NCAA Tourney Predictions/Upset picks

Spurdog98

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I'm looking at the team with the best guard play in the tourney and the best defense. That would be UVA and it's not even close. They will take UK apart. Arizona will be much more difficult but if their guards are hitting 3's and your team isn't....it's over. We can beat anybody if we play well but could get upset in the first game if they play like they did mid-season so who knows. I got UVA winning it all. They beat Duke at Duke. They beat Louisville when any other team in that position would have lost. They beat UNC twice and Clemson twice. Lost to WVU at their place and lost to Tech when they were shooting like 70% FG. They are damn difficult to deal with.
 

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Really intrigued by Houston’s chances to make a deep run. They’d have a tough road with possible Michigan and UNC road blocks, but they’re under seeded and very talented.
 

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Houston or Michigan can go deep imo. After finally doing all my brackets I can see a lot of upsets happening but most of it will be chalk after R1 imo
 

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Toothless U rolling to an easy opening game victory.

OK and RI in a pretty good game but RI maybe starting to pull ahead.
 

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Lowest seeds I have advancing....2 12's, NMSU and Murray State, but just to the round of 32.

Lowest seed I have going to Sweet 16.....2 6's....UF and scUM.

Champ....KU.

MW - toughest bracket argument doesn't stick when KU has teams on their side like Clemson, NC State, and Seton Hall, all of which can lose to anyone, and a beat to hell Auburn that won't go that deep, I see Duke and Sparty beating the hell out of each other and not having anything left for KU in the final.

E - chalk for me except UF playing and losing to Purdue in the sweet sixteen, Gregg Marshall having a few days to prep for Villanova could be very interesting.

W - y'all know I love Chris Holtmann, and I think he gets OSU past the Zags to the sweet 16, Heels cruise to the Final Four here though, their toughest game might be Sunday in Charlotte against Providence (note - had a friend of mine in the Triangle snatch a couple of tix for the Sunday session, I'll be there, should be fun).

S - I see UK staying hot enough to take out UVA in the round of 16, but my gut for awhile has liked Cincinnati a whole bunch, I like their coach and swag, and see them taking out UK in the final....I have scUM going to the sweet sixteen simply because whenever the media latches on to a darling team, in this case Loyola-Chicago, that team usually tanks.....I'm not buying the UcheaT hype either, Barnes is a choker, and will demonstrate that trait quite well.

Loyola - Chicago got the job done.
 

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Davidson’s slow pace and ability to hit 3’s is going to bother UK. Not sure what they’ll be able to do defensively, though.
 

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Do you say UFL? No. So why on earth do you say UAL and UAR? It's the same thing and it's just as wrong.

Here is one of my posts edited to your tastes:

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UA is a 7th seed and thus by seed is expected to win one game.
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UA is a 9th seed and thus by seed is expected to win zero games.
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Now perhaps you can figure it out for yourself or perhaps not.
 

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The SEC is 4-0 in the tourney so far. The PAC12 is 0-3.
 

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Ouch. Arizona.


Can't find the tweet, but someone opined that Arizona just saved itself from having to vacate '17-18 tourney wins in the near future.
 

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Ouch. Arizona.


Can't find the tweet, but someone opined that Arizona just saved itself from having to vacate '17-18 tourney wins in the near future.
bet they don't think the upcoming sanctions is worth having the big guy freshman anymore.
 

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Calipari after the win vs Davidson, was asked about the performance of the team after Davidson tied it up or came within a point or 2. He responded, they are freshman they have never been in this situation before, but they responded well. Same tired excuse...they are freshman.
 

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