I just got done making my final edits to my bracket and I must say - I hate it. Now let's see where I've gone wrong:
-Trouble picking a 6/11 upset. The teams are a lot closer in talent and abilities than you'd think. But I really like Arizona St, WVU, and I think that VCU over UCLA is too obvious of a pick. I resigned myself to selecting 11 Utah St to beat 6 Marquette due to their injuries and the fact that I'd pick Mizzou to beat both of them - so who cares if I get it wrong. In fact, I am overrated the 6 seeds so much, I had all 3 of my surviving 6 seeds advancing to the sweet 16 until I thought better and gave Syracuse the nod over Arizona St.
-Easiest bracket to select: South. I like UNC and Oklahoma, I don't like Illinois or Gonzaga. I am probably making a mistake by putting Arizona St into the Sweet 16
-Most difficult bracket to select: East. I like Pitt all the way, but I don't really like anyone else. I made the mistake at first with selecting too much chalk.
-Best upset pick: Arizona over Utah. I think this will work opposite from the "team snubbed by the BCS loses their bowl game" principle. People don't think they should be in the tournament, so they win.
-Upset pick I was too chicken to make: Ohio State over Louisville. It was too risky for not enough pay off (I have Wake Forest going to the Final Four regardless). Plus, I think my judgement may be clouded.
-Conference I am overrating: Big East. Pitt! UConn! WVU! Syracuse! Louisville! You're all invited to my sweet 16!
Conference I am underrating: All of the mid-majors and minors. Western Kentucky is the only team from a non-major conference in my sweet 16. Ooops.
-Pick I am happiest with: Pitt wins the National Championship. I really like this team. They're fun to watch and they are very talented. I think they have the least amount of blemishes compared to the other top contenders.
-Best first round matchup: OSU vs. Siena. It seems like everyone is expecting Siena to win, but I think OSU proved a lot at the end of the season and in the Big 10 tournament.
-Most boring first round matchup: Missouri vs. Cornell. ZZZzzzzZZZzzz
-One final note: Did you catch the women's bracket? MSU is a #9 seed and, somehow, gets to play their first two round games. If they win game 1, they most likely face #1 seed Duke. They're going to let us play Duke, Joanne P's Duke team, at home?!
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I did see that we were playing at home, but I didn't see that Duke would be our second round opponent! That's awesome. It does go to show how women's basketball isn't quite there yet. I mean, there is pub about OSU possibly playing Louisville in Dayton...can you imagine if they played in OSU's gym???
And did you hear this year's "Izzo might go to..." rumor? This year it's Arizona. That's intriguing...but I think he'll ultimately stay.
The one I heard, actually, was Alabama (because of Saban and some of the athletic staff that followed him there). Arizona is at least on our level, but Bama is way below us!
I don't know why he would ever leave us for another school, but if he did I think I would honestly cry.
By the way, if you check out some of the brackets on ESPN, Bill Simmons' wife picked us to go to the national championship game (and lose to UNC).
I almost put Michigan to the elite 8 over arizona st. in the sweet 16. In the end I chickened out and went with syracuse as well, but I don't like oklahoma.
I'm not too high on Pitt. I like them more than oklahoma, and I wouldn't be shocked if they made the final 4, but I wouldn't be shocked if they went home early...like they have done every other year....I would be very surprised if they won it all.
NO CHANCE that Izzo leaves.
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