Casually Breaking Down The NCAA Bracket And Picking A National Champion
by JGD on Mar 14, 2011 9:34 AM EDT
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Ever wish that more things worked like college brackets? That you could seed everything that way? Top 64 pre-game foods. Top 64 college players. Well, now you can do just that with your friends, with the Allstate BFF Brackets, which takes your 64 top Facebook friends (an algorithm seeds them based on interaction) and seeds them in four regions, exactly like the real tourney. Once the tourney starts, your friends advance with the corresponding seeds – till one is left standing. Check it out at http://apps.facebook.com/bffbrackets/
It's here. Shout it from the mountaintops, the NCAA Tournament is finally here. Georgetown fans have some hope in the form of a speedy little wrecking ball's third metacarpal. If you haven't heard yet, senior point guard Chris Wright is coming back for the big dance, three weeks after breaking a bone in his left hand. With that, we can dare to dream again, dare to breathe again, and dare to live again.
For now, let's walk through the bracket region-by-region, determining a Final Four and ultimately a national championship winner. Spoiler Alert! Georgetown wins the national championship. Not because we are homers, but because Digger Phelps and Snoop Dogg are believers, ya dig?
After The Jump, it's prediction time.
East Region:
This is definitely the deepest region. Ohio State is the best team in the country, UNC is the most talented two seed, Syracuse is
primed for a deep run because their zone will give people fitsgoing to lose in the first round to Larry Bird and Indiana State, and Kentucky just won the SEC Tournament with two top 15 NBA Draft picks in freshmen Terrence Jones and Brandon Knight. I have no idea how Ohio State was the number one overall seed in this tournament and ended up with the best two seed, three seed and four seed. Maybe Thad Matta was part of the Seth Greenberg led orgies with committee members' wives.The Favorite: Ohio State
The Sleeper: Kentucky
The Pick: Syracuse
Upset Special: Marquette over Xavier
Region's Most Outstanding Player: Kris Joseph
West Region:
Whatever Seth Greenberg and Thad Matta have done wrong, Mike Krzyzewski has done right. One year after the NCAA committee hand delivered Coach K and his goonies a Final Four berth on a silver platter, the Dookies are at it again. San Diego State is the two seed out west, which is interesting as a potential Elite Eight matchup because the game will be played in Anaheim, but if we're being honest, there is no shot they are getting that far. Texas and Arizona are both athletic teams that could give Duke fits, but last I checked, Rick Barnes is still the coach of Texas, so they will probably lose to Oakland in the first round. UConn is a dangerous three, but recent history tells me that they left all their magic in New York during their ridiculous five game run through the Big East Tournament.
The Favorite: Duke
The Sleeper: Arizona
The Pick: Duke
Upset Special: Oakland over Texas
Region's Most Outstanding Player: Nolan Smith
Southwest Region:
Kansas is the number one seed in this region. I'm not sure that this has been mentioned enough on TV and on the internet, but the program Bill Self is currently lording over is absolutely absurd. He somehow lost Sherron Collins, Cole Aldrich and Xavier Henry from last year's team, without a doubt his three best players, and has a 32-2 record this year. Notre Dame is senior laden with a Hansbrough leading their squad, so expect a ton of puff piece garbage surrounding that in the coming days. Oh, and the fightin' Georgetown Hoyas are the sixth seed in this region. Remember them? Those guys who won eight straight games in Big East play and were 9-1 in their last 10 games before Chris Wright broke his hand? Yeah, well Wright is back on Friday when the Hoyas square off against the winner of the VCU/USC play-in game and it feels like the start of a beautifully corny sports movie. Senior leader breaks hand, triumphantly returns for biggest tournament of his life, leads team to National Championship, end credits.
The Favorite: Kansas
The Sleeper: Georgetown
The Pick: Georgetown
Upset Special: VCU/USC over Georgetown (get it?! Cynical and delusional!)
Region's Most Outstanding Player: CHRIS WRIGHT SON
Southeast Region:
The new names of the regions are really stupid. Everyone was fine with North, South, East and West. If it is good enough for a compass, it's good enough for college basketball. Idiots. Anyways, this region is completely bizarre. I don't understand how Florida is a two seed after getting thrashed by 16 points against Kentucky earlier on Sunday. I don't understand how Florida is a two seed while Texas and Kentucky are four seeds. I also don't get how Michigan State got into the tournament with 14 losses, and how Kansas State was not even NIT bound a month ago but is now a five seed. Anyways, this feels like the region where something funky is going to happen, like Pitt losing in the second round and not making the Sweet 16.
The Favorite: Pittsburgh
The Sleeper: Kansas State
The Pick: Florida
Upset Special: Old Dominion over Pittsburgh
Region's Most Outstanding Player: Chandler Parsons
Final Four Picks: Georgetown over Florida, Duke over Syracuse, Georgetown over Duke.
It's that easy.
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I'd accuse you of having a pro-Hoya bias ...
But how can I argue with such compelling logic? Georgetown is going to win it all.
by John Coctostan on Mar 14, 2011 10:06 AM EDT reply actions
Let the delusional run rampant on this site!
G’Town prevailing over all in a three week period? Crazier shit has happened!
Go Hoyas!
I marched on Leavey to keep the Pub open in the 90's.
Pat Forde just gave us no chance to win against the play-in winner!
Listening on Kornheiser show and Forde said there is almost no way Hoyas can win their first game this year. He just compared us to Cuse and the Arinze injury from a year ago.
Fuck him!!
I marched on Leavey to keep the Pub open in the 90's.
He hasn't looked too closely at our potential opponents
USC has the lowest RPI of any at-large in the field and the ESPN talking heads have been blasting VCU’s selection since the bracket was released
by rochesterhoya07 on Mar 14, 2011 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions
USC scares me
They have good bigs and are athletic. Should be a high scoring game if we cant stop them inside and they cant stop our shooters, also a perfect chance for us to get warmed up. Not good for Vaughn’s confidence tho
Take No Prisoners, especially if they wear Orange.
by hoyabballownsall on Mar 14, 2011 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Yes but USC was also blown out by Rider and lost to OSU
and obviously VCU is beatable, so just win the damn game.
by bunk moreland on Mar 14, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Forde...
also picked ND to win it all, which is a complete joke. I understand not wanting to pick tO$U, Kansas, Duke, UNC or Pitt because you want to stand out, but really..with Mike Brey and his army of mock turtle necks?
It's a great day to be great - Greg Jennings
I'm on a drug. It's called Charlie Sheen. - Charlie Sheen
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 14, 2011 10:52 AM EDT up reply actions
i'm fine with analysts saying that chris wright won't have a significant impact when he returns
if they believe that he won’t be 100% (well, i’m sort of fine with it). but i’m NOT fine with our program and three being compared to that weasely whiny liar boeheim and the cuse.
by HookerInTheLane on Mar 14, 2011 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions
Forde can eat a bag of dicks
Seriously. He’s just pissed off that he can’t work his usual SEC IS THE BESTEST GREATEST CONFERENCE EVER!!!!! into the conversation like he does for everything football related.
Forde is so bad that I’d rather spend an hour in Casual’s company than read one of Forde’s columns. Now that’s bad.
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Scathing
Is Casual particularly malodorous?
by Lord Humongous on Mar 15, 2011 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
thoughts
Ny times picked against us again. Also how is florida a 2 seed. Hopefully our guys all get healthy and watch film from last year. Next, as an arizona wildcat fan and son of two alumus, usc can be dangerous. But their rotation is really short and they could be tired. 6 guys really I think.
by Hoya Vey on Mar 14, 2011 11:06 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
In all fairness to the critics,
1. Emotional/Floor leader broken hand 23 days before first round game
2. Team an extremely ugly 0-4 without said leader
3. Team receives solid, slightly generous seed due to coach’s promise
4. Team from same conference as team that totally played the committee last year with a similar promise
5. Team has a very weak and inconsistent front-court.
6. Team is 1-2 as a high seed in the past three NCAA tournaments.
WHY WOULDN’T YOU PICK AGAINST THIS TEAM?
Of course I want nothing more than to see this Hoyas team make a deep run,
So I hope the critics are all wrong. I’m just saying…
by hoyaparanormal on Mar 14, 2011 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm fine with picking against them.
Because it doesn’t matter. Just prove them wrong. Fuel to the fire.
High fives only on three pointers.
by TheYellofAllYells on Mar 14, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
I fear...
that giving CW4 too much fire will end with me screaming “CHRIS. DO LESS.” at my TV on friday.
by WallaceAtTheLineShooting2 on Mar 14, 2011 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Yay Lunardi
Justin (Harrisonburg, VA):
Who do you think will win the USC/VCU matchup? And do you think either team would have a legitimate chance at being Georgetown?
Joe Lunardi (4:36 PM):
USC should beat VCU, and neither beats a healthy Georgetown.
by WallaceAtTheLineShooting2 on Mar 14, 2011 5:04 PM EDT reply actions
Still think he's a fuck-tard
#truestory
#jokeofajob
by Coach K's kneepads on Mar 14, 2011 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Lundari redemption
Gtown is his sleeper pick for Final 4!!!!
Where do you find a Final Four sleeper? A seed outside the 1-4 lines in a region? A double-digit seed? I’m going with the best team outside the No. 1-4 seed range, and that’s a potentially healthy Georgetown (Southwest No. 6). With Chris Wright, the Hoyas have beaten tourney teams Old Dominion, Wofford, UNC Asheville, Missouri, Utah State, Memphis, St. John’s, Villanova, Louisville, Syracuse and Marquette. That’s almost a full sixth of the NCAA tournament field. There’s a lot of beef on that bun, so if the Hoyas can nurse Wright back into the lineup in their first game, who knows?
Take No Prisoners, especially if they wear Orange.
by hoyabballownsall on Mar 14, 2011 10:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Is anyone else having a hard time predicting the tournament this year?
Maybe it’s just because I put too much of my emotions into it often picking agianst teams I don’t like.
But I can’t pick who to have come out of the West or South East at all.
West:
Duke? don’t want it to be them, Texas? will Barnes stay out of their way enough for them to make the final 4? Ucon? Don’t want it to be them and I think they’ll have used up all their magic in the BET don’t think they can sustain a run in the NCAAs. SDSU? still not a believer in them don’t have enough guard play for my liking. A Cinderella? I can see upsets but no one I like all the way to the final 4.
South East:
Only final 4 team in the region is Pitt but they always choke. I guess this will have to be the year they make the final 4 becuase I can’t see any of the other teams emerging. I think ODU has the best chance to knock them off. So ODU final 4? Seems less crazy to me than Florida, BYU, or Wisconsin another perennial under performer.
Definitely struggling with both of those.
May be forced to choke my pride and pick Dook.
by Vee Sanford's Next-door Neighbor on Mar 14, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Think positive
Let’s make it through the first game (improvement over 2010) and anything can happen. Go Hoyas.
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