None of those 3 are happening....IMO one of the best chances is Montana over Wisconsin. Montana has SIX players shooting the 3 at over 37%. I realize Wisconsin is good at defense, but my old high school had a better offense than the badgers. I didn't pick it on my bracket, but this upset would not shock me at all. I have smaller upsets this year, such as Xavier over ND. I just don't have faith in teams who's MO is slow it down and keep it under 50 when it comes tourney time.
Somehow Florida made it into my Final Four and I didn't mean for that to happen either. I picked St. Louis to beat Michigan State and Florida to beat Mizzou and Louisville, so that's kinda just how things fell into place. Also picked Colorado State over Murray State. CSU played Duke really tough at Duke for a big part of the game, so I figured why not.
I'd never bet against Duke, NC, KY, Mich St or FL. The spoilers to watch Ohio State, West VA and Syracuse. I know pretty vague... but my prediction... watch out for the Mountaineers.
Really 'Cuse? Even after their big guy, the middle of that 2-3 defense was ruled ineligible for the tourney?
This is perhaps the worst 5-12 matchup in the history of the tournament. I know everyone wants to scream "parity", but I miss when college basketball had really good teams. Now, all the talented teams are young and all the experienced teams lack talent. Sigh.
Spot on. The last great college basketball team was the last Carolina team to win the title. Talent and experience. Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, Tyler Hansbrough, and Danny Green were all upper class men, then you throw in Ed Davis, Tyler Zeller (though Zeller was hurt) and you've got a loaded team.
My shaky Vandy over Syracuse pick was solidified with news of Melos 1.8 GPA coming out. I wouldn't be surprised if Boeheim is ousted after the year or just leaves. 1.) Bernie Fine Scandal 2.) Ridiculing the victims of Bernie Fine on ESPN 3.) Drug Policy Adherence Problems for nearly a decade 4.) Fab Melo ruled ineligible for tourney over LAST SEMESTERS grades after returning to play all spring. Something doesn't add up. A LOT of problems with the program (Like UCONNS levels of problems). These aren't players having been caught accepting money or cheating problems either, these are mostly administrative/coaching/cover up type problems.
If that's your call, you should put down a couple of bucks - ha ha... Heard on the radio today they are at 1/1000 odds for winning it all... Just a few bucks down would be a heck of a payday... :-) Don't think they will win it all obviously, but picking them over Baylor could be a good pick - if they win that game they may even make it to the sweet 16 - though they don't have the depth to hang with KU to make the elite8... SD State pounded Washington in WA - plus they have won like 8 in a row...
I have wisconsin making it to final four so thats the upset in my eyes. UNC beating missouri in cship... I got VCU and wvu. Biggest is NC state winning and then beating georgetown.
I was picking UNC Ashville to be the first 16 seed to knock off a number one. They almost did. However... I didn't put them on my bracket so I wasn't that positive. LOL I have Syracuse going out in the next game.
