NCAA Brackets

NCAA Brackets#164777

By ToTheLeft - March 16th, 2008, 6:20 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:20 pm #164777

#10 Davidson takes on #7 Gonzaga... huge...

Nova makes it in...

Other observations?

#164778

By TDDance234 - March 16th, 2008, 6:24 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:24 pm #164778

Carolina gets hosed by possibly facing Indiana in the 2nd round.

Like the USC/Kansas St. matchup.

#164779

By ToTheLeft - March 16th, 2008, 6:25 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:25 pm #164779

Why is Portland State at 16?

That's a ton of wins for a 16.

#164780

By Fumblerooskies - March 16th, 2008, 6:28 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:28 pm #164780

I cannot believe Kentucky got in...talk about living on your rep. That should be the nail in the Hokies' coffin.

#164781

By ToTheLeft - March 16th, 2008, 6:28 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:28 pm #164781

Oregon is a 9 seed? Wow. They were a bubble team...I guess not.

#164783

By flamesbball84 - March 16th, 2008, 6:32 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:32 pm #164783

Kentucky was 12-4 in the SEC with wins over Arkansas, Tennessee, Vandy, two wins over SEC champ GA and were 9-3 in the SEC. Mostly everyone, including Lunardi, had UK in as a "lock" before the SEC tournament started. They deserved to be in...however, I don't like how my Golden Eagles are playing them though, tough matchup for us.

#164784

By WinthropEagleFan - March 16th, 2008, 6:48 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 6:48 pm #164784

Solid bracket at a first glance. Don't see any glaring omissions or any terrible seeding decisions.

#164788

By RagingTireFire - March 16th, 2008, 7:02 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 7:02 pm #164788

ToTheLeft wrote:Why is Portland State at 16?

That's a ton of wins for a 16.

Big Sky.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#164792

By jcmanson - March 16th, 2008, 7:40 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 7:40 pm #164792

You can't say UNC got hosed when they are the #1 overall seed.

Davidson and Gonzaga in Raleigh, should be fun.

I think Clemson got shafted with a 5 seed after being the third best team in the #1 RPI conference and going toe to toe with the #1 team in the country in the conference championship game.

Looking forward to USC/Kansas St, Gonzaga/Davidson, Notre Dame/ George Mason to name a few.

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#164823

By Knucklehead - March 16th, 2008, 10:22 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 10:22 pm #164823

Come on dude!
The overall number 1 seed should not have the possibility of facing Indiana in the second round, not to mention the Possibility of Louisville and Tenn. down the road. They got HOSED!

#164827

By RagingTireFire - March 16th, 2008, 10:48 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 10:48 pm #164827

Knucklehead wrote:Come on dude!
The overall number 1 seed should not have the possibility of facing Indiana in the second round, not to mention the Possibility of Louisville and Tenn. down the road. They got HOSED!

Oh, please. Indiana's nothing special and they won't be playing anywhere outside of the state of North Carolina until the Final Four. They'll have a home court advantage for the first four rounds and won't face a serious contender until the round of 8. The committee practially paved the road for them.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#164831

By SuperJon - March 16th, 2008, 11:05 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 11:05 pm #164831

RagingTireFire wrote:
Knucklehead wrote:Come on dude!
The overall number 1 seed should not have the possibility of facing Indiana in the second round, not to mention the Possibility of Louisville and Tenn. down the road. They got HOSED!
Oh, please. Indiana's nothing special and they won't be playing anywhere outside of the state of North Carolina until the Final Four. They'll have a home court advantage for the first four rounds and won't face a serious contender until the round of 8. The committee practially paved the road for them.

I disagree with the part about paving the road, but I'm not complaining. Carolina basically had two choices: an easy road somewhere else or a harder road at home. The committee gave them a tough road at home. It is what it is. Indiana, Tennessee, and Kansas are all teams that are either a) very good already or b) potentially very good. Oh well. If they're really the best team in the country, they'll win these games. If they win the championship having knocked off those teams, they'll have something to hang their hat on.

#164832

By thepostman - March 16th, 2008, 11:13 pm

- March 16th, 2008, 11:13 pm #164832

exactly jon...UNC has nothing to complain about...i think there is very few snubs this year, if any that i can see....for the first time in a while

#164838

By matshark - March 17th, 2008, 12:46 am

- March 17th, 2008, 12:46 am #164838

im pickin davidson over gonzaga... yeah gonzaga's good, and i think could potentially go a couple rounds (although knocking over TN would be really tough- not saying it couldnt be done...) but i think Davidson can play with anybody in the country and will give the Zags everything they want and just might want it more

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Re: NCAA Brackets#164839

By sweetnahmah1 - March 17th, 2008, 1:14 am

- March 17th, 2008, 1:14 am #164839

ToTheLeft wrote:#10 Davidson takes on #7 Gonzaga... huge...

Nova makes it in...

Other observations?

Nova babay!!!!!!!! Last at-large to get in, that's what I'm talkin about. They're a sleeper. Clemson has nay tourney experience, they are good and should win, but I think they choke and Nova makes more 3's than them. Then Nova beats Vandy, yeah that's right. Vandy wins big games against big teams, but not the little games against average teams. Then Kansas ends Nova's run in the Sweet Sixteen.

TDDance234 wrote:Liberty Athletics: Great for 2/3 of the season. Suck at the end.

#164841

By sweetnahmah1 - March 17th, 2008, 1:20 am

- March 17th, 2008, 1:20 am #164841

O yeah . . . . Winthrop beats WSU then Notre Dame avenges their loss from a year ago.

TDDance234 wrote:Liberty Athletics: Great for 2/3 of the season. Suck at the end.

#164843

By givemethemic - March 17th, 2008, 1:32 am

- March 17th, 2008, 1:32 am #164843

SuperJon wrote:
RagingTireFire wrote:
Knucklehead wrote:Come on dude!
The overall number 1 seed should not have the possibility of facing Indiana in the second round, not to mention the Possibility of Louisville and Tenn. down the road. They got HOSED!
Oh, please. Indiana's nothing special and they won't be playing anywhere outside of the state of North Carolina until the Final Four. They'll have a home court advantage for the first four rounds and won't face a serious contender until the round of 8. The committee practially paved the road for them.
I disagree with the part about paving the road, but I'm not complaining. Carolina basically had two choices: an easy road somewhere else or a harder road at home. The committee gave them a tough road at home. It is what it is. Indiana, Tennessee, and Kansas are all teams that are either a) very good already or b) potentially very good. Oh well. If they're really the best team in the country, they'll win these games. If they win the championship having knocked off those teams, they'll have something to hang their hat on.

I agree with you... The Heels will be fine short bus rides make things alot easier...

#164850

By LUconn - March 17th, 2008, 8:23 am

- March 17th, 2008, 8:23 am #164850

I don't want to flare up another Heel vs Duke battle, but

@ Duke with #2 seed.

*please disregard this post if dated before 2017 and accept my apologies*

#164851

By Fumblerooskies - March 17th, 2008, 8:26 am

- March 17th, 2008, 8:26 am #164851

givemethemic wrote:I agree with you... The Heels will be fine short bus rides make things alot easier...

And we all know that YOU know all about rides on the short bus...

#164877

By RagingTireFire - March 17th, 2008, 9:51 am

- March 17th, 2008, 9:51 am #164877

If anybody got hosed this year, it's Tennessee. I understand that the committee was probably trying to keep them close to home but I think the Vols would rather be playing Memphis in Houston as opposed to UNC in Charlotte.

You guys who think UNC has a tough road are smoking something. Indiana is shaky and they won't be playing UT or Kansas until the Elite Eight or Final Four which are the rounds when it's supposed to be hard. Nobody else in the field is going to have the homecourt advantage that UNC has. The only other teams in the entire field that are assured of playing a game in their home state are UCLA and Davidson in the opening round. If you want tough, look at the other brackets. Duke, UConn and Xavier all have to go through UCLA in Phoenix. Georgetown and Clemson both have to go through Detroit. Memphis -- a 1 seed -- potentially has to go through Texas in Houston.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#164879

By blwall1416 - March 17th, 2008, 9:53 am

- March 17th, 2008, 9:53 am #164879

RagingTireFire wrote:Memphis -- a 1 seed -- potentially has to go through Texas in Houston.

Which is why I think Tejas makes the FF instead of Memphis.

#164886

By flamesbball84 - March 17th, 2008, 10:08 am

- March 17th, 2008, 10:08 am #164886

RagingTireFire wrote:If anybody got hosed this year, it's Tennessee. I understand that the committee was probably trying to keep them close to home but I think the Vols would rather be playing Memphis in Houston as opposed to UNC in Charlotte.

You guys who think UNC has a tough road are smoking something. Indiana is shaky and they won't be playing UT or Kansas until the Elite Eight or Final Four which are the rounds when it's supposed to be hard. Nobody else in the field is going to have the homecourt advantage that UNC has. The only other teams in the entire field that are assured of playing a game in their home state are UCLA and Davidson in the opening round. If you want tough, look at the other brackets. Duke, UConn and Xavier all have to go through UCLA in Phoenix. Georgetown and Clemson both have to go through Detroit. Memphis -- a 1 seed -- potentially has to go through Texas in Houston.

south alabama, the 10 seed, gets to play butler, the 7 seed, in BIRMINGHAM! That's a major home court advantage, especially considering SA is the lower seed in the matchup!

Stanford gets to play in Anaheim

Not home state, but the next two are really close:

Texas gets to play in Arkansas. Arkansas has tons of Texas fans and it will be an easy trip for texas fans

Kansas is really clcose to home in Omaha, as is Kansas St. I imagine Kansas fans will be rocking Omaha

#164899

By RagingTireFire - March 17th, 2008, 10:43 am

- March 17th, 2008, 10:43 am #164899

OK, I missed those other two but my point about UNC still stands.

Is this mercy-killing or cross-pollenation?
Only the strawberry knows.

#164912

By Sly Fox - March 17th, 2008, 11:08 am

- March 17th, 2008, 11:08 am #164912

I wouldn't call getting to Little Rock from easy ... Arkansas highways make the PA Turnpike look like the Autobahn. But I get your point. And USA doesn't have enough fans to ever have a homecourt advantage.

But yes, Reliant Stadium will be a huge homecourt advantage for the Horns as will the Alamodome if they make it that far.

#164945

By ALUmnus - March 17th, 2008, 3:16 pm

- March 17th, 2008, 3:16 pm #164945

I don't get how anyone can say a team got hosed for a possible matchup down the road in the Final Four. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. And to whine that unc might have to play a few tough teams to get the the championship game? What? It's a tournament, you play to advance.

The acc complex that people have around here is seriously almost as dillusional as liberalism.

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