As a Purdue fan, I’m pretty happy with our seeding.
It is a pretty tough bracket for Kansas… some real good teams in there… but I’m not afraid of any of them as a Purdue fan.
As a fan of upsets, I’m a lil upset. I don’t like Belmont drawing Wisconsin… I don’t like Butler & Old Dominion playing in the 1st round or the fact they and George Mason got the hated 8/9 seeds.
MSU as a ten seed who’d have to play an over-seeded Florida looks poised to make another run…
· Colorado has a legitimate gripe- if UAB, Clemson, Georgia get in
· I don’t know how Georgia is a ten seed and Bama is not in at all
· Though I wouldn’t take any of those teams…
· If I were picking
o OUT: Georgia, Clemson, UAB, USC
o IN: Milwaukee, Harvard, Valpo, St Mary’s
o My First Four Out: Colorado, CSU, Missouri St, Clev St
· Toughest games for me to pick
o Wisc vs Belmont
§ I like Wisc as a sweet 16, but Belmont was my first round upset pick
§ K-st/Utah St vs Wisc/Belmont… this is what makes the pick so hard… I could see any of those 4 teams in the sweet 16… well, I could see the 12 & 13 teams both pulling upsets in rd 1… and if they’re playing in rd 2, one of those teams will make it…
o BYU vs St Johns, BYU/St Johns vs MSU
§ MSU is getting to the sweet 16, can they make it all the way to 8…
§ I like Steve Lavin & Gene Keady to make it to the sweet 16…
§ but this whole year I have been touting Jimmer to carry his team… and while losing Davies hurts, I still want to pick them to the sweet 16 at least
§ I think St John’s got screwed, they should have been a 5 seed at least
o L’ville vs Kansas (Rd 3)
§ I don’t think Kansas will lose so quickly this year, there is still a lot of talent there, I don’t have them in the final four, but I think they’ll be motivated… but I always pick Pitino’s teams to get to the Elite 8 or Final Four
o SD St vs UConn (Rd 3)
§ I want to pick Steve Fisher and SD st to the final 8, and I want to pick UConn to the Final 8… one is going to lose… and the other will make the Final Four
· Teams most screwed
o 8/9 seeds suck. I would rather be a 10 or 11 or 12
§ Butler: first they play Old Dominion, then they’d play Pit
§ George Mason: they win and have to play Ohio St
§ Old Dominion: see Butler
§ Michigan/Tenn too
o St Johns: a 6 seed? Playing Gonzaga first… then BYU
o Texas as a 4 seed: I don’t like Texas, but they deserved better
· Generous seedings
o Florida as a 2, while Kentucky is a 4… I thought they’d both be 3’s… with Kentucky getting the edge
o WV as a 5, while St johns is a 6
o Penn St as a ten… I thought they were a bubble team
o Georgia is a ten, I didn’t think they deserved to be in at all!
· Interesting match-ups
o Illinois could play UNLV, then Kansas… coached by former coach Lon Kruger and the guy who took over former coach Bill Self
o Memphis is coached by former Arizona coach
o Kentucky vs Princeton matches fast vs slow
o Temple and Penn st play for pride of Pennsylvania
o Notre Dame vs Purdue in rd 3 a rivalry in Indiana, that Notre Dame has been avoiding
o Louisville vs Kansas, 2 top programs (rd 3)
· If it were me I’d create the bracket with match-ups in mind
· 1st rd games I’m most interested in
o Purdue vs St Peters (of course)
o Kentucky vs Princeton
o Butler vs old Dominion
o St Johns vs Gonzaga
o UCLA vs MSU
o Texas vs Oakland
o Syracuse vs ISU
o Richmond vs Vandy
o Michigan vs Tenn
o Wisc vs Belmont
o Arizona vs Memphis
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