After studying the bracket here are a few comments:
-UCLA's path to San Antonio is way too easy. They are paired with the weakest #2,#3
-UNC is the overall #1 yet they are paired with Tennessee, the best #2, and could have the toughest second round match-up of any high seed with the intriguing Indiana Hoosiers. Louisville versus Tennessee could be good.
-UNC will have a very weak Sweet 16 opponent but will have to go through Indiana(ATop 15 all year),Tennessee/Louisville,Kansas,and UCLA to win the title. That will be very difficult.
-Memphis will have their hands full with potentially having to face the red hot Pitt Panthers(19-1 with Fields) then either Texas(no depth concerns me) or Stanford(Brook = overrated. Robin = underrated) in the regional final.Very tough.
-Kansas looks good to advance but Clemson(tough as hell) or USC(high on talent but low on consistency)could play spoiler. Wisconsin and Gerogetown are too slow and don't have enough athletes to play with Kansas.
-Some excellent First Round Match-ups:
East Region
#7 Butler/#10 South Alabama- not only did Butler get a bad seed but they now have to play S. Bama in Birmingham! ouch
South Region
#6 USC/#11 Kansas St-This proves that the committee has a great sense of theater.
#7 Gonzaga/#10 Davidson- Everybody loves Davidson, Gonzaga is pretty good though.
Midwest Region
Not really any great match-ups on day one but if the bracket holds form the sweet 16 could be special.
West Region
#7 West Virginia/#10 Arizona- The winner of this one will go to the Elite 8.
1 comment:
I agree on that potential Indiana game in round 2 and Tennessee. My assumption is that for some reason they did not want UNC and Duke to be paired in a potential Regional Final (or maybe they didn't want two NC teams there) and they didn't want UNC-Georgetown again. These are guesses, but it doesn't really make sense. The more I watch Brook Lopez, the more I like him. It is rare to see a guy with that size and build possess quality moves on the block, which is lacking in the NBA. But I do agree on Robin, he is a great defender and can also score with his back to the basket. The USC-KSU should be a great game and I have already written about the bad Butler seed, but forgot to mention that they are also playing a road game in their first game. Don't sleep on that Western Kentucky-Drake game in round one.
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