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What are your upsets in the Field of 68?

Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:41 pm
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:41 pm
Let's define upsets as anything greater than a 10 over a 7, and any team higher than a 5 making the Sweet 16.

My upsets:

Midwest
None, straight chalk the whole way except MSU beating Duke in the Sweet 16

South
VCU beating Michigan and Kansas to get to the Elite 8
Minnesota over UCLA (UCLA as a 6 with Jordan Adams is absurd)
Florida into the Final 4

East
Cal over UNLV (horrible job by the committee giving a 12 a fricking home game)
Montana over Syracuse (because I think that little of Syracuse)
Cal to the Sweet 16 since they beat 13 seed Montana
Marquette over Miami and Indiana to the Final 4

West
Pitt over Gonzaga in the second round
Belmont over Arizona
Kansas State to the Elite 8 because of an easy Sweet 16 match-up, but I could actually see them lose in the first round as well. I think that part of the bracket is shockingly bad.

Overall, I thought the NCAA Selection Committee did a terrible job. The Midwest, especially at the top is unbelievably strong. Louisville got screwed. Colorado St, St. Louis, Okie State, and then an Elite 8 game against Duke or Mich State? How the frick is that the road for the national number 1 seed? The Duke seeding is also bad.

Other huge errors: How is Pitt only an 8? How is Illinois a 7? They should be 10-11. Oregon as a 12 with the Pac 12 title means they weren't getting in otherwise. Most people had them as a 12 before the title. UCLA has a 6 is ridiculous, especially considering the injury to Adams. And as I said earlier, Cal getting a home game
Posted by TigerStripes06
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:44 pm to
Oregon is going to the sweet 16. They had a great year and got no fricking respect. They are a 12, lost the regular season crown the last week of the season and won the tournament. Colorado finished 5th in the PAC 12 and they are a 10 seed.

This post was edited on 3/17/13 at 7:49 pm
Posted by ProjectP2294
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:44 pm to
Ole Miss over Wisky
Minny over UCLA
Whoever in the play in over Kansas St

ETA: San Diego St to Sweet 16.
This post was edited on 3/17/13 at 7:46 pm
Posted by boXerrumble
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:45 pm to
quote:

Ole Miss over Wisky
Minny over UCLA
Whoever in the play in over Memphis


FIFY
Posted by TigerStripes06
SWLA
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:48 pm to
Man, people in Memphis are so excited for the tournament. I try to tell them that Memphis really isn't any good. They don't listen
Posted by Bunk Moreland
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:48 pm to
Yeah, VCU should cause Michigan fits. Only hope is it's in Auburn Hills, though the Spartoonies in the building will be rooting like crazy for Shaka.

Minnesota is already a super trendy prick. Not sure I buy it.

I agree that the Midwest is the so called bracket of doom. I wish St. Louis had to go out west instead, I would have them going through there.

I am calling the Gottfather to beat Indiana in the second round.
Posted by boXerrumble
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:49 pm to
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Minnesota is already a super trendy prick. Not sure I buy it.


UCLA is without Adams, and they are HORRIBLE at rebounding. Minnesota is one of the best rebounding teams in the country.

Posted by ProjectP2294
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:50 pm to
quote:

I am calling the Gottfather to beat Indiana in the second round.

In general, I always bet against him. I don't them getting past Temple.
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:50 pm to
That top half of the West is so bad. K-State could be in the Elite 8 or out against Boise. I am pretty sure Pitt will beat the Zags but am hedging by sticking K-State as the team coming out of the top half of the bracket.

The quality between the Midwest and West is shocking.

East also has some horrible match-ups.
Posted by Carson123987
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:50 pm to
butler will make s16
Posted by boXerrumble
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:51 pm to
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butler will make s16


I could honestly see them making the Elite 8 (Hope to god they don't)
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:52 pm to
Dead serious when I say this. Duke, Louisville, St. Louis, Mich State, and maybe even Oklahoma State would have been my pick coming out of the West.
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:55 pm to
Bill self will not lose to fricking Shaka smart again
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:57 pm to
I know the guys are going to come out angry and play tough. But I think it's a match-up nightmare for KU since they don't have elite ball handlers.

As a Duke fan, there were some teams I really didn't want to face like Pitt, Michigan State, and Marquette. If I was a Kansas fan, I would have VCU at the top of the list.
Posted by SeeeeK
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 7:57 pm to
quote:

Bill self will not lose to fricking Shaka smart again


he's losing to Roy
Posted by boXerrumble
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:00 pm to
quote:

Bill self will not lose to fricking Shaka smart again


This VCU team is better than the one that made the Final 4.
Posted by Keys Open Doors
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:01 pm to
Looking at the East, the top half of the bracket is a fricking joke. They got the worst 4 and the worst 5 in the tournament.
Posted by xenythx
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:03 pm to
The teams that got seeded in the Midwest and the South got screwed big time.
Posted by boXerrumble
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:03 pm to
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Looking at the East, the top half of the bracket is a fricking joke. They got the worst 4 and the worst 5 in the tournament.


I'm saying Butler might frick up shite again this year.
Posted by rockchlkjayhku11
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Member since Aug 2006
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Posted on 3/17/13 at 8:04 pm to
That's actually why I'm scared of Michigan.
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