Thursday, March 15, 2012

Shark's Bracket

Humiliation is good for the soul. I have just uploaded my bracket.

Here are my first round upsets.

13 New Mexico State over 4 Indiana
12 Long Beach State over 5 New Mexico
14 Belmont over 3 Georgetown
11 NC State over 6 San Diego State

The Sweet Sixteen: Kentucky, Wichita State, Baylor, Duke, Michigan State, Louisville, Marquette, Missouri, Kansas State (!), Wisconsin, Florida State, Ohio State, North Carolina, Temple, North Carolina State and Kansas.

The Elite Eight: Wisconsin, Florida State, Ohio State, North Carolina, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan State, Baylor, Kentucky

The Final Four: Wisconsin, North Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, Kentucky.

Kentucky over North Carolina on Monday night.

Here's where I'm sure to be wrong.

Wisconsin doesn't have the firepower to get that far. But I think it comes down to the Vanderbilt game. Syracuse is going out early. The winner of UW-Vanderbilt takes the bracket. (I'd like to see Harvard make a run but it won't happen.) I've decided that it's just still our time. (Hey, Lunardi has them there too.)

I'm betting against Tom Izzo. Probably a mistake.

Kentucky may just be too young.

I am not confident that Marquette makes the Sixteen. I think they are only a slight favorite over Murray State and could even lose to BYU today.

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous9:59 PM

    I'm no psychic...but I guarantee at least one of the teams in your final FOUR does not make it...

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  2. George Mitchell1:28 PM

    I'm in Louisville. Watched MU answer every challenge BYU made. The Warriors are fortunate BYU got out of the gate slowly.

    Tomorrow night's game will be a road game for MU. Murray State will have the place full.

    My companion and I voted on best/worst band and cheerleading squad. MU gets a special dishonorable mention for having the worst designed outfits for their cheerleaders.

    A possible good portent: Murray State has by far the worst band.

    U were and r right as far as UW and Vandy goes. If the Badgers beat them they have a plausible shot to play at least two more games.

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  3. Anonymous6:18 PM

    You're a better lawyer than bracketologist, Rick.

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