A thread for the upcoming tournament
My thoughts BEFORE the brackets are released….
Duke will lose to the 2nd SEC team they face
Michigan elite 8
St Johns survives round 1 and then makes it to regional final and gets smoked
SEC overall….underperforms
UNC makes tournament, infuriates many and wins play in game and then round 1
Iowa St underperforms again
Big 10 4 teams make Sweet 16
Alabama, Duke (if Flagg back), Two B1G teams to FF — I’ll go MSU and Wisconsin but impossible before brackets.
Bolder Proclamations:
Laley23 wrote:Alabama, Duke (if Flagg back), Two B1G teams to FF — I’ll go MSU and Wisconsin but impossible before brackets.
Bolder Proclamations:
- SEC goes unbeaten in 1st round.
- Big Ten send 6 to the S16.
- Mark Sears scores 40+ twice.
Sears is a tourney player but Bama hasn’t been great the last couple weeks when I watched.
Maryland has been very good…Wisconsin and Michigan peaking at the right time….Zona too
Duke and Florida are my only two FF picks before seeing the brackets
Houston
Auburn
Bama
Tennessee
Michigan
Michigan St
Maryland
St John’s
Clemson
UNC gets the benefit of being UNC.
South region is DEEP
Auburn
Mich St
Iowa St
A&M
Michigan
Ole Miss
Marquette
Louisville
Creighton
Good Luck….should be Auburn and everyone else, but everyone else is pretty tough
East isn’t nearly as strong….if Miss St upsets Duke, there are 10 teams that can get out.
Bama will likely smoke Robert Morris but game in nearby Cleveland, could be a fun atmos
friendfromlowry wrote:UNC gets the benefit of being UNC.
Their comeback against a Duke team without Flagg and more and they were up 22 and went on cruise……Carolina gets in on that, as I predicted above.
$10 on UNC over SDSU and those winnings will go on them the next round
Houston possibly getting Gonzaga in round two. I’d be worried.
UNC and Texas in Dayton first four going to make those ticket prices crazy.
friendfromlowry wrote:UNC and Texas in Dayton first four going to make those ticket prices crazy.
And Texas playing Xavier
Midwest is meh
Michigan gets the FU…conference tourney doesn’t count
Seth Davis loves him some upsets.
Can’t wait for him to have Wofford vs SDSU in the national championship.
That south is a big ol FU Bruce Pearl…but I’m ok with that
Give me Drake to the sweet sixteen
Money going on Arkansas over Kansas so we get to see Calipari vs Pitino
Director of Athletics at North Carolina
Jesus fucking Christ
friendfromlowry wrote:Apparently almost coming back against a Duke team playing without Flagg and another key guy was enough to make up for absolutely sucking against anything resembling a Quad 1 opponent.UNC gets the benefit of being UNC.
You see what the committee thought of B1G with the omission of IU and OSU.
Big_Mirg_ZHS wrote:You see what the committee thought of B1G with the omission of IU and OSU.
You’ll get 14 SEC teams and you’ll like it.
OSU played like trash down the stretch. WVU probably has the best case to be mad about missing the tour
WVU should’ve been in over UNC…they at least showed they can beat tournament teams
Losing by 30 to Pitt may not have helped though lol
Ironman92 wrote:
Their comeback against a Duke team without Flagg and more and they were up 22 and went on cruise……Carolina gets in on that, as I predicted above.
$10 on UNC over SDSU and those winnings will go on them the next round
By the way, I agree with this. UNC absolutely ending up in the elite eight.
friendfromlowry wrote:
By the way, I agree with this. UNC absolutely ending up in the elite eight.
Guards win these games….they’ve got 2 great ones
Print the shirts
I need to look at the bracket more closely but I could see nine of those SEC teams losing their first game, and a combination of UConn, Kansas, and UNC all making the elite eight if that’s possible. Idk when they would meet up.
friendfromlowry wrote:I need to look at the bracket more closely but I could see nine of those SEC teams losing their first game, and a combination of UConn, Kansas, and UNC all making the elite eight if that’s possible. Idk when they would meet up.
Going with the blue bloods?