Mar 20th, 2008
Time to take a stand and pick some teams — The West and the Final …
Finally, its time to pick the West region and the Final Four bracket. The tournament begins today, so it won’t be very long before we all have feedback on our choices.
I hope all of you elected to participate in A Sea of Blue’s bracket challenge. If you haven’t, there is still time as of this writing to get your bracket selection in, and it is really easy. This earlier post has details on how to do it, and if you can find a few minutes before the games begin today at 12:20 PM.
Moving along to the West bracket, there is another sentimental favorite of mine that will get some love from me — Western Kentucky. As most of you know, I am a Western alum, and I spent many more hours than I should have haunting E.A. Diddle Arena in the late hours on the main floor, shooting baskets and pretending I was playing in front of crowds. It was (and still is) a wonderful place, and an excellent basketball facility.
But I digress. Here are my picks for the wild and wooly West:
UCLA over Mississippi Valley State — A 16 has never beaten a 1, and that won’t change here.
Duke over Belmont — I would love to pick Belmont, but no.
That’s all the easy ones in this region. Shocking? Not if you think about the rest of the games.
Connecticut over San Diego — I think this could easily go the other way, but Thabeet aught to be too much for the Toreros. Still, I wouldn’t be at all shocked to see San Diego upset the Huskies.
BYU over Texas A & M — BYU is a sleeper team in this tournament. When they are playing their best, they are capable of beating anybody, and I mean anybody.
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11 Responses to “Time to take a stand and pick some teams — The West and the Final …”
And I don’t ever remember seeing someone jump on a free throw!
And the lube was sponsored by some Y-combinator startup and then its mixture was named after a Republican politician.
Anthony Atkinson - 10 points in the final 45 seconds. Satan will be collecting his soul any time now.
Imaginary trophy awarded for the attempt to keep reddit a sports-free zone.
Yeah man, props to those propa English speekas! Thas’ a whole ‘notha level!(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
well, sorry for the jab then.Also, I was just going to defend sports, and say that it was the masses who idolize them that is the problem…but that’s quite similar to the argument I make against religion. I would say you may have a point if you mean pro sports and all the hysteria they create.Playing sports is both healthy and fun. Especially soccer.
That was seriously pretty nice, thanks!
Great finish. Maybe not the greatest “evah” but great nonetheless. College sports at the lower divisions is really a breath of fresh air… kids playing because they love the game, without the microscope they’d be put under at a large school.
Speaking for myself, I get bored by the repetitive nature of NBA play. The players know exactly what their strengths are and they repeat their unstoppable moves over and over again. In college, it’s the lack of skill that increases the interest.
I watched the semifinals, I believe, with my dad because his alma mater, Bentley was playing. Not only are a lot the free throws bricks, man, but the whole level of play was way below what I expected. What’s more flabbergasting is that Bentley was undefeated entering the game (32-0, I think), playing against another undefeated team and yet they looked like couple of JV high school teams. I can’t even begin to imagine what the league games, amongst the lesser ranked teams, is like.