Alright, now the Sweet 16 field is officially set, and I'm sure some of you are ready to redeem yourselves after your original bracket has fallen apart, so post your Sweet 16 predictions here. Here are mine - <u>Atlanta</u> Duke over <strike>LSU</strike> West Virginia over <strike>Texas</strike> <u>Oakland</u> Bradley over <strike>Memphis</strike> Gonzaga over <strike>UCLA</strike> <u>Washington, D.C.</u> UConn over <strike>Washington</strike> George Mason over <strike>Wichita State</strike> <u>Minneapolis</u> Villanova over <strike>Boston College</strike> Georgetown over <strike>Florida</strike> --------------------------------------------- <u>Elite Eight</u> West Virginia over <strike>Duke</strike> Gonzaga over <strike>Bradley</strike> Connecticut over <strike>George Mason</strike> Villanova over <strike>Georgetown</strike> --------------------------------------------- <u>Final Four</u> Gonzaga over <strike>West Virginia</strike> Villanova over <strike>Connecticut</strike> --------------------------------------------- <u>Championship Game</u> Gonzaga over <strike>Villanova</strike>
Here are mine - <u>Atlanta</u> LSU over Duke Texas over West Virginia <u>Oakland</u> Bradley over Memphis UCLA over Gonzaga <u>Washington, D.C.</u> UConn over Washington Wichita State over George Mason <u>Minneapolis</u> Boston College over Villanova Florida over Georgetown --------------------------------------------- <u>Elite Eight</u> Texas over LSU UCLA over Bradley Connecticut over Wichita State Florida over Boston College --------------------------------------------- <u>Final Four</u> Texas over UCLA Connecticut over Florida --------------------------------------------- <u>Championship Game</u> Connecticut over Texas
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting UKFan33:</div><div class="quote_post"> Connecticut over Texas</div> That's almost the exact opposite of my picks. It's hard to argue any of them at this stage of the game though, but the one pick that stands out to me on your bracket is Wichita State over George Mason. I have to like George Mason's chances. We've been one of the sites that has consistently supported Wichita State by ranking them in our polls even with only mediocre records, so I know how good they are, but George Mason has a lot of momentum after dominating Michigan State in the first round and then coming back from a huge first half deficit to beat North Carolina earlier today. Most importantly though, the game is being played in their home town of Washington, D.C. I think that should give them a slight edge.
<u><font color="red">Sweet 16</font></u> <u>Atlanta</u> Duke over LSU Texas over West Virginia <u>Oakland</u> Memphis over Bradley UCLA over Gonzaga <u>Washington, D.C.</u> UConn over Washington Wichita State over George Mason <u>Minneapolis</u> Villanova over Boston College Florida over Georgetown --------------------------------------------- <u><font color="red">Elite Eight</font></u> Duke over Texas Memphis over UCLA Connecticut over Wichita State Florida over Villanova --------------------------------------------- <u><font color="red">Final Four</font></u> Memphis over Duke Connecticut over Florida --------------------------------------------- <u><font color="red">Championship Game</font></u> Connecticut over Memphis
Atlanta Duke over LSU Texas over West Virginia Oakland Memphis over Bradley Gonzaga over UCLA Washington, D.C. UConn over Washington Witchita State over George Mason Minneapolis Villanova over Boston College Florida over Georgtown --------------------------------------------- Elite Eight DUKE over texas Gonzaga over Memphis Connecticut over Witicha Falls Villanova over Florida --------------------------------------------- Final Four Duke over Gonzaga Villanova over Connecticut --------------------------------------------- Championship Game Duke over Villanova
<font color=""Blue"">Sweet Sixteen</font> <u>Atlanta</u> LSU over Duke Texas over West Virginia <u>Oakland</u> Memphis over Bradley UCLA over Gonzaga <u>Washington, D.C.</u> UConn over Washington George Mason over Wichita State <u>Minneapolis</u> Villanova over Boston College Georgetown over Florida --------------------------------------------- <font color=""Blue"">Elite Eight</font> LSU over Texas UCLA over Memphis UConn over George Mason Villanova over Georgetown --------------------------------------------- <font color=""Blue"">Final Four</font> LSU over UCLA UConn over Villanova --------------------------------------------- <font color=""blue"">Championship Game</font> UConn over LSU
Here's mine from my bracket.... <u>Sweet 16</u> <u>Atlanta</u> LSU over Duke* Texas over West Virginia <u>Oakland</u> Memphis over Bradley* UCLA over Gonzaga* <u>Washington, D.C.</u> UConn over Washington* Wichita State over George Mason <u>Minneapolis</u> Boston College over Villanova* Georgetown over Florida* <u>Elite 8</u> LSU over Texas UCLA over Memphis* Uconn over Wichita State* Boston College over Georgetown* <u>Final 4</u> UCLA over LSU* Uconn over Boston College* <u>Championship</u> UConn over UCLA 78-63* *Astericked is what I had in my bracket(winning team, not necessarily who they beat) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's mine from what I've seen so far and from the heart. <u>Sweet 16</u> Atlanta LSU over Duke Texas over West Virginia Oakland Memphis over Bradley UCLA over Gonzaga Washington, D.C. Washington over Uconn Wichita State over George Mason Minneapolis Boston College over Villanova Florida over Georgetown <u>Elite 8</u> Texas over LSU UCLA over Memphis Washington over Wichita State Florida over Boston College <u>Final 4</u> UCLA over Texas Florida over Washington <u>Championship</u> UCLA over Florida 77-75(just to keep from being completely biased)
<u>Sweet 16</u> <u>Atlanta</u> LSU over Duke Texas over West Virginia <u>Oakland</u> Memphis over Bradley UCLA over Gonzaga <u>Washington, D.C.</u> UConn over Washington George Mason over Witcha State <u>Minneapolis</u> Boston College over Villanova Florida over Georgetown <u>Elite 8</u> Texas over LSU Memphis over UCLA Uconn over George Mason Boston College over Florida <u>Final 4</u> Memphis over Texas Boston College over Uconn Memphis over Boston College 82-79
<u>Atlanta</u> (1) Duke vs. (4) LSU (2) Texas vs. (6) West Virginia <u>Oakland</u> (1) Memphis vs. (13) Bradley (2) UCLA vs. (3) Gonzaga <u>Washington D.C.</u> (1) Connecticut vs. (5) Washington (7) Wichita State vs. (11) George Mason <u>Minneapolis</u> (1) Villanova vs. (4) Boston College (3) Florida vs. (7) Georgetown
<u>Atlanta</u> LSU over Duke Texas over WVU <u>Oakland</u> Memphis over Bradley UCLA over Gonzaga <u>DC</u> UConn over Wash George Mason over Wichita St <u>Minneapolis</u> Nova over BC Georgetown over Florida ------------------------------------------ <u>Elite 8</u> Texas over LSU Memphis over UCLA UConn over George mason Nova over G-Town in a close one!!! ------------------------------------- <u>Final Four</u> Nova over UConn Texas over Memphis -------------------------------------------- <u>CHAMPIONSHIP</u> Nova over Texas
I'm really surprised to see so much faith in Memphis. They've been dominating the tourny competition so far, but they haven't really had to play anyone. In their first game they had sixteenth seeded Oral Roberts, who should have been a pushover but actually gave Memphis all they could handle until the later stages of the game. Then they had Bucknell, who can be a real handful for teams like Syracuse and Arkansas, but their S-L-O-W style fed right into the hands of the uptempo Tiger's offense. So even though the Tigers have made it this far without appearing to struggle, they haven't really faced a challenge yet, which should change when they meet Bradley. One of the Tiger's biggest weaknesses is their interior play, both offensively and defensively, and Bradley's big man Patrick O'Bryant is starting to come into his own. I can easily picture him having a field day against Joey Dorsey and Kareem Cooper in the post. The Tigers also rely too much on their outside shooting, and their shot selection, although improved, is still poor. Their rushed posessions and illadvised threes should catch up to them when they play a superior rebounding team like Bradley. That's why I'm picking the Braves to pull off the "upset" over the Tigers.
Sweet 16 Atlanta Duke over LSU Texas over West Virginia Oakland Memphis over Bradley UCLA over Gonzaga Washington, D.C. UConn over Washington Wichita State vs George Mason Minneapolis Villanova vs Boston College Florida vs. Georgetown --------------------------------------------- Elite Eight Duke over Texas Memphis vs UCLA Connecticut over George Mason B.C vs Georgetown --------------------------------------------- Final Four Duke over UCLA Connecticut over B.C. --------------------------------------------- Championship Game Connecticut over Duke
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Voodoo Child:</div><div class="quote_post">I'm really surprised to see so much faith in Memphis. They've been dominating the tourny competition so far, but they haven't really had to play anyone. In their first game they had sixteenth seeded Oral Roberts, who should have been a pushover but actually gave Memphis all they could handle until the later stages of the game. Then they had Bucknell, who can be a real handful for teams like Syracuse and Arkansas, but their S-L-O-W style fed right into the hands of the uptempo Tiger's offense. So even though the Tigers have made it this far without appearing to struggle, they haven't really faced a challenge yet, which should change when they meet Bradley. One of the Tiger's biggest weaknesses is their interior play, both offensively and defensively, and Bradley's big man Patrick O'Bryant is starting to come into his own. I can easily picture him having a field day against Joey Dorsey and Kareem Cooper in the post. The Tigers also rely too much on their outside shooting, and their shot selection, although improved, is still poor. Their rushed posessions and illadvised threes should catch up to them when they play a superior rebounding team like Bradley. That's why I'm picking the Braves to pull off the "upset" over the Tigers.</div> I actually think Memphis would be best suited to play a half-court offense and abandon the full-court press. While I like Memphis to take this game, I believe Bradley matches up well with them. Bradley has a very athletic team that I think should be able to hold its own against Memphis' athletic squad; both teams have great depth; both have solid big men(O'Bryant is obvioulsy better than any of Memphis' big men); and both have great guards(Ruffin vs. Washington should be an excellent matchup). I'm actually lookinf forward to this game more than any of the others, because I could honestly see the #13 seed Bradley Braves moving on if Sommerville, Bennett, Wright, and O'Bryant all play like they have in the first two tournament games!
I don't think Memphis can play on the level as UCLA in the Elite 8, Farmar and that other guy with the crazy name wil ltake over and UCLA has other great players Carney and Washington won't be enough.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting playmaker15:</div><div class="quote_post">I don't think Memphis can play on the level as UCLA in the Elite 8, Farmar and that other guy with the crazy name wil ltake over and UCLA has other great players Carney and Washington won't be enough.</div> Actually, one of Memphis' strengths is that they don't just rely on just two players. They use sort of a ten man rotation and bring Rodney Carney in off the bench. I don't think the opposition's guard play will be a problem either. With Washington, Allen, Douglas-Roberts, Anderson, S.Williams, and Carney, Memphis could have the best backcourt left in the tournament. It's their frontcourt that could use some work.
Meh, chutney has the same championship game as me. In the JBB bracket, i have different, but in all my others, I have LSU. Here are mine - Atlanta LSU over Duke Texas over West Virginia Oakland Memphis over Bradley UCLA over Gonzaga Washington, D.C. UConn over Washington George Mason over Witchita State Minneapolis Boston College over Villanova Georgetown over Florida --------------------------------------------- <u>Elite Eight</u> LSU over Texas UCLA over Memphis Connecticut over George Mason Boston College over Georgetown --------------------------------------------- <u>Final Four</u> LSU over UCLA Connecticut over Boston College --------------------------------------------- <u>Championship Game</u> <font color=""Blue""><font color=""Gray"">Connecticut</font></font> over <font color=""Indigo"">LSU</font> **Edit** On a side note, looking into next year, who does LSU really lose besides D.Mitchell?
Atlanta Duke over LSU West Virginia over Texas Oakland Memphis over Bradley Gonzaga over UCLA Washington, D.C. UConn over Washington Wichita State over George Mason Minneapolis Villanova over Boston College Florida over Georgetown --------------------------------------------- Elite Eight Duke over West Virginia Gonzaga over Memphis Connecticut over Wichita State Florida over Villanova --------------------------------------------- Final Four Duke over Gonzaga Conneticut over Villanova --------------------------------------------- Championship Game Duke over Florida
<u>Atlanta</u> Duke v. <strike>LSU</strike> <strike>West Virginia</strike> v. Texas <u>Oakland</u> <strike>Bradley</strike> v. Memphis <strike>Gonzaga</strike> v. UCLA <u>Washington, D.C.</u> <strike>UConn</strike> v. Washington George Mason v. <strike>Wichita State</strike> <u>Minneapolis</u> Villanova v. <strike>Boston College</strike> Georgetown v. <strike>Florida</strike> --------------------------------------------- <u>Elite Eight</u> Texas v. <strike>Duke</strike> UCLA v. <strike>Memphis</strike> Washington v. <strike>George Mason</strike> Georgetown v. <strike>Nova</strike> --------------------------------------------- <u>Final Four</u> Texas v. <strike>UCLA</strike> <strike>Washington</strike> v. Georgetown --------------------------------------------- <u>Championship Game</u> Texas v. <strike>Georgetown</strike>
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting gocelts34:</div><div class="quote_post">Atlanta Duke over LSU West Virginia over Texas Oakland Memphis over Bradley Gonzaga over UCLA Washington, D.C. UConn over Washington Wichita State over George Mason Minneapolis Villanova over Boston College Florida over Georgetown --------------------------------------------- Elite Eight Duke over West Virginia Gonzaga over Memphis Connecticut over Wichita State Florida over Villanova --------------------------------------------- Final Four Duke over Gonzaga Conneticut over Villanova --------------------------------------------- Championship Game Duke over Florida</div> Florida in the championship! Probably the only team to not make the Final 4 that has ever done that. Anyway you have Uconn over Nova, did you mean UF over Uconn?
