What teams did you pick for the Final Four?

[PEZGolf]

I have Louisville, UConn, Pitt, and North Carolina, but I am worried since they are all #1 seeds. In the finals, I have Pitt vs. North Carolina since Louisvile, as a team, is not that accurate from the free throw line. I have Gonzaga making the Sweet Sixteen, and getting beat by North Carolina. Maybe the Zags can pull an upset! One team to watch is another Big East powerhouse---West Virginia. If they can get by Louisville, they may go all the way!

[ctw262]

Mine looks like yours, except I have Memphis coming out of the West. I don't think UConn is strong enough with Dyson sitting out. North Carolina wins it all.

[Chilli Dipper]

Louisville, Purdue, Pittsburgh, Syracuse.

[JT SCRATCH]

in my big money backet i got lousville uconn unc and pitt with uconn beating pitt in the finals.

-jt

[MrKadash]

Louisville is over-rated and won't make the final four. I predict they will be the first #1 to lose. Now watch me eat crow...

[PEZGolf]

Louisville, Purdue, Pittsburgh, Syracuse.

You know, Syracuse is a good pick, as long as Johnny Flynn is on his game, and Rautins gets freed up to hit 3's. Lousiville shut Rautins down in the second half.

[PEZGolf]

Louisville is over-rated and won't make the final four. I predict they will be the first #1 to lose. Now watch me eat crow...

The Cardinals major weakness is foul shooting,BUT their major strengths are depth and great defense. Syracuse found out what an aggressive press can do to throw you off your game, and wear you down. Syracuse made no 3's in the Championship game Saturday. They were worn out after a 6 OT win over UConn followed by another OT win over West Virginia. Rick Pitino and the Cardinals will smart to press, press, and keep the pressure on. Many teams cannot play well against a team that presses for the entire game.

[Jay-Bird]

---West Virginia. If they can get by Louisville, they may go all the way!

They won't get out of the second round. Kansas will beat them.

Louisville, Pitt, Memphis, Oklahoma Oklahoma wins it all.

[kleinrider]

I have Pitt, Louisville, Memphis, NC. Pitt winning.
I hate having all high seeds, but this is what i got.

[DBake]

Louisville

[MI Rob]

Ive got Louisville, UConn, Pitt. and UNC. UConn and Pitt in the final roung with UConn winning.

[PEZGolf]

I love college basketball, but have not been able to follow it closely the last two months. One key factor in the tournament is injuries to key players. A fellow that I was talking to started to rattle off some injuries, but I do not remember them all. I do know that Oklahoma's outstanding player, Blake Griffin was injured and they lost to Texas and another team as a result. I guess he is OK now. Does anyone know of injuries to key players that may hurt particular teams?

[Bourbon and Coke]

Lawson is going to be playing hurt for UNC. They should beat Gonzaga, but OU is going to trash them.

I've got Memphis over Kansas, and Pitt over OU, with Memphis winning it all. They got disrespected by not getting the 1 seed they deserved. The trick of basketball compared to football is that there is a large body of work you can watch with which the evaluate a team, so strength of schedule isn't the predictor of success you'd like to think it is in football.

I'm laughing when I see all these 1-seeds making the Elite 8 and Final 4 (quite hypocritically, I do have 4 1-seeds in the Elite 8, but only Pitt in the Final 4... it's not that I think they're going to make it, but that I'm not going to predict an upset and miss free points earlier in the bracket.) This class of 1-seeds is garbage and there are no stand-out dominant teams. Any of the 1-3 seeds has a perfectly good shot at the Final 4, and there are strong 4-seeds as well (Gonzaga and Wake.)

[Bourbon and Coke]

I have Louisville, UConn, Pitt, and North Carolina, but I am worried since they are all #1 seeds. In the finals, I have Pitt vs. North Carolina since Louisvile, as a team, is not that accurate from the free throw line. I have Gonzaga making the Sweet Sixteen, and getting beat by North Carolina. Maybe the Zags can pull an upset! One team to watch is another Big East powerhouse---West Virginia. If they can get by Louisville, they may go all the way!

How do you have a Pitt-UNC final? The Championship game would have to include the winner of Final 4 Pitt-UNC. :rolleyes:

[jrode]

UNC without Lawson is very susceptible.

If they end up facing LSU in the second round and don't have Lawson, they could very well get bounced.

[PEZGolf]

How do you have a Pitt-UNC final? The Championship game would have to include the winner of Final 4 Pitt-UNC. :rolleyes:

Good catch. I was tired and was concentrating on the semi-finals: Pitt vs. NC. I have UConn vs. NC in the Finals.

Lawson is going to be playing hurt for UNC. They should beat Gonzaga, but OU is going to trash them.

Thanks for the post. As I said, I have not been able to watch much b-ball lately, so I did not know Lawson was hurt. I have not seen NC play at all this season. Mainly, I have watched only Big East games.

[mmcgee13]

Ive got Louisville, UConn, Pitt. and UNC. UConn and Pitt in the final roung with UConn winning.

Those are the top seeds. There will be at least one upset.

[George]

Louisville
Memphis
Pitt
North Carolina


I don't like having three #1 seeds there, but it is what it is. I didn't pick as many upsets as I did in past years. I think it's because there are fewer teams from non-power conferences.