I think this is the worst bracket I have filled out in the last ten years. As we stand here on the first day of the sweet 16, I have only 7 teams remaining in my bracket. At most, I will have 5 of the Elite Eight, and half my final four is sitting at home. Some may say they are back at class, but according to the most recent graduation statistics, I have the feeling they are sitting at home.
For the first time in 12 years there are no double digit teams left in the sweet 16. The highest seed left is UNLV, and they haven't looked like a 7 seed.
In the East, Texas certainly shit the bed against USC, even though they got 30 from Durant. If they would have gotten him the ball a little more often, he could have easily dropped 40. USC looked good, but I don't know if they can handle UNC. Then again, I didn't think they could beat Texas, so that should be a pretty close game. In the other game, Vanderbilt has been playing well, but so has Georgetown, who I think is the best 2 seed in the tournament. From what I have seen, they are a very solid team, and I don't see them falling to Vandy.
I seriously screwed the pooch in the South region. Ohio State is the only team I picked to make the sweet 16 that actually made it, and in reality, they shouldn't even be here right now. Now they get a Tennessee team that has been playing extremely well. I wouldn't be surprised in the least if Ohio State were to get beat by Tennessee. I have not been impressed in the least with Ohio State, and I don't believe Greg Oden is 18. He looks like the 55 year old black guy that lives in my neighborhood that yells at everyone who steps on his lawn. At the bottom of the South bracket, Texas A&M and Memphis face off. I really underestimated Texas A&M. It turns out they are a really good team. As far as Memphis, I don't like Memphis and their inflated 32-3 record, and they will be destroyed by the Aggies.
In the Midwest, we have Florida - Butler and Oregon-UNLV. I like Butler, but I don't think they have enough to beat Florida. I really don't like Florida or Billy Donovan. He reminds me of Matt Damon's character in The Departed, just a glorified con man spouting out garbage hoping everyone buys it. Oregon and UNLV should be an interesting game. UNLV has looked good, and Oregon played well against a solid Winthrop team. If I could pick a game I wanted to watch, it would probably be this one. That's my West Coast bias.
Out in San Jose in the West bracket, Kansas takes on the best team out of The Valley, Southern Illinois, and Pittsburgh battles UCLA. I could care less about UCLA and Pitt. UCLA will win. The Jayhawks will have their hands full against Southern Illinois. The Salukis are very solid on defense, and with fundamentals. For people who don't watch a lot of Missouri Valley basketball, the games are very similar to Women's games. A lot of chest passes, white people, three point shooting, and 2 or 3 dunks a game. Even though Kansas was my pick to win at the beginning of the tournament, I will be rooting for Southern Illinois. Plus, Bill Self is the exact opposite of everything you think a major college coach would be. He is nervous, awkward, stressed out, just a total mess. They will not win it all.
So that's what i have for the next couple days' games, I will check back in on it tomorrow morning to see how the night went
In other news, Tony LaRussa was arrested in Florida on suspicion of Drunk Driving. Evidently, he fell asleep at the wheel at a stop light and the car in drive. Very Nice! Maybe someone can help me out, has he ever been busted for this before? If not I am very surprised, because he looks like a gentlemen who likes his booze. Come to think of it, he looks like the kind of guy who would fall asleep at a stop light, so this isn't really that shocking is it? I think his BAC was just above .09, so it's not like he was retarded hammered, he had just enough to get a solid buzz, it was midnight, and he was tired. Tired people fall asleep.
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