The bracket is revealed tomorrow. It will be on ESPNU at 4:30 et. This year it looks like the cutoff will be around #45.
This is what things look like
My best guess for 1st/2nd round hosts:
USC
UCLA
Pepperdine
Stanford
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Florida
Auburn
Ohio State
Oklahoma
Virginia
Duke
North Carolina
Illinois
Cal & Tennessee passed over.
(Bold teams are currently in Top 16)
West Coast Teams: 12 teams/4 hosts/0 travel
USC
UCLA
Pepperdine
Cal
Stanford
San Diego
Washington
Santa Clara
Fresno State
Boise State
Cal Poly
Sacramento State
Southeast Teams: 18 teams/6 hosts/0 travel
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Florida
Auburn
Tennessee
LSU
Florida State
Memphis
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
East Tennessee State
South Carolina State
Middle Tennessee State
Eastern Kentucky
College of Charleston
Alcorn State
Mid-West Teams: 11 teams/2 hosts/3 teams travel
Ohio State
Illinois
Michigan
Indiana
Notre Dame
Minnesota
Louisville
Northwestern
Western Michigan
UW-Green Bay
Drake
Southwest Teams: 8 teams/1 host/4 teams travel
Oklahoma
Texas
Texas A&M
Baylor
Texas Tech
Tulsa
Univ Texas-San Antonio
Univ Missouri-Kansas City
Atlantic Coast Teams: 15 teams/3 hosts/3 teams travel
UVA
Duke University
North Carolina
Harvard
VCU
NC State
Columbia
Virginia Tech
UNC Wilmington
Binghamton
George Washington
Fairfield
Fairleigh Dickinson
Navy
Radford
I never thought I would say this but excellent bracket. It puts more importance on ranking rather than geography which is good. Too many teams in the past have been screwed because of where they are located in the nation. Auburn goes to Illinois rather than Georgia or Mississippi State.
Lots of good matchups and none of the tired conference matchups like we have seen in years past. Some fresh unpredictable ones coming up.
How can you pull for all Tobacco road teams? they are bitter rivals in most sports haha.
I will be pulling for UCLA to win the whole thing out of the contendors. I have always been a fan of Giron and Meister. I also like Puget and Mkrchtian.
I also like Ole Miss,Oklahoma,Kentucky,Pepperdine.
How can you pull for all Tobacco road teams? they are bitter rivals in most sports haha.
I will be pulling for UCLA to win the whole thing out of the contendors. I have always been a fan of Giron and Meister. I also like Puget and Mkrchtian.
I also like Ole Miss,Oklahoma,Kentucky,Pepperdine.
Because I have no preference really since my alma mater is not an option. I'm surrounded by many Duke, UNC, and NC State fans and sometimes wish that I could disappear during March Madness :lol:. A lot of times I would pull for Duke because they are the most hated in the state . Maybe I should pull for NC State since I was admitted there (even though I decided to go elsewhere).
as far as the Tobacco road teams chances; UNC will have to get by Tennessee a team that had a surprisingly good year after losing Smith,Sandgren and Williams. Libietis the freshman from Latvia came on strong as the year rolled on. And even if they beat Tennessee they will be an appetizer for UGA in Athens in the round of 16.
Duke has a tough draw. Not only do they have a dangerous LSU team in the 2nd round but they have the dreaded 8/9 slot. They will have to face a very fit and workmanlike team in Mississippi State and of they can beat the Bulldogs its Southern Cal waiting.
Bots played #2 and Egger #3 during the Pac-12 championships. I thought it was strange but there weren't any protests that I know of. The UCLA switch is also interesting. Personally I think Meister > Thompson but they are both pretty good.
I'm pretty excited about the tourney this year, the field looks really awesome. I mean UVA is 3rd seed, come on. I think it will be interesting to see Illinois, if they do beat Auburn, to challenge USC in the 3rd round after their Big Ten tourney performance.
I like Ohio State to beat UCLA and challenge USC. I don't think they can beat them, but it could get interesting with that great OSU lineup.
On the other side, I think Kentucky, if they beat Stanford, who beat them earlier this year, could knock off Virginia. UK is a great tourney team with a very scary lineup when they are on. But I think UVA will prevail, and I like the UGA crowd to push the Dogs, but I think UVA has better matchups with UGA and we will see another USC-Virginia final.
I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Virginia winning it. Kinda crazy, huh? The first year that they've lost a few matches and aren't 1 or 2 seed, they are my pick to win.
But as Jeff said, I'd love to see UCLA beat USC. I'll also be pulling for Texas A&M, Kentucky (gotta love Quigley and that lineup), Coll. of Charleston, and my WAKE FOREST DEMON...wait, no. nevermind. I guess I'll be pulling for the Cavs too since they are my pick...ehh.
FSU and Boise knotted at 3-3. It will come down to The giants on court 4. 6'5 Lock of FSU and 6'7 Sereke of Boise, they split two tiebreak sets. Going to a 3rd
I was a bit surprised to see Harvard beat the Hokies in the first round. I know they beat them earleir this year (4-3) but I figured VT would be more "tourney tough", they always peak at the end of the season, but not the case here
I was a bit surprised to see Harvard beat the Hokies in the first round. I know they beat them earleir this year (4-3) but I figured VT would be more "tourney tough", they always peak at the end of the season, but not the case here
1 Southern Cal vs 16 Illinois
8 Duke vs Baylor
5 Ohio State vs 12 Florida
4 UCLA vs 13 Ole Miss
6 Kentucky vs 11 Stanford
3 Virginia vs 14 Cal
7 Pepperdine vs Tulsa
2 Georgia vs 15 North Carolina
9 and 10 seeds went down
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