tournament Sunday, March 14, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Mar. 14, 2021 04:08 PM EDT
FILE - Alabama head coach Nate Oats directs his players against LSU during the first half of the championship game at the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville, in this Sunday, March 14, 2021, file photo. Nobody will get a lump in their throat or start sizing up glass slippers for programs like these — Alabama, Illinois, Baylor. They're not underdogs. They're hardly unknown. What they are is a group of new teams with well-recognized names in the NCAA Tournament, and they're hoping to keep making life hard on the programs that have long had a stranglehold on March.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - Alabama head coach Nate Oats directs his players against LSU during the first half of the championship game at the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville, in this Sunday, March 14, 2021, file photo. Nobody will get a lump in their throat or start sizing up glass slippers for programs like these — Alabama, Illinois, Baylor. They're not underdogs. They're hardly unknown. What they are is a group of new teams with well-recognized names in the NCAA Tournament, and they're hoping to keep making life hard on the programs that have long had a stranglehold on March.(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Mar. 18, 2021 03:14 PM EDT
FILE - Illinois head coach Brad Underwood reacts to a play against Michigan in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., in this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, file photo. Nobody will get a lump in their throat or start sizing up glass slippers for programs like these — Alabama, Illinois, Baylor. They're not underdogs. They're hardly unknown. What they are is a group of new teams with well-recognized names in the NCAA Tournament, and they're hoping to keep making life hard on the programs that have long had a stranglehold on March. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

FILE - Illinois head coach Brad Underwood reacts to a play against Michigan in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., in this Tuesday, March 2, 2021, file photo. Nobody will get a lump in their throat or start sizing up glass slippers for programs like these — Alabama, Illinois, Baylor. They're not underdogs. They're hardly unknown. What they are is a group of new teams with well-recognized names in the NCAA Tournament, and they're hoping to keep making life hard on the programs that have long had a stranglehold on March. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Mar. 18, 2021 03:13 PM EDT
FILE - Baylor head coach Scott Drew reacts as his team scores in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas Tech in Waco, Texas, in this Sunday, March 7, 2021, file photo. Nobody will get a lump in their throat or start sizing up glass slippers for programs like these — Alabama, Illinois, Baylor. They're not underdogs. They're hardly unknown. What they are is a group of new teams with well-recognized names in the NCAA Tournament, and they're hoping to keep making life hard on the programs that have long had a stranglehold on March.(AP Photo/Jerry Larson, File)

FILE - Baylor head coach Scott Drew reacts as his team scores in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Texas Tech in Waco, Texas, in this Sunday, March 7, 2021, file photo. Nobody will get a lump in their throat or start sizing up glass slippers for programs like these — Alabama, Illinois, Baylor. They're not underdogs. They're hardly unknown. What they are is a group of new teams with well-recognized names in the NCAA Tournament, and they're hoping to keep making life hard on the programs that have long had a stranglehold on March.(AP Photo/Jerry Larson, File)

Mar. 18, 2021 03:15 PM EDT