The first round ended with a flurry last night as Cleveland State (had them); Wisconsin and Siena all won exciting games. I finished the first round at 25-7, but only have 12 of 16 Sweet sixteen teams remaining. Eight teams will punch tickets to the Sweet Sixteen today with UCLA and Villanova tipping off [...]
FINAL FOUR
Washington will meet Louisville in a national semi-final that nobody saw coming. Can Louisville’s guards handle the pressure that I am sure Washington will throw at them? I like Louisville to win because they are more dynamic offensively and I don’t think Terrence Williams will be contained. Samuels vs. Brockman will be a great [...]
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Sleeper: West Virginia- The Mountaineers must survive Dayton, but the emergence of Kevin Jones and Devin Ebanks means WVU can play with anyone. This team could be poised to run to the Elite Eight.
Upset Alert: Cleveland State- The 13th seeded Vikings could be a terror against Wake if they successfully slow the game [...]
14th seed Northwestern State’s shocking upset of #3 seed Iowa in 2006 is a great memory from recent years. It is these cinderella stories that make the NCAA Tournament what it is. This game was the end for Steve Alford at Iowa, interesting that Alford’s New Mexico team barely missed the tournament for the second straight [...]
Selection Sunday always brings about controversy about which teams get selected for the NCAA Tournament. Our bracket prognosticator Joe Lunardi went 33/34 in at-large bids this year, missing on Arizona. I think the selection of Arizona is just atrocious and echoes what certain voices in college basketball have said, which is that a schools name [...]
