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(I'm aware of the "Official" College Sports Thread, but come on there's still football talk over there. GET IN THE MARCH MODE PEOPLE!!!!!)  Here's a thread totally dedicated to the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball March Madness: Road to the Final Four. Here, is the best place to share your bracket predictions, discuss the games and lay down cold hard debate, supporting your bracket. SUSHI'S predictions: FINAL FOUR: UNC, KANSAS, PITT, UCLA CHAMPIONSHIP: UNC, UCLA CHAMPHIONS: UCLA 3 GOLDEN RULES OF MARCH MADNESS 1. The Cardinal Rule is [[TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS AND GUT]], yes it's all right to fill in from the analysts/bracketologists on TV, but the NCAA bracket is meant for one thing. It's for what YOU think. 2. Always pick some sort of upset in the first two rounds, and even the sweet sixteen. It's true, not all higher seeds will always beat the lower seeds, March Madness is magnetic to upsets and heartbreaks. I advise you to pick at least two. 3. Don't pick ALL #1 seeds for the Final Four. It hasn't happened it like a BILLION years. There's always that shaky #1 seed in their region and tough #2 and #3 seeds. It's hard, but you never know, that #1 seed drought could end this year. (Don't take any word from me, just listen to rule one like I said). SUSHI'S BIG DECISIONS IN HIS BRACKET---- Why don't I have Memphis in the Final Four with all the other #1 seeds in my bracket? Well, I'm one of those people who don't believe in all number one seeds, but the oddball seems to be Memphis. Even though they have the best record in the nation, along with players like Chris Douglas-Roberts and star freshman, Derrick Rose, as to a great coaching staff with John Calipari, they haven't proven anything to me this year. Being in the C-USA, really takes a big chunk of impression of your squad, along with a terrible free throw percentage, and losing at home to pretty much the only quality team on your schedule. I see Pittsburgh taking their spot, in a semi-suprise upset because of what they'eve accomplished RECENTLY. Getting past Louisville and Georgetown in the Big East, along with that sweet conference trophy. Plus their fabulous lineup including DeJuan Blair, who's one average rebound short of a double-double a game. Sam Young who averages an 18-6 every game. They have solid players like Fields and Cook. And their good 46% FG shooting. I love this squad and I see them going farther than Memphis. Why do I have Duke going down in the second round? Duke has been skeptical and very inconsistent, not just recently, but this has been a season habit. They rely their games on their perimeter shooting. They don't have enough inside game, on both offense and defense. If Duke wants to go anywhere in this tournament, they need to notch their game up about three gears and start playing like a real college basketball squad. I have West Virginia beating Duke in the second round and let me tell you something. Joe Alexander has been PHENOMENAL these past few games. He's always stuck out to me throughout the whole season and watch out. These Mountaineers are going to bring their A game. Do I have a Cinderella Team this year round? No. Simply put. I could put double digit seeded teams no past the sweet sixteen/second round games. This tournament schedule is just to tough for a non power conference team to come and show up ready. Maybe next year. Am I bias because I'm a UCLA fan? You could say that. It's not like I'm shooting blind because of my squad. I have confidence with Kevin Love and Darren Collison to lead the way this year. |
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Math finally makes sense.
Math finally makes sense.
