[March Madness] Where's your team?

[Liminal Syzygy]

Hi Michael,

I was born and raised in Lexington. Living in Japan now I don't get much of a chance to visit, but I was there over Christmas and went to the Alcorn State game while I was there.

Feeling was pretty negative on Tubby Smith at the time. Has it improved? I guess it depends on the eventual tourney performance, but I was wondering in the meantime...

- Cordo

 

[drothgery]

Careful will that. I am all for an all-Big East Final Four, being a UConn fan. But recall that just yesterday Florida, a number 2 seed, got wrecked playing in their home state. So no round should be easy from here on out for any of the teams.

Albany, New York isn't Tampa, Florida; Tampa's a little over two hours from Gainesville, but that's about the only commonality. Tampa's a tourist trap (and so relatively cheap and easy to fly to) which has pro baseball and hockey teams, and the Gators aren't the only major-conference college basketball team around. With the exception of a few Canisius and St. Bonaventure fans near Buffalo, upstate NY is pretty much all SU country.

Besides, no one's ever made the final four with lower than an 8 seed.

 

[Datt]

Just a friendly bump so we don't have to look too far in a couple days when the sweet 16 starts.

 

[Datt]

Ok so here are my predictions for tonights games:

Kentucky over Wisconsin

Marquette over Pittsburgh

Arizona killing Notre Dame

and the closest and best of them all Kansas squizzing by Duke.

What do the rest of you think?

 

[drothgery]

I had Kentucky, Pitt, Arizona, and Duke in my 2nd-chance bracket (and my original one; that side of the draw didn't get hosed by errors in earlier rounds). Tonight I'm going with SU (of course), UConn, Oklahoma, and Michigan State.

 

[National Acrobat]

Unfortunately, we (University of Richmond) lost in the NIT first round. 6 weeks ago we were second in the A-10, with a 13-6 record. A 2-7 end to the season killed everything.

 

[Hopping Vampire]

my blue devils lost. boohoo

 

[Datt]

BOOMER SOONER


Elite 8 baby! Final 4 here we come!

 

[John Crichton]

Darn.

UConn put up quite a fight. They could have won that game. They will be one of the favorites next year...

 

[drothgery]

BOOMER SOONER


Elite 8 baby! Final 4 here we come!

Not if the Orange have anything to say about it.