Purdues main problem is Matt Painter.
Come to think of it, have you ever seen Painter and Brian Ferentz in the same place at the same time? Hmmmmm
Men's Bracket Talk: Who You Got? Biggest Upset?
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Come to think of it, have you ever seen Painter and Brian Ferentz in the same place at the same time? Hmmmmm
Yeah I was looking for an opportunity to have them get upset but wasn’t really seeing it. Maybe Kansas but I’m not super confident in them either.
Samford is a strong 13 seed. I like them over an injured KU squad.
Vermont is a really good 13 seed too. They struggle to score, but are long, athletic, and experienced (4th straight NCAA tourney). I like them over Duke.
New Mexico over Clemson and Drake over Washington State. But I’m not sure those will even be upsets when the lines come out.
Vermont is a really good 13 seed too. They struggle to score, but are long, athletic, and experienced (4th straight NCAA tourney). I like them over Duke.
New Mexico over Clemson and Drake over Washington State. But I’m not sure those will even be upsets when the lines come out.
UConn has a freaking minefield in front of them after the first game. FAU (Final Four team last year), San Diego State (championship game last year), Auburn (really good, though admittedly, the mentally weakest of the bunch) and then Iowa State if the seeds hold? Yikes.
For first round upsets:
James Madison over Wisconsin
New Mexico over Clemson
McNeese over Gonzaga
NC State over Texas Tech
James Madison over Wisconsin
New Mexico over Clemson
McNeese over Gonzaga
NC State over Texas Tech
I looked into BYU a bit more. They SUCK away from home. I'm actually picking that upset now.
Just for the shear hell of it final four of:
East - Iowa State
West- Baylor
South- Houston
Midwest- Kansas
East - Iowa State
West- Baylor
South- Houston
Midwest- Kansas
I think Baylor has the easiest path from the Big 12
I mean it's not completely out of the realm of possibilities. Baylor's path is the easiest, Kansas will have McCullar and Dickinson playing again so it's possible, we have a difficult road through UConn but doable if we play how we did Sunday and Houston is just ink.
Edit: I would love this situation but realistically I don't truly believe it would happen.
My two rules when filling out brackets that always works for me as a multiple time winner of my office bracket challenge.
1) the upset pick all the experts have, rarely comes true.
2) the favorite mid major Cinderella all the experts pick, normally loses in the first weekend if not game.
I would love to pick McNeese state but I'm afraid they seem to fall into category 1. I think my spiciest pick so far is Grand canyon to the sweet sixteen. I also have Marquette losing in the second round to the winner of boise state/colorado. Subject to change, I mostly filled my out on vibes this morning.
1) the upset pick all the experts have, rarely comes true.
2) the favorite mid major Cinderella all the experts pick, normally loses in the first weekend if not game.
I would love to pick McNeese state but I'm afraid they seem to fall into category 1. I think my spiciest pick so far is Grand canyon to the sweet sixteen. I also have Marquette losing in the second round to the winner of boise state/colorado. Subject to change, I mostly filled my out on vibes this morning.
I agree. I ended up with Baylor, Purdue, Houston, and us. Purdue just has such an easy path…and I think Drew is the difference in helping Baylor get past Arizona. Houston also had a path that felt very doable for them…
Yeah, it never seems to fail. ALl the talking heads come out and heap praise on a couple of lower seeds like you said this year McNeese State and all pick them for the upset and it rarely happens. And then some school no one was talking about pulls the upset.
Colorado is a team to watch because they are underseeded according to metrics and they have legit NBA players on their roster. The timeline on Kolek keeps changing as well and if he isn't playing this weekend they won't get passed the second round.
the last few years there have been 15 seeds that have given 2's a run for their money, and no part of me trusts AZ. Give me LBSU
I have Creighton in place of Purdue but oterwise the same.
Cyclones beating Creighton for the Natty
I've got Charleston over 'Bama and Vermont over Duke for big 1st round upsets
My surprise S16 teams are Miss St over UNC and CU/Boise St over Marquette.
Still deciding what to do with NC State, too. I could see a path for them to the E8 if they get past TTU. Marquette and UK are both upset-prone IMO.
My surprise S16 teams are Miss St over UNC and CU/Boise St over Marquette.
Still deciding what to do with NC State, too. I could see a path for them to the E8 if they get past TTU. Marquette and UK are both upset-prone IMO.
