Since Beard got unfairly snubbed, probably due to an unfair bias against teams below .500 (even when they're coached by the bestest coach ever!), the winner of this game gets to ne our coach when Indy gets his wish:
NCAA Tournament Bracket
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Tough 6seed matchup for Gonzaga.
Committee made a few small mistakes but I'll allow it
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They should. I mean if anything how you are playing closer to the tournament should carry more weight.. I personally think the committee should award seeding based on just average height and offense efficiency
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1. Duke
2. Michigan
3. Arizona
4. Florida
5. UConn
6. Houston
7. Iowa St.
8. Purdue
9. MSU
10. Illinois
11. Gonzaga
12. Virginia
13. Nebraska
14. Alabama
15. Kansas
16. Vandy
Instant thought predictions:
Duke over Siena
Ohio State over TCU
Northern Iowa over St. John's
Cal Baptist over Kansas
Louisville over South Florida
Michigan State over North Dakota State
UCLA over UCF
UConn over Furman
Florida over PV/Lehigh
Iowa over Clemson
MdNeese over Vandy
Nebraska over Troy
UNC over VCU
Illinois over Penn
St. Mary's over Texas A&M
Houston over Idaho
Arizona over LIU
Utah State over Villanova
Wisconsin over High Point
Arkansas over Hawaii
Texas over BYU
Gonzaga over Kennesaw State
Missouri over Miami FL
Purdue over Queens
Michigan over UMBC/Howard
Saint Louis over Georgia
Akron over Texas Tech
Alabama over Hofstra
Tennessee over Miami OH/SMU
Virginia over Wright State
Santa Clara over Kentucky
Iowa State over Tennessee State
Ohio State over Duke
Northern Iowa over Cal Baptist
Michigan State over Louisville
UCLA over UConn
Florida over Iowa
Nebraska over McNeese
Illinois over UNC
St. Mary's over Houston
Arizona over Utah State
Wisconsin over Arkansas
Gonzaga over Texas
Purdue over Missouri
Michigan over Saint Louis
Alabama over Akron
Tennessee over Virginia
Iowa State over Santa Clara
Ohio State over Northern Iowa
Michigan State over UCLA
Nebraska over Florida
Illinois over St. Mary's
Wisconsin over Arizona
Purdue over Gonzaga
Michigan over Alabama
Iowa State over Tennessee
Michigan State over Ohio State
Illinois over Nebraska
Purdue over Wisconsin
Michigan over Iowa State
Illinois over Michigan State
Michigan over Purdue
Illinois over Michigan
I will certainly re-evaluate at a later date.
Duke over Siena
Ohio State over TCU
Northern Iowa over St. John's
Cal Baptist over Kansas
Louisville over South Florida
Michigan State over North Dakota State
UCLA over UCF
UConn over Furman
Florida over PV/Lehigh
Iowa over Clemson
MdNeese over Vandy
Nebraska over Troy
UNC over VCU
Illinois over Penn
St. Mary's over Texas A&M
Houston over Idaho
Arizona over LIU
Utah State over Villanova
Wisconsin over High Point
Arkansas over Hawaii
Texas over BYU
Gonzaga over Kennesaw State
Missouri over Miami FL
Purdue over Queens
Michigan over UMBC/Howard
Saint Louis over Georgia
Akron over Texas Tech
Alabama over Hofstra
Tennessee over Miami OH/SMU
Virginia over Wright State
Santa Clara over Kentucky
Iowa State over Tennessee State
Ohio State over Duke
Northern Iowa over Cal Baptist
Michigan State over Louisville
UCLA over UConn
Florida over Iowa
Nebraska over McNeese
Illinois over UNC
St. Mary's over Houston
Arizona over Utah State
Wisconsin over Arkansas
Gonzaga over Texas
Purdue over Missouri
Michigan over Saint Louis
Alabama over Akron
Tennessee over Virginia
Iowa State over Santa Clara
Ohio State over Northern Iowa
Michigan State over UCLA
Nebraska over Florida
Illinois over St. Mary's
Wisconsin over Arizona
Purdue over Gonzaga
Michigan over Alabama
Iowa State over Tennessee
Michigan State over Ohio State
Illinois over Nebraska
Purdue over Wisconsin
Michigan over Iowa State
Illinois over Michigan State
Michigan over Purdue
Illinois over Michigan
I will certainly re-evaluate at a later date.
Illinicpa14
- Chicago
I will have what you are drinking tonight!
I'm just a little disappointed UCLA didn't end up in the bottom half of the Midwest bracket.
Ignatius Shang
- Columbia, MO
I'm not thrilled about the possibility of facing Houston (arguably the strongest 2+ seed) again after 2022, but it's interesting to see that betting odds have us at the top of the 3+ seeds, and even above two No. 2 seeds (Purdue and UConn).
Oh wow.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
There is not even a guarantee that Houston makes it out of first weekend. Are they favored to, yes. However, they have also had some rough patches in mid-Feb. Let the madness begin!
They play St Mary’s
Iowa State, for example, has to go up against Kentucky.
UConn plays UCLA (with a healthy dent and Bilodeau; hopefully)
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Why waste energy reevaluating? Just will it to be so, instead.
St. Mary's is the best team by predictive metrics of the 3.They play St Mary’s
Iowa State, for example, has to go up against Kentucky.
UConn plays UCLA (with a healthy dent and Bilodeau; hopefully)
They play St Mary’s
Iowa State, for example, has to go up against Kentucky.
UConn plays UCLA (with a healthy dent and Bilodeau; hopefully)
I think St. Mary's is better than Kentucky...
I think Kentucky loses to Santa Clara.
I DO NOT think houston loses though. But I actually am somewhat intrigued by a few of the things St. Mary's does well and how it matches with them - I've been burned by St. Mary's hopes before in March. So i wont predict that.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
St. Mary's is no slouch. I would not be surprised to see them make it a game against Houston. They were playing very good basketball before losing to Santa Clara last week (had 8 game win streak, including a win over Gonzaga). Their Net is actually wedged between Kansas and BYU at #23. I still expect Houston to win, but I see no reason to worry about Houston in Houston...yet. A lot of fun basketball to play.They play St Mary’s
Iowa State, for example, has to go up against Kentucky.
IMO, Kentucky is likely an easier game for Iowa State than Houston.
They're not getting helped by being forced into a road game vs Missouri. How does that happen?
Clark Kellog predicts Purdue to the the Final Four from the West...
And smoking!
Purdue is going to have to play Miami FL, or Mizzou….no cakewalk and than possibly Gonzaga even though they are not that great and Zona. Kind of tough if they revert back to how they were playing at the end of the regular season imo.Clark Kellog predicts Purdue to the the Final Four from the West...
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After the first few seeds, the committee will prioritize less travel for teams while maintaining competitive balance. It's also why 13 seed Cal Baptist is playing in San Diego, 90 miles from campus. It really doesn't offset the balance all that much, and teams save money on travel to participate.
My final 4 would be MICH, AZ, HOU, DUKE.
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