Sports Prognostication of the Highest Order
Allrightee sports fans, with the madness that is the NCAA Basketball Tournament right around the corner, your humble author will provide you with the means to win your office pool.
Now I'm not going to give you the winners of every game, but I will lay out some upsets to look for, dispel a little conventional wisdom and give you the Final Four, title game match-up and National Champion.
First off, you're going to hear a lot of people telling you to look for 11th seeded Winthrop to knock off Notre Dame in the Midwest Bracket and Virginia Commonwealth to upset Duke in the West. Not gonna happen. The Irish and Blue Devils will both win their first round game, but will be knocked out in Round 2.
Every year a #12 beats a #5. It's as sure as death, taxes (pre-Bush Administration) and Bill O'Reilly saying something totally fucking stupid. This year's #12 winner will be Old Dominion over Butler in the Midwest.
Look for all four #1 seeds to reach the Elite 8. However, two #2's will be taken down the first weekend, each losing to teams from the Silver State . Memphis will lose to Nick Fazekas and his #7 Nevada Wolf Pack in the South. In the Midwest, the red-hot Running Rebels of Nevada-Las Vegas will take advantage of Wisconsin's recent problems on offense.
My other big first round upset is #14 Oral Roberts University over #3 Washington State in the East. Take that Elson Floyd!
In Elite 8 match ups I like #1 Ohio State to advance over #3 Texas A&M in the South. In the East Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert will lead a streaking #2 Georgetown University over #1 North Carolina. We'll also see two of last season's Final Four squads advance again this year as an experienced #2 UCLA will knock off #1 Kansas in the West and defending champ #1 Florida will advance by taking out #3 Oregon.
In the semi-final games, UCLA, led by scoring machines Arron Afflalo and Josh Shipp, will take advantage of Florida's shaky defense to avenge last season's loss in the title game. Ohio State, powered by freshmen Greg Oden and Michael Conley, Jr., will advance past Georgetown.
Then, in a match up that may look more appropriate for the Rose Bowl, the Bruins of UCLA will add another chapter to their grand tradition by knocking off the Buckeyes. The Ohio State defense will be able to keep the game in the 60's, but ultimately the offensive talent of UCLA will win out.
Okay, there you go. Each of you now has the key to unlock the mystery that is March Madness.
[Editor's Note: All game picks are provided for entertainment purposes only. Investors can, and do, lose money.]
Don't listen to that guy....bet the farm on this kids.
JeffRey
Now I'm not going to give you the winners of every game, but I will lay out some upsets to look for, dispel a little conventional wisdom and give you the Final Four, title game match-up and National Champion.
First off, you're going to hear a lot of people telling you to look for 11th seeded Winthrop to knock off Notre Dame in the Midwest Bracket and Virginia Commonwealth to upset Duke in the West. Not gonna happen. The Irish and Blue Devils will both win their first round game, but will be knocked out in Round 2.
Every year a #12 beats a #5. It's as sure as death, taxes (pre-Bush Administration) and Bill O'Reilly saying something totally fucking stupid. This year's #12 winner will be Old Dominion over Butler in the Midwest.
Look for all four #1 seeds to reach the Elite 8. However, two #2's will be taken down the first weekend, each losing to teams from the Silver State . Memphis will lose to Nick Fazekas and his #7 Nevada Wolf Pack in the South. In the Midwest, the red-hot Running Rebels of Nevada-Las Vegas will take advantage of Wisconsin's recent problems on offense.
My other big first round upset is #14 Oral Roberts University over #3 Washington State in the East. Take that Elson Floyd!
In Elite 8 match ups I like #1 Ohio State to advance over #3 Texas A&M in the South. In the East Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert will lead a streaking #2 Georgetown University over #1 North Carolina. We'll also see two of last season's Final Four squads advance again this year as an experienced #2 UCLA will knock off #1 Kansas in the West and defending champ #1 Florida will advance by taking out #3 Oregon.
In the semi-final games, UCLA, led by scoring machines Arron Afflalo and Josh Shipp, will take advantage of Florida's shaky defense to avenge last season's loss in the title game. Ohio State, powered by freshmen Greg Oden and Michael Conley, Jr., will advance past Georgetown.
Then, in a match up that may look more appropriate for the Rose Bowl, the Bruins of UCLA will add another chapter to their grand tradition by knocking off the Buckeyes. The Ohio State defense will be able to keep the game in the 60's, but ultimately the offensive talent of UCLA will win out.
Okay, there you go. Each of you now has the key to unlock the mystery that is March Madness.
[Editor's Note: All game picks are provided for entertainment purposes only. Investors can, and do, lose money.]
Don't listen to that guy....bet the farm on this kids.
JeffRey
posted by The Crazy Leftist at 2:22 PM
1 Comments:
No, your wrong. For one simple reason. Your analysis and predictions make sense. The realities of how the NCAA tournament turns out the last several years, and I would argue for the foreseeable future, make no sense whatsoever. Something ridiculous will happen.
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