Well it is that time of the year again. The time that all college basketball fans live for. IT'S MARCH MADNESS TIME!!! The brackets are set, the teams are ready and the fans have their food and drinks in the fridge. The tournament has expanded to 68 teams this year and we have two first round games tonight and two tomorrow night. Tonight's match-ups are UNC-Asheville vs Arkansas-Little Rock, with the winner to be the 16th seed in the Southeast Region and a game with No. 1 seed Pittsburg. The other match-up tonight has Alabama-Birmingham vs Clemson, with the winner to be the 12th seed in the East Region and a game with 5th seed West Virginia on Thursday afternoon. Tomorrow evening the match-ups are Texas-San Antonio vs Alabama State, with the winner to be the 16th seed in the East Region and a game with NO. 1 seed Ohio State. The other match-up tomorrow evening will be Virginia Commonwealth vs Southern California, with the winner to be the 11th seed in the Southwest Region and a game with 6th seed Georgetown.
THE FOUR NUMBER 1 SEEDS..... are Ohio State in the East Region, Duke in the West Region, Kansas in the Southwest Region and Pittsburg in the Southeast Region. I agree with all but one of the Number 1 seeds. I would not have given Duke a Number 1 seed. I would have either had UCONN or Notre Dame as the forth NO.1 seed.
THINGS THAT I DISAGREE WITH.....(1) I know the Big East is a very strong conference, but I DON'T THINK any conference should get 11 teams in the NCAA Tournament. Over half of a conference should not get in! No more than half of a conference should get a bid.....(2) Michigan State and Tennessee are talented teams, but they underachieved this season and should not be in the tournament.....(3) Florida should not be a NO. 2 seed. I would have given it to Kentucky.....(4) Colorado should be in the tournament instead of Kansas State. They beat K-State three times this season. When teams are close, head to head match-ups should mean something.....(5) The ACC should have gotten a 5th team in the tournament. I think Virginia Tech should have gotten in.
THE ARMCHAIR COACH'S FINAL FOUR..... I have Ohio State winning the East Region, UCONN winning the West Region, Notre Dame winning the Southwest Region and Pittsburg winning the Southeast Region. I have two NO. 1 seeds, one NO. 2 seed and one NO. 3 seed in my Final Four.
DID YOU KNOW? The Clemson Tigers made the NCAA Tournament for the 4th consecutive year. This is a program first.
DID YOU KNOW? Duke and Clemson are the only ACC teams to make the NCAA Tournament in each of the last four seasons.
Until Next Time.
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