The end of February means one thing for both sports fans and gamblers alike...MARCH MADNESS! By far the most exciting sports tournament in the world, the NCAA men's basketball tournament is any sporting fanatic's dream. Containing over 120 ulta-competitve basketball games the tournament gives fans non-stop action for three straight weeks.
There are currently 319 teams elligible to play in the tournament. Of these 319 teams of 65 of them are invited to go the big dance (the tournament). As expected many teams get snubbed from the tournament. This year there were three teams in particular that I found were extremely deserving of a bid to the tournament.
1) Saint Mary- This team went 26-6 over the course of the season. They also went 10-4
in their conference. This record included two loses to highly ranked Gonzaga.
2)Penn State- Penn State went 8-8 in a very hard Big Ten conference. Led by guard Taylor
Battle and forward Jamelle Cornley the Nitty Lions should have been a lock
for the tournament.
3) Virginia Tech- VT went 9-7 in ACC conference play in the ACC which is arguably the
toughest confereces. They also went to teh third wound of the
ACC tournament only to lose to Duke the eventual champions.
Next to the good stuff. My tournament picks. As of now I have the Final Four containing Pitt, Louiville, Oklahoma, and Uconn. All of these teams have superstar players and big men down low to control the paint. In college basketball this is essential in order to go far in the tournament. From here I have Louiville and Oklahoma fighting for the national championship. When it's all said and done I have Louiville winning a close game 66 to 60. Although Oklahoma has the best player in the cuntry in Blake Griffin, the play of Earl Clark should be enough to put the Cardinals over the top for the victory.
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I'm glad PSU made it, too, but I'm obviously excited about Ohio State getting a #8 seed. I was unaware either of these teams made it in. Did UF make it? I hope not so then I can go to school tomorrow and tell Stoklosa we are now better at basketball than all of Gainesville put together..
ReplyDeleteOh my bad PSU aint make it? damn that sucks and i saw Vtech get knocked off.
ReplyDeleteI love March madness it is very competitive and I think its more entertaining than the NBA. College players play a lot harder because they are trying to get into the NBA. My favorite team is the Tar heels. I always watch them and not to mention they won this year.
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