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| What's the cutest
team in the field? |
Iowa. Even with Luke
Recker’s kneecap on the fritz, 6’8”, 245 pound force
Reggie Evans is enough to make you wanna get busy in a
cornfield. |
Penn State.
Not only do they have two very handsome brothers playing
together, they have at least a half dozen other very hot guys
- not a bad one on the whole team. |
Kansas. Eric
Chenowith was my favorite Stud of the Week during the regular
season and Jeff Carey is hot too. |
| What dark horse is
out there who could surprise and win it all? |
When’s the last
time this happened, NC State, 1982? Highly unlikely, but, the
other team playing in memoriam, Ok State. |
Arkansas. If
there's one coach in this tournament who can turn nothing into
something, it's #7 Arkansas' Nolan Richardson. |
#5 Virginia in the
South. They were hot before the Acc tournament and I
think they could bet it going again. |
| What Top 4 seed has
the best chance of losing in Round 1? |
Illinois or Mich
State, especially after stinking up the United Center. |
Kansas. How
they got a #3 seed I don't understand. |
#3 Mississippi in
the Midwest by Iona. An overrated team against an
underrated Iona, great potential for an upset. |
| Do 65 teams work? |
No. It’s bad
enough that the Winthrops and East Cupcake State’s are
involved to begin with.
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Hell, I want a
double-elimination tournament, so I can't frown too much on
this little inconvenience. |
No, let the major
conferences suffer with one less at-large team in the field.
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| What team got robbed
with a bad seed? |
Monmouth. If
they’d gotten the play-in game, they’d face tenuous
Illinois. Instead, they get Duke. |
#6 Texas. What
was the committee thinking? Texas has an RPI rank of 9,
played a tough non-conference schedule, and are on an 8-1 run. |
#3 Boston College in
the East. No way should the regular season and
conference tournament winner of the Big East be treated to a
#3 position. |
| What team got a gift
with a good seed? |
Georgia State.
First, an opener against a team that can’t score in
Wisconsin, then the emotional, win-it-for-Coach grudge match
against Dreisell’s old Terps. Two wins would get them a trip
to Disneyland. |
Illinois. I
just don't get why they not only got a #1 seed, but they got
to stay in their own region. They were 9-7 against
tournament teams, didn't even get to the Conference Tournament
Finals, and had an RPI of 6. |
#7 Penn State in the
South. They should have gotten a #8 at best; maybe the
cute brothers on the team swayed the committee.
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| What team would have
been your 66th chosen? |
UC Irvine. You
can’t tell me they don’t have talent comparable to
Hampton, Northwestern State, (and Northwestern U. for that
matter). |
Richmond. They
won their conference but were banned from the conference
tournament because they're going to the A-10 next year. |
Richmond. They
are being punished by their old conference for moving up to a
better conference next season. |
| What double-digit
seed has the best shot at the Final Four? |
Hofstra. If Duke
falls in the East, the region is full of skitzo teams and
becomes wide open. |
Even though I think
they will lose in the first round, #10 Georgetown could be the
team. |
#11 Georgia State in
West, but it is not going to happen.
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| Who will be in the
Final Four? |
Stanford.
Duke (easy road).
Arizona. (remember they’re playing in memoriam too).
Texas. (gotta throw in a longer shot). |
Stanford - The best
team in the country.
Kentucky - Peaking at the right
time.
Arizona - Getting better every week.
Texas - The South is anyone's Region and Texas is playing well
now. |
Maryland.
Illinois.
Florida.
Duke. |
| Who will win it all? |
Stanford. Mature,
smart, experienced, stunning execution at times. Reminiscent
of the early’90s Duke teams. |
Kentucky. They
still haven't quite peaked, which is perfect. They are a
younger team that can beat anyone. |
Illinois. Depth
is the name of the game with this team. The bench alone would
be a #7 or #8 seed if they were a team by themselves.
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| Who's got the best
uniforms? |
Duke’s black
roaddies. The classic yet modern look UCLA tried (and failed)
to go for with its black and blue unis. |
Gonzaga. Blue
and white - perfect sized shorts - and good-looking guys in
them. |
Michigan State, I
love the simplicity. |
| Baggy shorts or
tight shorts? |
Baggy. Tight is way
too last century. |
Baggy. I love
low hangers. |
Baggy.
Watching ESPN Classic is a riot when they have the older games
on and the guys are in those tight shorts. You couldn’t see
much anyway. |
