Round of 32
(1) Ohio State
(8) UCLA
(5) Vanderbilt
(4) UConn
(11) Saint Mary's
(3) Syracuse
(10) Illinois
(2) Duke
(1) Pitt
(8) UNLV
(5) Georgetown
(4) Florida
(6) Villanova
(3) Wisconsin
(7) Temple
(2) Texas
(1) Kansas
(8) Utah State
(5) Arizona
(4) Louisville
(6) West Virginia
(3) San Diego State
(7) Missouri
(2) Purdue
(1) BYU
(9) Washington
(5) Kentucky
(13) Belmont
(6) Texas A&M
(3) North Carolina
(7) George Mason
(2) Notre Dame
Sweet 16
(1) Ohio State
(5) Vanderbilt
(3) Syracuse
(2) Duke
(1) Pitt
(5) Georgetown
(3) Wisconsin
(2) Texas
(1) Kansas
(4) Louisville
(3) San Diego State
(2) Purdue
(1) BYU
(5) Kentucky
(3) North Carolina
(2) Notre Dame
Elite Eight
(1) Ohio State
(2) Duke
(1) Pitt
(2) Texas
(1) Kansas
(2) Purdue
(1) BYU
(3) North Carolina
Final Four
(1) Ohio State
(1) Pitt
(1) Kansas
(1) BYU
Championship
(1) Ohio State
(1) Kansas
Champion
(1) Ohio State
It looks to me like the best games will be in the Elite Eight round, with Ohio State facing Duke and Kansas facing Purdue, which means that only two of the best four teams in the country right now would be able to reach the Final Four. Neither Pitt nor BYU has a great shot at the title game, but the title game should be great no matter who makes it, since no team has really separated itself from the pack. When I pick my 10 brackets on ESPN, there's a good chance I'll have 7 or 8 different teams as champions in different brackets.
NBA Player of the Day
Al Horford - ATL - 31 pts, 16 reb, 2 ast, 2 stl, 13-20 FG, 1-1 3P, 4-7 FT
Horford tied his career high with 31 points and scored on a dunk with 29 seconds left to give Atlanta their first lead of the game as the Hawks upset Chicago last night. Atlanta started the game down 14-0, but Horford led the huge comeback with his best game of the season.
Predictions - 3 Mar
Upset picks are in italics.
Possible upsets are underlined.
NBA
Magic at Heat - Heat by 4
Nuggets at Jazz - Nuggets by 2
College Basketball
(10) Wisconsin at Indiana - Wisconsin by 4
(15) Saint John's at Seton Hall - Seton Hall by 1
Oregon State at (18) Arizona - Arizona by 21
UCLA at Washington - Washington by 14
Prediction Results - 2 Mar
NBA: 7-3 (.700) 516-211 overall (.710)
College Basketball: 7-4 (.636) 518-127 overall (.803)
Upsets: 2-2 (.500) 138-86 overall (.616)
Glad you finally got it right! Ohio State all the way! :)
ReplyDeleteSo Wesley says since the whole Davies incident (seems he can score better off the court) that there is no way BYU can make it to the final four. Any thoughts about that?
ReplyDeleteNice, Tara. I think their chance at making the Final Four has definitely shrunk, but they still have a small chance. I want to see how they play in the conference tournament before I count them out.
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