NCAA Final Four picks
Right now a lot of people are in a mad dash to determine their tournament brackets. To take a line from Kornheiser "Who ya got?" In the Chicago regional Illinois will face a difficult Sweet 16 matchup against Alabama, and an elite eight pairing with Oklahoma State, but they will end up winning the region. Illinois's guard play with Dee Brown, Luther Head, and Deron Williams is just going to be hard to match up with. Their late season loss to Ohio State was exactly what they needed to take the pressure of perfection off their season. The Illini will also rally around coach Weber, who recently lost his mother. That will be a great thing for their resolve.
The Alberquerque regional is a minefield with Georgia Tech, Louisville and Wake Forest. I think Louisville got jobbed in their seeding at #4, and their placement in the Alberquerque reigonal. Wake and Louisville is going to be a great elite matchup. I like Wake to win this region, but Louisville will give them a run for their money. Larry O'Bannon, and Francisco Garcia are healthy for tournament time this year, and Louisville has won 19 of their last 21 games. Their loses to Memphis and Houston were just bumps in their road to peak for tournament time. Wake Forest on the other hand has been up and down all season. The Chris Paul crotch punch has been a recent focus. His play was sorely missed in Wake's early exit from the ACC tournament.
The Syracuse reigonal is going to be pretty cut and dry. I'm just not impressed by the recent play of North Carolina. In a difficult sweet 16 matchup they will fall to red hot SEC champion Florida. Florida coach Billy Donovan is a master of the tournament run, and his team will face defending champion UConn Huskies in the elite eight. That game is a toss up, but I think UConn will win out. They have great interior defense with Charlie Villanueva and Rudy Gay. They managed to block more shots this season despite Emeka Okafor's graduation.
The Austin Regional is supposed to be Duke's to lose. Someone will just have to remind Duke that Syracuse is going to win this region. The sweet 16 matchup between Syracuse and Duke will be the best game in this bracket. Syracuse will overmatch Kentucky in the elite eight. Kentucky is a good basketball team peaking for tournament time, but they just suffered a 17 point loss to Florida in the SEC championship. Syracuse suffered an 18 point blowout loss to UConn, and turned it around a week later in the Big East tournament semi finals and beat UConn by 4. Syracuse is on the rise and they are just winning games. Their 1-3-1 match up zone defense is hard for most teams to get good looks at the basket or drives to the basket.
The burning question now is who makes the championship game. In the "Battle of Orange" Illinois will beat Syracuse finalizing the NCAA's first 37 win men's hoops team.
The Alberquerque regional is a minefield with Georgia Tech, Louisville and Wake Forest. I think Louisville got jobbed in their seeding at #4, and their placement in the Alberquerque reigonal. Wake and Louisville is going to be a great elite matchup. I like Wake to win this region, but Louisville will give them a run for their money. Larry O'Bannon, and Francisco Garcia are healthy for tournament time this year, and Louisville has won 19 of their last 21 games. Their loses to Memphis and Houston were just bumps in their road to peak for tournament time. Wake Forest on the other hand has been up and down all season. The Chris Paul crotch punch has been a recent focus. His play was sorely missed in Wake's early exit from the ACC tournament.
The Syracuse reigonal is going to be pretty cut and dry. I'm just not impressed by the recent play of North Carolina. In a difficult sweet 16 matchup they will fall to red hot SEC champion Florida. Florida coach Billy Donovan is a master of the tournament run, and his team will face defending champion UConn Huskies in the elite eight. That game is a toss up, but I think UConn will win out. They have great interior defense with Charlie Villanueva and Rudy Gay. They managed to block more shots this season despite Emeka Okafor's graduation.
The Austin Regional is supposed to be Duke's to lose. Someone will just have to remind Duke that Syracuse is going to win this region. The sweet 16 matchup between Syracuse and Duke will be the best game in this bracket. Syracuse will overmatch Kentucky in the elite eight. Kentucky is a good basketball team peaking for tournament time, but they just suffered a 17 point loss to Florida in the SEC championship. Syracuse suffered an 18 point blowout loss to UConn, and turned it around a week later in the Big East tournament semi finals and beat UConn by 4. Syracuse is on the rise and they are just winning games. Their 1-3-1 match up zone defense is hard for most teams to get good looks at the basket or drives to the basket.
The burning question now is who makes the championship game. In the "Battle of Orange" Illinois will beat Syracuse finalizing the NCAA's first 37 win men's hoops team.
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