Re: March Madness: The Thread

[Flames24Rulz]

I wouldn't mind seeing OSU win it because it would be something different. But I feel like they need to bail themselves out of trouble too often for me to think they'll be able to do it against better teams.

 

The lack of depth is going to catch up to them sooner rather than later.

[Old Style]

My Final Four has no 1 seeds, and 3 #2 seeds, along with Texas A&M.

YOU ARE A BRILLIANT MAN! :grin:

[Exile on Waveland]

Siena in the Sweet 16, Butler in the EE, and Notre Dame in the Final Four.

 

I'm strongly considering Minnesota in the Sweet 16 too. I'm not sold on Pittsburgh at all.

 

Me neither. I'm impressed with what they've done this year, but I don't believe they are great by any means. I will likely have the Xavier-Minnesota winner knocking them off; with that probably being Xavier.

[Smack]

Has anyone here actually seen Siena play?

[Andy]

Has anyone here actually seen Siena play?

I saw them beat Fairfield. :wink:

[SouthSideRyan]

Has anyone here actually seen Siena play?

 

A few times. I liked them better last year. I do think they were probably underseeded, but you should handle them.

[SpongeWorthy]

I haven't taken a close look yet but my gut reaction was that there will be more upsets from the 11-13ish seeds this year.

 

And I wouldn't be worried about having a chalky final 4 too much. 10 of the last 20 Final 4 teams have been #1 seeds and only 2 I think were from outside the top 4.

[Smack]

Has anyone here actually seen Siena play?

 

A few times. I liked them better last year. I do think they were probably underseeded, but you should handle them.

 

They're definitely the trendy upset pick. I've been looking for matchup articles and the stuff I'm seeing says they (Siena) get into a lot of foul trouble and have trouble hitting their own free throws.

[SouthSideRyan]

Has anyone here actually seen Siena play?

 

A few times. I liked them better last year. I do think they were probably underseeded, but you should handle them.

 

They're definitely the trendy upset pick. I've been looking for matchup articles and the stuff I'm seeing says they (Siena) get into a lot of foul trouble and have trouble hitting their own free throws.

 

They are a bad free throw shooting team, but I think you misread(or were given bad information) on the foul trouble. They're #1 in the nation at percentage of FTA given up per FGA

Edited March 15, 2010 by SouthSideRyan

[Exile on Waveland]

Has anyone here actually seen Siena play?

 

In person. (Bracket Buster at Hinkle.) I wasn't terribly impressed; I think Purdue will probably win. It's not surprising Siena will be a trendy upset pick though: (1) they've played well in the tournament two straight years, and (2) Purdue looked awful in their last game and Hummel's injury changes the complexion of their team.

[Andy]

I see that Old Dominion doesn't shoot well from 3 - outside the top 100 in the country. That's a good sign for ND, whose biggest defensive struggles since they remade themselves have come from hot outside shooting from the opposition.

[SouthSideRyan]

Purdue with the spread is probably easy money. Everyone remembers Siena from last year, and while they only lost 1 senior from that team, he was their best player, and that team never should've beat an 8 seed Ohio St.

[Smack]

Has anyone here actually seen Siena play?

 

A few times. I liked them better last year. I do think they were probably underseeded, but you should handle them.

 

They're definitely the trendy upset pick. I've been looking for matchup articles and the stuff I'm seeing says they (Siena) get into a lot of foul trouble and have trouble hitting their own free throws.

 

They are a bad free throw shooting team, but I think you misread(or were given bad information) on the foul trouble. They're #1 in the nation at percentage of FTA given up per FGA

 

Ok yeah, I did read it wrong. Thanks.

[Soul]

I could get to Milwaukee easily to see OSU's first round game against UC Santa Barbara.

 

Actually I could probably get there in time to catch the GT/OKST matchup earlier if I pushed it.

 

Hmmmm...

[Prior4CyYoung]

I have Siena and Cornell in the sweet 16 and I have Louisville beating Duke. Other than that I don't have to many other upsets besides sd st beating Tenn.

[Smack]

Elite Eight

Kansas

Ohio St.

Syracuse

Kansast St.

Wisconsin

West Virginia

Duke

Villanova

 

I haven't filled it out past here, but I think Wisconsin has the matchups to reach the Final Four where they would likely face Duke, who they beat earlier this year. Just saying.

[JimSorgi]

Final Four: Kansas, Wisconsin, Duke, and BYU.

Surprises: Florida St. over Syracuse(and to the EE), San Diego St. over Tennessee, Utah St. to the Sweet 16, Old Dominion over ND

[TruffleShuffle]

spreads on first round games:

 

Ohio vs Georgetown -13.5

San Diego State vs Tennessee -3

Robert Morris vs Villanova -18.5

Saint Marys CA vs Richmond -2

E Tennessee St vs Kentucky -19.5

Wake Forest vs Texas -4.5

Sam Houston vs Baylor -11

Old Dominion vs Notre Dame -1.5

Lehigh vs Kansas -25.5

Northern Iowa vs UNLV -1

North Texas vs Kansas State -16

Florida vs B.Y.U. -4.5

UTEP vs Butler -2.5

Murray State vs Vanderbilt -3

Montana vs New Mexico -9

Washington U vs Marquette -1.5

 

 

Vermont vs Syracuse -17.5

Florida State -1.5 vs Gonzaga

Morgan State vs West Virginia -17.5

Missouri vs Clemson -1

Cornell vs Temple -3.5

Wofford vs Wisconsin -10

Louisville vs California pk

Cal Santa Barbara vs Ohio State -17

Georgia Tech vs Oklahoma State -2

Oakland vs Pittsburgh -10

Minnesota U -1 vs Xavier

New Mexico State vs Michigan State -13.5

Houston U vs Maryland -9

Utah State vs Texas A&M -3

Siena vs Purdue -4

[Cubswin11]

spreads on first round games:

 

Ohio vs Georgetown -13.5

San Diego State vs Tennessee -3

Robert Morris vs Villanova -18.5

Saint Marys CA vs Richmond -2

E Tennessee St vs Kentucky -19.5

Wake Forest vs Texas -4.5

Sam Houston vs Baylor -11

Old Dominion vs Notre Dame -1.5

Lehigh vs Kansas -25.5

Northern Iowa vs UNLV -1

North Texas vs Kansas State -16

Florida vs B.Y.U. -4.5

UTEP vs Butler -2.5

Murray State vs Vanderbilt -3

Montana vs New Mexico -9

Washington U vs Marquette -1.5

 

 

Vermont vs Syracuse -17.5

Florida State -1.5 vs Gonzaga

Morgan State vs West Virginia -17.5

Missouri vs Clemson -1

Cornell vs Temple -3.5

Wofford vs Wisconsin -10

Louisville vs California pk

Cal Santa Barbara vs Ohio State -17

Georgia Tech vs Oklahoma State -2

Oakland vs Pittsburgh -10

Minnesota U -1 vs Xavier

New Mexico State vs Michigan State -13.5

Houston U vs Maryland -9

Utah State vs Texas A&M -3

Siena vs Purdue -4

I have a feeling that will be a pick-em game come tip off

[da bears]

I just want to be on the record one more time as a whiny baby about KU's bracket. One interesting thing to note, the last three teams to beat us are all in it (Tennessee, OK State, and MSU [last year].)

karma for the 2008 team getting to play

16. portland state

8. unlv

12. villanova

10. davidson

on their way to the final four. that being said, unfortunately i may have to pick ku to win it this year (puke) and hope that my bracket fails miserably.

[snoodmonger]

I just want to be on the record one more time as a whiny baby about KU's bracket. One interesting thing to note, the last three teams to beat us are all in it (Tennessee, OK State, and MSU [last year].)

karma for the 2008 team getting to play

16. portland state

8. unlv

12. villanova

10. davidson

.

 

 

And then beating two #1 seeds for the title.

[bcl412]

I edited the title so it makes more sense to keep throughout the tournament. Also, because I'm weirdly OCD.

 

 

Anyone have any shocking Sweet 16 picks they want to get down so they can look smarter later? I'm calling Montana.

 

Murray State and that's all unless you count double digit but BCS schools, Minnesota and Washington, as surprises.

[bcl412]

I just want to be on the record one more time as a whiny baby about KU's bracket. One interesting thing to note, the last three teams to beat us are all in it (Tennessee, OK State, and MSU [last year].)

karma for the 2008 team getting to play

16. portland state

8. unlv

12. villanova

10. davidson

.

 

 

And then beating two #1 seeds for the title.

 

I still think you win the title.

[da bears]

I just want to be on the record one more time as a whiny baby about KU's bracket. One interesting thing to note, the last three teams to beat us are all in it (Tennessee, OK State, and MSU [last year].)

karma for the 2008 team getting to play

16. portland state

8. unlv

12. villanova

10. davidson

.

 

 

And then beating two #1 seeds for the title.

yep. im still surprised by the beatdown they put on unc that year.

[JimSorgi]

I just want to be on the record one more time as a whiny baby about KU's bracket. One interesting thing to note, the last three teams to beat us are all in it (Tennessee, OK State, and MSU [last year].)

karma for the 2008 team getting to play

16. portland state

8. unlv

12. villanova

10. davidson

.

 

 

And then beating two #1 seeds for the title.

and davidson may have been a 10 seed, but they were pretty freakin' awesome(at least Curry was)