March Madness

I will make predictions and such down the road in a few days or even early next week, but this tournament should be great! No clear cut favorite and a number of teams that could win it all. I like Don's pick of Texas A&M. With Acie Law hitting all the clutch shots and a deep rotation, they will be a tough out for any team in the country.

I would like to see Kevin Durant and Texas make a nice run. I guess that will depend on the ankle of Durant which was hurt this weekend against Kansas.

 

I'm finding it hard to get enthused about the tournament.. maybe once it starts.

I can pick a team to go out early, though.

Ohio State.

Maybe that's why...

 

Yeah, I watched that one Don and it was great! Some of those Acie Law threes to put the game into OT and then in Double OT were unreal.

I am usually a Texas-hater but watching Durant has turned me on to them. He is one hell of a player and is going to an NBA team a very lucky team come draft time in June.

 

ACC ACC ACC. Too bad my Clemson Tigers died out. Who didn't see that coming though?

 

I cant really call anything until selection sunday, but look for some big upsets because it always happens.

 

I can't wait for the tourney to get started....I've watched all weekend and there have been some great games.

1. I see North Carolina winning it all.
2. I like S. Illinois and Maryland to make some noise with the underdog /
darkhorse tags.
3. My quick exit will be UCLA

 

1. OSU is tough as hell and they are deep!!! Oden is unstopable when he gets the ball!! (UNC pretty good though!)
2. As a diehard Boiler fan I say Purdue is the best dark horse. haha But as a realist no way Purdue will do much. So I'll go for other Big Ten teams... Wisconsin and MSU
3. I think the quick exit will be Florida

Also what bubble teams that didn't make the cut deserved to be selected?
4. Syracuse... should have made the cut!!!!

 

As a proud Alumnus of the U of Arizona where the football season means basketball is about to start, this is Christmas in March. For our British members this is the FA Cup in terms of the anything can happen in a 1 game scenario. As for excitement IMO the NCAA Tourney is as good a sporting event we have (especially the first week). While the state of the college game can surely be debated the magic, the buzzerbeaters, and the bracket busters will turn out in full force.

Final Four; Florida, UCLA, Georgetown, Ohio State
Dark Horse; Memphis
Upset Specials; Davidson over Maryland (Sorry Don), Old Dominion over Butler, Winthrop over Notre Dame
Tough Luck; Texas A&M being a 3 seed and possibly having to play Louisville in Lexington in the 2nd round
My Team; This is the 'Cats 22nd consecutive tournament and since we lost our center in fall practice this is probably the worst of the bunch (the next team they play defense against will be the first). While, I think they'll get past Purdue (though BoilerBen's team could easily win) a second round beatdown by Florida awaits.

Let the Madness begin!!!!

 

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Hope other people have been paying more attention than I have. Still, I like my chances.

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I'm in PCB, finished the bracket in a few minutes without the usual overanalysis (which of course means changing a bunch of picks in the other pool I'm in). Even though I have Tennessee going to the Sweet 16, my buddy dragged me to the Big West tournament on Friday night and came away very impressed w/Long Beach State. Wouldn't be surprised in the least if "The Beach" pulls an upset.

 

As much as I would like to say first impressions are best when it comes to picking your teams, my experience shows that my later picks were more accurate overall.

Good call, and welcome to the jungle!!!

 

C'mon Fighting Illini!

 

The Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech!

Otherwise known as the Yellow Jackets.

 

My votes: [1] Ohio State [2] Georgetown [3] Kansas

 

How do you not see UNC as a number one seed?? They are a very tough team!!! They have depth on the bench and they also have so much talent on that team!!! Oh and a great coach!!! I'm sorry HatterDon, but they got it right putting UNC as a #1 seed!!!

(Boiler UP!!)

 

I really couldnt care less. I'm tired of 'best conference' debate. I look to a lot of upsets and those will be result of 'looking past' the low seeds.

I dont think I'll bother watching until the sweet sixteen.. but here's my picks of those who WONT be there.
- Ohio State

And Wright State.. 'My School' is in the tourney as a sacrificial lamb. They really ARENT from no-where but previously best known for beating Big 10 teams -like Mich State- foolish enough to schedule them. I probably wont watch them either.

 

There's been a lot of hoopla here in Tallahassee about Florida State supposedly getting snubbed. I'm one of the few people in town who isn't buying it.

To be fair, wins over Florida and Duke (the latter coming on the road) are impressive. But here's the thing -- we were tied for eight-place in the ACC. In the regular season, we did nothing against Wisconsin and Pitt when we had a chance, we failed to put away Clemson twice; we failed to seal a victory against BC twice; and we failed to eke out a win against Ga Tech twice. I hate to break it to the people here, but we did it to ourselves.

Anyways, I haven't started filling out my bracket yet; I'll get to that soon.