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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 4636482)

It's been nice to see them go past the 2nd round 4 of the last 6 years, too. :spock:

Heh, yeah. People think that joke is so good until you present the actual facts.

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Originally Posted by Nzoner (Post 4636686)

With all that homework I'm assuming you've entered the Yahoo challenge as it's paying like 5 mil for a perfect bracket.

Ha ha ha. What homework? I just copied and pasted that article. I suppose I could check out that yahoo thing. I always suck at these NCAA Tourney brackets, though.

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Originally Posted by Lzen (Post 4636672)

Let the record show that 18 of the past 19 championships have been won by teams that earned either a No. 1 (12 times), 2 (three times) or 3 (three times.) The exception was the 1997 Arizona team that toppled three top seeds.

So I've already cut my list of possible champs to a dozen.

Further cuts are required. To make them I went to the NCAA's Official 2008 Men's Final Four Record Book, which shows team statistics of every champion. I decided to limit my comparisons to the past 19 seasons, the period when all but one winner has been seeded No. 3 or better.

Championship teams share many strengths, most of them involving the ability to shoot well and score. Here are four qualities I selected:

Scoring -- 18 of the past 19 champions averaged at least 77 points per game.

Two-point field-goal shooting -- 16 of the past 19 champs shot 48 percent or better.

Three-point field-goal shooting -- 16 of the past 19 champs made at least 37 percent of their three-point shots.

Free-throw shooting -- 17 of the past 19 champions shot 68 percent or better from the line.

Of the 12 top seeds in the 2008 tournament, two qualify in every category -- North Carolina and Kansas. Tough to question their credentials as No. 1 seeds.
Louisville Courier-Journal

What stinks is UNC and KU would have to settle for a Final Four meeting rather than facing off for the championship.

I like UCLA's early matchups, should help getting Love and Mbah a Moute healthy. Also, watch out for USC. They've really come together towards the end of the year, and with Hackett back, they are definitely a complete team. They've got solid scoring options throughout the lineup and their defense is pretty damn good.

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Originally Posted by Bill S Preston (Post 4640335)

I have UCLA in the final getting beat by Kansas...

But now that I think about it, I think UCLA's luck is going to run out.. I dont think the officals will bail them out in the tourney like they did late in the year....

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Originally Posted by Reerun_KC (Post 4640361)

I picked UCLA to win it each of the last two years, but that had more to do with the homer in me than anything else. However, both of those teams made it to the final four with inferior talent due to their defense. Regardless of what some may think, UCLA's defense steps it up come tournament time and it can frustrate even the best of teams.

Got the TV on here at my desk....i am ready!

PLEASE DON'T KEEP ROLLING GEORGIA

It was cute in the SEC tourney, but that would be a quick death for 1/8 of my Elite Eight.

Currently, no one is announcing for the KU-Portland State game on MMOD. It's kind of awesome.

Damnit Xavier, just bury them and move on... Ugh, looks like their shooting funk is still in effect.

Mizzou fans are going to boycott Coke Zero.

YOU'RE KILLING ME <strike>SMALLS</strike> MUSKETEERS

Fffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuga.

I initially thought, "Hey, maybe Georgia will just keep playing out of their minds," but then I thought, "Don't be reeruned. They really do suck quite badly."

**** YOU XAVIER

Stupid Xavier is going to kill my bracket before this thing even gets going.

:cuss:

I'm so ****ing mad at those assholes right now.

Et tu, Bliss?