Any Faves for the National Championship? The Current Projected #1 seeds are: Gonzaga Michigan Baylor Ohio state That will (most likely) change with Ohio st. losing the last 2 games. Who do you have to win it all? Any favorite teams?
Big Ten will likely have two #1 seeds: Michigan and Illinois, and two #2 seeds: Ohio State and Iowa. Next up would be Purdue as a #4. Big Ten is quite strong this year.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL March 14, 2021 7:22 PM 2021 March Madness Predictions By Jay Boice and Nate Silver
COLLEGE BASKETBALL March 17, 2021 6:00 AM The Favorites And Cinderellas Of The Men’s NCAA Tournament By Neil Paine
COLLEGE BASKETBALL March 14, 2021 7:22 PM 2021 Men’s March Madness Predictions By Jay Boice and Nate Silver
Gonzaga is, per usual, overrated. They really need to be moved into a major conference so that they can play good teams on a regular basis rather than only a couple of times a season (plus a couple of times in the tournament). I think they'll do well though since they don't have any real challenging teams in their section of the bracket... The Sweet 16 matchup will likely be Gonzaga vs either Virginia or UCSB... Virginia has a legit shot at beating them... Beyond that, their road to the Final Four is quite simple besides maybe Iowa or Kansas... They are an overrated team, but a Final Four appearance for them is theirs to lose at this point... I think that Michigan (or even Florida State) would beat them in the Final Four. The Big Ten Conference is VERY stacked this year, and I expect a lot of those teams to go deep into the tournament. Illinois is very good, as is Michigan. Even my home State team of Wisconsin is a very good team (but just not playing anywhere near their potential over these last ten games or so, and the refs have been hating on them, which is likely causing them frustration). They should've beaten Iowa in their last two matchups. So, I consider Wisconsin to be a sleeper team which COULD go deep into the tourney IF they'd get their act together (I do not expect this to happen though, and think that Baylor will beat them in the 2nd Round). I expect even a currently struggling Wisconsin team to be able to overtake North Carolina... In short, I think that the Big Ten Conference will shine this year. A LOT of good teams all within a single conference... I'd be surprised if none of them made it into the Final Four... Illinois and Michigan are my current favorites for FF appearances, but I wouldn't rule out other B10 teams either...
Exactly. Killed 95% of the brackets in the Bracket Challenge. In ESPN's Men's Tournament Challenge, more than 95% of the brackets (nearly 14 million) picked the Buckeyes, who were 16-point favorites. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-b...-ohio-state-ncaa-tournament-16-point-underdog
Out of my Final Four picks I've now lost both Ohio State and Texas. Reseeding the men's March Madness 2021 field for the round of 32 What started as a field of 68 is down to 32. Here's how we rank the teams that remain heading into Sunday's action. 8hMyron Medcalf Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images
Dickie V.'s Final Four: Gonzaga, Michigan, Ohio St., Illinois Champ Game Prediction: Gonzaga vs Illinois. Those picks didn't age well. Yikes.
Mattress Mack bets $1M on the Coogs to win it all. https://abc13.com/sports/mattress-mack-makes-1-of-march-madness-biggest-bets/10452695/
Looks like the Zags are fixin to blowout Creighton. College hoops! The chaos that you just don't get in pro bb is great and it makes the pro level plays standout so much more. Somehow this game remains interesting, I've seldom seen guys battling prone for the ball as often as they've done in this game.
It is really weird watching the final minutes and not see the team down on points play the foul game: just letting the guys that are up play out the shot clock. Was there a rule change or just a consensus among teams that the strategy didn't work?
On the Women's side... Outrageous No-Call in Final Seconds of UConn/Baylor Game: https://www.ctpost.com/sports/article/Social-media-reacts-to-no-call-in-final-seconds-16062419.php Do you guys think it was a foul? I do. I think she got mugged. Magnified exponentially, because most observers figured that the winner of that game would end up winning the Championship.
