The NCAA selection committee has made their choice on the 68 teams for the 2011 NCAA Basketball Championship Tournament. Do I have a few issues with the draw some of the teams received??? Yes, but me complaining isn’t going to change things. There are teams that were seeded too high and teams that didn’t get in. Georgia gets in the field, but not Alabama who beat them twice. Personally I don’t think either team deserved to get in the field, over St. Mary’s and Colorado. How UAB gets into the field befuddles me. Here is the link to my master bracket http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/entry?entryID=446141
I can’t wait til Tuesday, this is one of my favorite times of the year. A time where it is filled with cinderella stories, buzzer beaters, and pro prospects improving their draft stock. Let me give you my sweet 16, elite 8, and final four teams. And who will win the whole thing.
UPDATED as of 3-17-2011
Sweet 16
East Region
1 Ohio St over 4 Kentucky
2 UNC over 6 Xavier
West Region
1 Duke over 4 Texas
2 San Diego St. over 3 UConn
Southwest Region
1 Kansas over 12 Richmond
3 Purdue over 2 Notre Dame
Southeast Region
1 Pitt over 4 Wisconsin
7 UCLA over 11 Gonzaga
Elite 8
East Region
1 Ohio St. over 2 UNC
West Region
2San Diego St. over 1 Duke
Southwest Region
1 Kansas over 3 Purdue
Southeast Region
1 Pitt over 7 UCLA
Final Four
1 Ohio St over 2 San Diego St.
1 Kansas over 1 Pitt
Championship Game
Kansas over Ohio St.
I have thought all year that Kansas has the most talented team in the country and that talent and good coaching will lead them to a championship. Check back daily for updates and blogs during the tournament. And follow me on twitter @Bashir28 for sports updates as well. Enjoy the madness folks!!!! (Injuries and the Additions of Duke guard Kyrie Irving forced me to change my bracket a little bit.)