Big Dance

[FillyCheezeSteak]

Why are there so many games being played in Spokane, Washington.............especially since NONE of the games are in the WEST region???

[FillyCheezeSteak]

Tom Crean vs. Tom Izzo.......interesting matchup, but either team will get beaten up by Darth Vader and the Tar Heels.

[Darth Thanatos]

Notable teams left out:
Syracuse
Missouri State
Air Force
Drexel
Florida State
Kansas State
Iowa
North Carolina State
West Virginia

Questionable seeded teams(good and bad)
Maryland
MSU
Virginia
Nevada


What a wild year.

[Moodini31]

Damn, that East region is tough. UNC, Sparty, Texas all up top with Big East reg. season and touney champ G'town at #2 at the bottom. OUCH!

[FillyCheezeSteak]

Mood great point, BUT Wazzu is a big fraud as a 3. If they were a 5 or 6 I'd feel them, but no way do they deserve a 3 IMO.

[WTFchris]

Did anybody make a yahoo contest? If not let me know and I can make one.

[Baker]

Why would you say this is the biggest week of the year? You know this whole thing goes all the way until April. Do you stop watching after one week or do the games lose luster after the first week?

Anyways, back to the NIT talk for now...........

J/K

I say this is the best week because of the number of games this week. You'll never have an opportunity to watch more bball than you'll have Thur. - Sunday. The bigger games do occur later, but Thursday through Sunday is an absolute basketball buffet and sometimes that is when you see the most upsets.

[Baker]

I was reading an indepth (to put it lightly) scouting report on Marquette today. I follow them throughout the year because of Crean, but I had forgotten that just weeks ago they were a Top 15 team. They actually reached #12. They lost 3 in a row, but those losses were to Georgetown, Pitt., and a buzzer beater by Louisville!

Damn, talk about a tough draw as a 8 seed.

[WTFchris]

I also looked at their schedule though and they lost to some pretty bad teams too. I know nothing about North Dakota State, but they can't be very good.

[Darth Thanatos]

Another seed that grinds my gears is Duke. 8-8 in their conference, a 1st round loss to a non-tourney team, and they get a 6th seed? BAH! The seeds this year suck.

So who's everyone sleeper picks? Frauds? Cinderella?

Sleepers - UNLV(athletic ability), Oregon(yes, i know they're a 3 seed), Texas(final four pick)

Frauds - High seeded mid-majors and the Big Ten. When mid majors are seeded high, they're usually done in the 1st or 2nd round because they run into a good mid-major in the 1st, and an above average BCS team in the 2nd.

The only great team in the Big Ten is OSU. The rest are unathletic, no good bigs(except maybe Landry) can't shoot, and/or depend on one person. I think Wisconsin, Indy, and MSU will all be gone by the sweet 16, if they even make it that far.