Did March Madness begin when the brackets were revealed Sunday night? Or did it begin when the first conference tournament tipped off two weeks earlier? I think it began two weeks ago, just now the most talked about part, the NCAA tournament, has just begun. Tonight was the play-in game between Morehead State and Alabama State, with Morehead State cruising to a victory. On Thursday and Friday, 32 games will be played across the nation, all day long, causing many people to call in sick and skip class (don't worry, Mom and Dad, my afternoon class has an attendance policy when it comes to grading).
This past weekend I traveled to Tampa, FL for the Mens SEC tournament. LSU won the first game against Kentucky (in the second round, we had a 1st round bye), but then lost the next day to tourney-champion Mississippi State. Due to the teams 1-3 finish in the last four games (still 9-3 in the last 12, though!), the LSU Tigers got an unfortunate 8 seed. If the team defeats Butler in the first round on Thursday (game at 12:20 ET), then we will have to face UNC in the 2nd round.
Our Womens team on the other hand got a 6 seed in their tournament. While it is the lowest seed since 2002 for them (being to the Final Four for the past 5 seasons), it is exciting, as the team started the season 12-9 and looked as if they probably would be out of the postseason altogether. Fortunately they turned things around and started performing better.
Alright, here are my predictions for the men's tournament. Feel free to make your own. I'm going to do a full tournament prediction, and then update as to how I did after each round, and make updated predictions after each round.
For the Midwest Region:
1st Round
1 Louisville beats 16 Morehead State
9 Siena beats 8 Ohio State
5 Utah beats 12 Arizona
4 Wake Forest beats 13 Cleveland State
6 West Virginia beats 11 Dayton
3 Kansas beats 14 North Dakota State
7 Boston College loses to 10 Southern California (as much as I'd rather see them lose)
2 Michigan State beats 1 Robert Morris
2nd Round
1 Louisville beats 9 Siena
5 Utah beats 4 Wake Forest
6 West Virginia beats 3 Kansas
2 Michigan State beats 10 Southern California
Sweet 16
1 Louisville beats 5 Utah
2 Michigan State beats 6 West Virginia
Elite 8
1 Louisville beats 2 Michigan State
West Region
1st Round
1 Connecticut beats 16 Chatanooga
8 BYU beats 9 Texas A&M
5 Purdue beats 12 UNI
4 Washington beats 13 Mississippi St
6 Marquette loses to 11 Utah St (I'm feeling really good about this upset somehow...)
3 Missouri beats 14 Cornell
7 California loses to 10 Maryland
2 Memphis loses to 15 Cal St Northridge
2nd Round
1 Connecticut beats 8 BYU
4 Washington beats 5 Purdue
3 Missouri beats 11 Utah State
2 Memphis beats 10 Maryland
Sweet 16
1 Connecticut beats 4 Washington
2 Memphis beats 3 Missouri
Elite 8
2 Memphis beats 1 Connecticut
East Region
1st Round
1 Pittsburgh beats 16 East Tennessee State
9 Tennessee beats 8 Oklahoma State
5 Florida State beast 12 Wisconsin
4 Xavier beats 13 Portland State
6 UCLA loses to 11 VCU (not so sure about this one, but still think it is quite possible)
3 Villanova beats 14 American (would LOVE to see the upset here, but don't think it'll happen)
7 Texas loses to 10 Minnesota
2 Duke beats 15 Binghamton
2nd Round
1 Pittsburgh beats 9 Tennessee
5 Florida State beats 4 Xavier
3 Villanova beats 11 VCU
2 Duke beats 10 Minnesota
Sweet 16
1 Pittsburgh beats 5 Florida State
3 Villanova beats 2 Duke
Elite 8
1 Pittsburgh beats 3 Villanova
South Region
1st Round
1 UNC beasts 16 Radford (Radford has the best chance to pull the 16 seed upset this season, but still...not gonna happen. Never has.)
8 LSU beats 9 Butler (but if we play like we have recently, we WILL lose guaranteed)
12 Western Kentucky beats 5 Illinois
4 Gonzaga beats 13 Akron
6 Arizona State beats 11 Temple
3 Syracuse beats 14 SFA
7 Clemson beats 10 Michigan
2 Oklahoma beats 15 Morgan St
2nd Round
1 UNC beats 8 LSU (darn...)
4 Gonzaga beats 12 Western Kentucky
3 Syracuse beats 6 Arizona State
2 Oklahoma beats 7 Clemson
Sweet 16
1 UNC beats 4 Gonzaga
3 Syracuse beats 2 Oklahoma
Elite 8
3 Syracuse beats 1 UNC
Final Four
2 West Memphis beats 1 Midwest Louisville
3 South Syracuse beats 1 East Pittsburgh
Championship Game
Memphis beats Syracuse
Well there ya have it. There are my predictions. What are yours?
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2 comments:
go leafs go!!!
I see all #1 and 2 seeds winning in the first round. First round upset is Mississippi St beating Washington, Western Kentucky over Illinois.
The first #1 seed going down is NC, in the sweet 16. The first #2 to loose is Oklahoma in the second round.
My last eight would be, Louisville (1), Kansas (3), Memphis (2), Purdue (5), Duke (2), Pittsburgh (1), Syracuse (3) and Gonzaga (4).
And Jenn...go Caps
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