One Shining Moment, Part 4 or 5 or 6, i forget
and bad, very very bad.
- Completely blew the 5-12 games (Utah State to the sweet 16, Syracuse past Texas A&M, Nevada over Montana)
- Made fun of George Mason, then they kicked the shit out of Michigan State and beat UNC
- Didn't pick Bradley - actually, no one picked Bradley, I just feel like an ass reading my own Kansas-Pitt game preview
- Picked against Arizona, then they played their best game of the year, dominating Wisconsin
- Thought the Big Ten was a good conference - my mistake
The teams who impressed me the most over the four days last week:
- Florida - Joakim Noah is a monster. He's a good passer? He has a 15 foot jumper? He throws down ferocious dunks? Yikes.
- Memphis - Made Bucknell look like Alcorn State, and they're two deep at every position. Darius Washington didn't even show up and they brought some random guy off the bench who played great. Carney, Dorsey, someone named Antonio Anderson (you don't mess with guys named Antonio Anderson) and Shaun Williams. All of those guys are freshmen and sophomores except Carney. Wow.
- UConn - they played terribly, Gay and Boone didn't even show up, and the reward? Washington and Wich St/George Mason to get to the final four. God wants them to win apparently.
- Georgetown - a towering front line and suffocating defense. Or maybe Ohio State just sucks. Speaking of which,
The teams I felt were absolutely pathetic, and should be ashamed of themselves:
- Michigan State - "I think Paul Davis might make another tournament run." - me. Thanks, guys. Don't even show up. What a bunch of jackasses. There's absolutely no excuse for that. I pick them to go to the Elite Eight and they lay an egg. For shame.
- Ohio State - outside shooting completely disappeared, Dials had no chance against the Georgetown front line, just a flat out miserable performance. Go back to Columbus and kick your own ass.
- Seton Hall - Congratulations, you proved that you didn't deserve to be in the tournament, and I knew it, and should have told my dad to bet $500 against you when he was in Vegas. You suck.
- Kansas - how embarrassing.
With all that said, keep in mind how fickle the NCAA's really are: Let's say Jermaine Wallace misses his miracle shot, and Darrel Mitchell misses his game winner, and P.J. Cousnart misses his game clincher, and Robert Vaden misses, and Chris Lofton misses, and Craig Smith misses his two free throws at the end of OT. You'd have Iowa, San Diego State, Pacific, and possibly Winthrop in the second round, or A&M or Tennessee in the sweet 16. You might be at the bottom of your office pool instead of the top, or you might be eating shit for breakfast. That's why picking the winners is both so stupid and so great.
Onto the sweet 16:
- Duke over LSU, Texas over West Virginia - Duke over Texas
- Memphis over Bradley, Gonzaga over UCLA (barely) - Memphis over Gonzaga
- UConn over Washington, Wichita State over George Mason (upset special because GMU is at home) - UConn over Wichita State
- Villanova over BC, Florida over Georgetown (toughest game to pick) - Florida over Villanova (watch GU take down Florida as soon as I pick them)
how about the women's tournament:
- (sucks, who cares)
As I write this I realize that the season is over in two weeks, and that's sad.