Conference I've Overrated: Big 12
There's a lot of temptations with Kansas, Baylor, and Kansas State receiving high seeds. Plus, with weak South and West regions, it is easy to move several of the teams higher.
Conference I've Underrated: Mountain West
They have four teams in, but I only picked New Mexico to win in the first round. In a close second, I picked two of the A-10 teams to get upset in the first round, but I showed Xavier some love and put them into the Sweet 16.
Injuries I Just Don't Know About: Syracuse, Purdue, Notre Dame
Injuries to their key players have made them big question marks. For the most part, I gave them the benefit of the doubt and moved them on pretty far.
Team That Would Make Me Look Smart: St. Mary's
On paper, they look pretty good and I don't feel confident about their opponents.
Stats I'm Overrating: A strong center, how they finished the season, the strength of their conference
Stats I'm Underrating: Previous tournament history, defense, free throw shooting/three point percentage
Chalk Region: Midwest
Upset Region: West
Strongest Seed Number (besides #1): 3 - Pitt, Georgetown, New Mexico, Baylor
Weakest Seed Number: 4 - Maryland, Purdue, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt
Game I Would Really Want To See That Won't Happen: OSU vs. Kentucky
3 comments:
I'm a Baylor/K-State hater, but a Kansas lover.
I agree with you: the West bracket is the one that might get whacky.
I would hate OSU-Kentucky. I know it's Turner-Wall and all that, but to see the Buckeyes in a National Championship game against John Toolbag and his Wildcats would just make me sick.
I think I would love to see Michigan State against anybody from the East or South...
I almost picked OSU-Kentucky for my national championship game.
...but I decided Kentucky was going to get upset by Texas.
To be clear, I meant I would like to see OSU-Kentucky from a pure entertainment/matchup perspective. Seeing them actually make the finals would be my nightmare.
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