Lol at BYU getting in over SMU.
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Duck Rodgers
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20th(roughly) SoS versus 110's. That will do it. BYU should've been invited to the NBA playing that schedule.
They lost all those games though.
SMU actually beat good teams.
Flaw in the selection process. No way is BYU better than SMU.
Just filled out my 1st bracket.
Final Four:
Arizona
UCLA
Wichita St.
Iowa State
UCLA vs. Arizona Championship game
UCLA Champions.
Big Upsets:
ULL over Creighton
ULL over Baylor
Harvard over Cincinnati
St. Joe's over Uconn
Final Four:
Arizona
UCLA
Wichita St.
Iowa State
UCLA vs. Arizona Championship game
UCLA Champions.
Big Upsets:
ULL over Creighton
ULL over Baylor
Harvard over Cincinnati
St. Joe's over Uconn
seattlejazzfan
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Yeah, the selection committee is clueless. Vegas must be clueless too as they have 7 seed Oregon as just a two point favorite over the 10 seed BYU. #4 Non-conference SOS, #20 overall SOS, 8-9 vs top 100, 5-6 vs tourney teams, rpi, bpi, kpi, and kenpom all project them in, in addition to what the committee decided and what Vegas thinks. lol, indeed.
For good measure, this is also lol worthy - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mFCMfJwOTTg&rel=0&t=0
Digger and Jay Williams pick BYU in a blind resume, then once they find out they picked BYU they back track.
Having said all that, I wish the utes the best of luck on the road at St Mary's in the National Invitational Tournament. I like Utah's chances - St Mary's is having a down year. Okay, so that's a third lol.
SMU is better than BYU. It's easy to see.
Duck Rodgers
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Kansas and Duke are the two teams I'm having the hardest time picking. I want to say they both get bounced early, but I don't know.....
K-State is tough, but they are so small. I see Randle having a big game.
Kentucky is going to get wrecked by Wichita State 2nd round though.
Duck Rodgers
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I've got them beating both K-State and Wichita, then losing to Louisville.
Why would you think they can beat Wichita?
Duck Rodgers
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Because they have more size, can rebound, and play defense. I think they can play and win Wichita's style of game.
The fact that UK is like 1-9 vs. top teams doesnt bother you?
Duck Rodgers
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I think Kentucky has holes. It's definitely a coin flip game to me. I think either one would lose to Louisville in the next round anyway. Witchita has a tough draw. If they were the #1 in any other region, I'd put them in the final four.
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Deleted member 848
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There are also several players on the team who have the talent to be able to elevate their levels of play. All it takes is ONE of their freshmen to explode on Wichita-- and all of the sudden you don't exactly have a sure thing anymore.
Yeah, all it takes is a bunch of players who shoot around 40% to have a good game against one of the best teams in the country then they might have a chance to be competitive.
Wichita's backcourt will wipe the floor w/ the Harrison twins.
Their front-court is good enough to keep Randle in check.
The only huge concern would be rebounding.
But is it that big of a deal?
Both teams against Tennessee:
https://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400500023
https://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400506366
Both teams against Alabama:
https://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400506457
https://espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400500028
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Deleted member 848
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Did you watch Florida and UK today? That loss could have been the best thing that could have ever happened to that team this season.
Yeah, Florida had so much on the line in that game.
Just another loss to a good team.
I'm not even fully convinced UK can beat K-State. The fact remains they have only beaten 1 good team all year. I guess 2 if you consider Tennessee a legit tourney team (I don't).