The 2013 Men's NCAA Basketball Tournament

[Ohio]

Predictions for this weekend?

Midwest:
Louisville over Oregon
Michigan State over Duke

Louisville over Michigan State

South:
Kansas over Michigan
Florida over Florida Gulf Coast

Kansas over Florida

East:
Indiana over Syracuse
Miami over Marquette

Indiana over Miami

West:
Wichita State over LaSalle
Arizona over Ohio State

Arizona over Wichita State

Always :chuckles:

Midwest
Louisville over Oregon
Duke over Sparty

Louisville over Duke

South:
Michigan over Kansas
FGCU over Florida

Michigan over FGCU

East:
Indiana over Syracuse
Miami over Marquette

Indiana over Miami

West:
Wichita State over LaSalle
Ohio State over Arizona

Ohio State over Wichita State

 

[Derek]

Midwest:
Louisville over Oregon
Michigan State over Duke

Michigan State over Louisville

South:
Kansas over Michigan
Florida over Florida Gulf Coast

Kansas over Florida

East:
Syracuse over Indiana
Miami over Marquette

Miami over Syracuse

West:
Wichita State over LaSalle
Arizona over Ohio State

Arizona over Wichita State

 

[Shakalu M.D.]

Not to mention pro basketball is now just like pro wrestling. It is not even close as to which I prefer nowadays. I watch NBA games on LP Broadband days after the game is over. I was watching Full Court games for college all season long live.

Seriously. There may be some bad calls in college hoops but it's nowhere near the level of the fix the NBA puts on.

 

[DJTJ]

I want Florida Gulf Coast to beat Florida, but there isn't a chance in hell it happens.

 

[ChicagoCavFan]

In my pool, I picked an all Big Ten Final Four: OSU, Michigan, Mich St and Indiana. That is who I want to come out of this weekend.

 

[Ruken]

I am very worried about Ohio States game.....

 

[NorthCoastBias]

I am very worried about Ohio States game.....

I am as well. I keep thinking back to the 2010 tournament when OSU was in the Midwest region. Kansas, the number one seed, got upset by Northern Iowa and both Georgetown and Maryland, the three and four seeds, lost as well. It was looking like the door was wide open for OSU to advance to the Final Four. Instead, they lost to a big, physical Tennessee team due to getting outrebounded by 13 and having only one player besides Evan Turner in double figures.

I'm just worried about this year's team going very cold on the offensive end in addition to being smaller than Arizona's front line, making it easy for them to get looks down low against our defense. We'll see come game time tomorrow, but I have a very bad feeling about this one.

 

[MGMT]

I am as well. I keep thinking back to the 2010 tournament when OSU was in the Midwest region. Kansas, the number one seed, got upset by Northern Iowa and both Georgetown and Maryland, the three and four seeds, lost as well. It was looking like the door was wide open for OSU to advance to the Final Four. Instead, they lost to a big, physical Tennessee team due to getting outrebounded by 13 and having only one player besides Evan Turner in double figures.

I'm just worried about this year's team going very cold on the offensive end in addition to being smaller than Arizona's front line, making it easy for them to get looks down low against our defense. We'll see come game time tomorrow, but I have a very bad feeling about this one.

I hear they may be putting a 7 foot freshmen on DeShaun Thomas. I'd be making the kid run through mazes of screens hitting DT on catch-and-shoots, hopefully it'd wear him out on both ends of the floor. Just a random, simple thought.

I'm worried too but I think we can do it.

 

[Ruken]

I hear they may be putting a 7 foot freshmen on DeShaun Thomas. I'd be making the kid run through mazes of screens hitting DT on catch-and-shoots, hopefully it'd wear him out on both ends of the floor. Just a random, simple thought.

I'm worried too but I think we can do it.

I'm also hoping Ross keeps up with his new found offensive game. Him and Thomas keep balling we can win this one.

 

[NorthCoastBias]

I know Sean Miller said earlier in the week that Kaleb Tarczewski would be defending Deshaun Thomas tomorrow night, but from what I gleaned listening to Arizona's press conference today, Solomon Hill will be the primary defender on Thomas. That would certainly make more sense from a match-up perspective.

 

[Walter White]

I want Florida Gulf Coast to beat Florida, but there isn't a chance in hell it happens.

There wasn't a chance they would beat Georgetown and San Diego either.

 

[Shakalu M.D.]

There wasn't a chance they would beat Georgetown and San Diego either.

They didn't just beat them, they flat out dominated them too. Only real difference was a great point that was brought up on the radio. They had a quick turnaround between SDSU and Georgetown. Florida has had days to prepare for their gimmicky defense.

 

[Pyro]

Oh, this happened earlier today...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>VCU's Shaka Smart has agreed to an extension thru 2023. Quote from athletic director Ed McLaughlin added to story: <a href="http://t.co/xjOiPWjswX" title="http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21960232/shaka-smart-agrees-to-extension-with-vcu-through-2023">cbssports.com/collegebasketb…</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoodmanCBS/status/317077457540874240">March 28, 2013</a></blockquote>
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[David.]

and sdsu isnt that good.

 

[Surge]

They recruiting bigs this year?