Archive for March, 2009

Tourney Time (Midwest and West):

Monday, March 16th, 2009

Just my random thoughts on the Tournament.

Midwest:

This bracket features overall #1 seed Louisville, a pretty solid #2 Michigan State, last years reigning Champion #3 Kansas, and PAC-10 Tournament Champion #10 USC.  My major beef with this bracket is not that Arizona is in there, but with Big Ten Tournament runner-up, #8 Ohio State.  See Ohio State is playing a virtual home games in Dayton, and that could work to their advantage when, and if, they meet up with Louisville in the 2nd round.  Now the Cardinals won both the Big East regular and tournament, and they are definitely battle tested, but never underestimate the power of the home court advantage that Ohio State will have.  For all of that, Louisville should get the Sweet Sixteen let alone to the Regional Final to play against Michigan State.

Midwest Upset Alert:

One of the potential major upsets that I can see in this region is probably North Dakota State upsetting Kansas in the First Round.  While watching ESPN Selection Coverage, alot of the analysts were saying that Arizona could get by Utah in the #5 – #12 matchup but the way Arizona finished the season, I think the upset there will be Utah beating Arizona, (if that makes any sense).

West:

This region is pretty well stacked and there is a possibility of pretty great Sweet Sixteen game between, Memphis vs. Missouri in Glendale.  Also, beware of a Second Round matchup that could pit Purdue and Washington, which I like Washington in that game.  In the end however, I think the Regional Final will be another #1 vs #2 matchup between Connecticut and Memphis.

West Upset Alert:

I like 2 lower seeded teams to win in the First Round and they are; Utah State, and Maryland.  The reason for Utah State is that Marquette is already feeling the effects of not having Dominic James in the lineup and also they will have a tough time stopping Utah State’s big man Gary Wilkinson.

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Checking In:

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Well, I haven’t wrote here in awhile so I thought this would be a good time to do an update.  Sorry for the bad grammar in this post.

This has to be one of my times of the year, when the Conference Tournaments which leads to Selection Sunday, which leads into the NCAA Tournament.

Will This Game Ever End?:

Last night – this morning, I watched probably one of the most dumbfounding events that I have ever seen so far in my life, and that was the 6-OT game between Syracuse and Connecticut.  I mean that game would have had probably the best finish so far in all of the Conference Tournaments had Eric Devendorf’s shot counted, but that was just the start of it.  As I watched the game go into the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th OT I was hoping that the game would end because I wanted to go to bed because I had to get up at 6:30am.  At the of the 5th OT, I really thought that this game would not end but luckily Syracuse blew the game wide open in the final OT to advance and I went to bed around 1:30am.  I don’t think I will ever see another 6 OT game again.  As I write this; 8:25pm, I don’t think Syracuse will have much left in the tank against West Virginia.

Other Things:

It will be interesting to see who goes where on Selection Sunday, and who the #1 Seeds will be.  My guess for the #1 Seeds are; North Carolina, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Louisville.  Also, I think Michigan will finally make the Tournament this year, I mean they did beat UCLA, Duke, and they finished .500 in the Big Ten.  They also helped thier cause by beating Purdue, Minnesota, and winning their first round game in the Big Ten Tournament.  I will just have to wait and see what happens on Sunday, and I will be back on Monday to make my predictions on the Tournament.

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