In the spirit of March Madness, we decided to create a virtual Sweet Sixteen bracket based on each team's most notable miler alum past or present.

Every day this week we will let YOU decide who would win a virtual matchup between each miler and eventually crown the unofficial Miler Madness Champion!

Note: Athlete's known personal best 800/1500 from college are listed for reference.

SWEET SIXTEEN

No. 9 Kansas State vs. No. 5 Kentucky

Christian Smith (Kansas State '06) defeats Matt Hillenbrand (Kentucky '14)

No. 11 Loyola-Chicago vs. No. 7 Nevada

Sam Penzenstadler (Loyola-Chicago '15) wins via bye (no men's Nevada team)

No. 9 Florida State vs. No. 4 Gonzaga

Ciaran O'Lionaird (Florida State '11) defeats Andy Phillips (Gonzaga '15)

No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 7 Texas A&M

Nick Willis (Michigan '05) defeats Tommy Bonn (Texas A&M '02)

No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 5 West Virginia

Sydney Maree (Villanova '81) wins via bye (no men's WVU team)

No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 2 Purdue

Gezachw Yoseff (Texas Tech '00) defeats Galen Hackler (Purdue '73)

No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 5 Clemson

Jim Ryun (Kansas '67) defeats Terrance Herrington (Clemson '87)

No. 11 Syracuse vs No. 2 Duke

Justyn Knight (Syracuse '16) defeats Bob Wheeler (Duke '72)

ELITE EIGHT

No. 9 Kansas State vs. No. 11 Loyola-Chicago

Christian Smith (Kansas State '06) defeats Sam Penzenstadler (Loyola-Chicago '15)

No. 9 Florida State vs. No. 3 Michigan

Nick Willis (Michigan '05) defeats Ciaran O'Lionaird (Florida State '11)

No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 3 Texas Tech

Sydney Maree (Villanova '81) defeats Gezachw Yoseff (Texas Tech '00)

No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 11 Syracuse

Jim Ryun (Kansas '67) defeats Justyn Knight (Syracuse '16)

FINAL FOUR

No. 9 Kansas State vs. No. 3 Michigan

Nick Willis (Michigan '05) defeats Christian Smith (Kansas State '06)

No. 1 Villanova vs. No. 1 Kansas

Jim Ryun (Kansas '67) defeats Sydney Maree (Villanova '81)

MILER MADNESS CHAMPIONSHIP

No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 1 Kansas