This has been an unbelievable tournament! Not in the sweet 16--Kansas Jayhawks, the number one team in the country.--New Mexico, 29-4 and a 3 seed---Villanova, the numbe 2 seed and many who had in the final four---Georgetown, #3 seed.
Big Dance
21 March 2010
18 March 2010
Here is how I see the first day of the NCAA tournament. I'm going to pick a winner and also show how many times I think they would win if they played each other ten times.
Kentucky has gone from being a powerhouse to lost the last 3 years. They high Calipari and he gets a couple of freshman and instantly they are a success. One thing bothers me about this team going all the way is that they haven't been there. This is all new to everyone but the program itself and Calipari. That will quickly return though. Will it be this year?
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16 March 2010
The NCAA Midwest region is by far the deepest when you consider how many teams could make it to the final four.
1--Kansas is still the best team in the country. I'm pretty confident they will make the elite 8. But, the sweet 16 game against either Maryland or Michigan St is the toughest that any #1 seed will face.
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NCAA South Region.
1--Syracuse is best team in this region but is by no means a lock to win the region. I think they will have a pretty good time getting to the Elite 8. But, the team they face there will be tough.
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The NCAA South Region.
1--Duke has the best chance to win this region. I think they will be in the finals against Kansas. They have 3 outstanding scoring options and are getting good play inside. In other words: they are peeking at the right time. They have been absent from the final four for a while and this is the year they return.
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Here is how I see the east region and their chances of advancing to the final four. I have them ranked on likely hood of reaching the final four, not on their seeding. The seed is in paranthesis.
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13 March 2010
There are some big games on Saturday. The ACC is at the top of the list with perhaps the biggest game. That game is Duke vs Miami Fla. Miami had the worst record in the league for the ACC and knocked off Wake Forrest and Va Tech. Va Tech looks to still get in and Wake was a bubble team. Losing to Miami may have knocked them out. If Miami wins, that would put them into the ACC final against either NC ST or Ga Tech. Ga Tech is a bubble team that could earn a spot with a win today. But either way, a Miami win would give a team that wasn't in the field of 64 a slot, bumping someone else out. Live long Jimmy V.
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10 March 2010
South Florida got hammered by Georgetown today. That means that SFU most likely won't be invited to the big dance.
Missouri got beat by lowly Nebraska. That is very unimpressive. The Tigers have a 10-6 record in Big 12 play. That alone should qualify them for the NCAA tourney. But losing in the first round to Nebraska who is 14 and 17 on the year is bad.
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9 March 2010
65 teams will get invited to the big dance. There are 31 conferences with automatic bids. That leaves 34 at-large bids. Most of those conferences will be won by a team that should get an at large bid. What causes some teams to be bumped off the bubble is those conferences that someone wins that wouldn't normally be invited.
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