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March Madness
- Thread starter sax king
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Gonzaga's probably not winning it all but they're not a bad team. Their strength of schedule wasn't amazing, but against top 25 teams, they had a close win vs oklahoma state, lost to butler by 1, and they lost to illinois by 11 when they were hot. They're a top 20-30 team at the very least, and they beat all the teams that they're supposed to. Pitt's a tough draw for them but Gonzaga is going to be the favorites. Sweet 16 they go against a kansas state team that they beat before by 14 or Wisconsin who never seems to do anything in march madness. Or heck, maybe even Mississippi if you think that's the 5/12 that's going to pan out this year. It's hard to see Gonzaga in the Finals but their draw outside of Pitt is pretty good for them. The elite 8 is very easy to see and the final 4 wouldn't be surprising.
UNLIKE INDIANA
They're the best team in college basketball!
oops they lost... it was just a fluke guys don't mind it
oh they got dunked by OSU but I still think they're the best team guys
lol losing to wisconsin in the big ten tourney semis NAH STILL A 1 SEED GUYS I SWEAR
[still a 1 seed after all]
Man fuck Indiana, you can't lose three times in a couple weeks and still be the best team. Well, I guess everyone else can suck even more dicks but still. You can't be that good if you're losing that often, this is fucking basketball not pokemon.
Bracket submitted
Final four of Florida, Ohio State, Louisville, Indiana
Florida > Louisville final
Final four of Florida, Ohio State, Louisville, Indiana
Florida > Louisville final
Something that really threw me off was the fact that Florida has never won an away game against any of the top 58 schools, that made sure that they don't take the final four for me. I'm not so big on Georgetown, so they lose to FL in the sweet sixteen in my bracket. But Kansas is too hard to take down, Kansas dominates my South bracket. As for Midwest, I really hate Duke, and to be honest, as soon as Appling gets out of his slump, MSU is going to take duke down, then ultimately lose to Louisville in the elite eight. Not a big Gonzaga fan, they play good ball against bad teams, but we really don't know what's going to happen to them in this tournament, so I put Wisco over the Zags. The hardest for me is the East bracket. Syracuse is collapsing fast, so I have them losing to UNLV. The hardest decision for me is IU vs Miami. I put IU, but it could really go either way. As for my final four, I have Wisco, L'ville, Kansas, and IU. Wisco doesn't have good enough scorers to take down the unstoppable Louisville, and I like the combination of Oladipo and Zeller too much to let IU lose to Kansas. Ultimately, I have Louisville's strong defense winning them the championship game against IU
Florida in the final four what a fuckin joke
Don't worry, I have California in the final four. And New Mexico isn't even bad lol
Oregon is an incredibly underrated team with incredibly terrible jerseys. Their draw, on the other hand, sucks for them.
And I cant have the Billikens in the Elite Eight if I have Oklahoma State in the Final Four =o
And I cant have the Billikens in the Elite Eight if I have Oklahoma State in the Final Four =o