Marquette was missing James that game, so it's a toss in my eyes. Marq without James is mediocre at best. They'd probably have still lost to Pitt, but would have won the Syracuse game. Dyson would have made at least one of the shots at the end of an OT somewhere... if it even made it to OT. Without Dyson, if someone can get their big guy in foul trouble, then they've lost their best option for any balance at all.
Wouldn't shock me at all to see them lose to BYU, Wash or Purdue... let alone Memphis.

also Kansas is a #3 seed and they are 7/1 to win their region , yet they would play MSU(4/1 to win regino) in the sweet 16 and not the number 1 team in the county

coach (pitino) cannot like this draw

the futures are telling you that wake would be a pick vs msu and they would be favored over KU in an elite 8 match up and they are the #4 seed

How heavy are the books do you think on Wake to win the NC considering they went from a midpack ACC projection to #1? That might be factoring into the current futures.

I don't think anyone is doubting Wake is easily the best #4, because they are.

projected lines of #1 - #4

U Conn - 8 over Wash
Louisviille -2.5 over wake
Unc -12 over Zaga
Pitt -11 over xavier

let's see if these games happen and then let's see how close i get to the actual lines on game day

you can't tell me pitino doesn't feel he got screwed here

Ultimately they decided the top team from the P10 was better than the 3rd team from the ACC. Are they probably wrong on that decision? Yeah, but I can at least understand where they are coming from. It was circumstance that got them bumped from 14 to 16 though, not the committee's fault.

Part of the reason that the odds on Wake winning their bracket is so good is that Louisville is a very beatable one seed. They lost to Western Kentucky, Minnesota, UNLV, and Notre Dame while going 16-2 in the Big East with the benefit of not having to play at Connecticut or at Pittsburgh which could easily be the difference between 16-2 and 14-4. As a Siena fan I hated getting a 9 seed (10 or 11 would have been much better) but am at least thrilled that they got matched up with the only 1 seed they could possibly beat. Sure it's a 5% chance they beat Louisville but that is better than the 0% chance against Pitt/NC/Conn who would murder them inside.

i watched wake push UNC and Duke around they are a top 10 team and for them to be anything other than a #3 or better is a joke , rpi rankings and all

Louisville in my opinion will be the first #1 seed out , i watched it with my own eyes no team took it to carolina like the did this year , they beat duke aslo whe the blue devils were #1 , they can beat louisville

Wake should probably stop worrying about Louisville anyways. Cleveland State is no pushover (see the win in the Carrier Dome) and Arizona could be a tough second round game.

I don't think they are , i am just projecting , the coach has them focused on 1 game at a time i'm sure

i just think that they will play with a chip on the shoulder , they stunk agaisnt MD and are fresh and will be ready to go in my opinion

Wake really isn't that good. They play good defense, but they have trouble scoring and Teague is really inconsistent. There's no way in hell they'd beat Louisville. The Cards are basically the same team as Wake, but better. Better defense, better guards, better big men.

And I don't know why the hell everyone has Gonzaga as such an easy out for a top seed. This is a Top 5 team in the tournament talent-wise and they haven't been sniffed since the Memphis loss. In all of the "who have you beaten" obsession, people forget to look at how a team has played. Gonzaga is a machine right now with no serious deficiencies, and I took a flyer on them at that 25-1 price.

Will see Joey , i think 'ville is overhyped , like sniper pointed out they didn't have to play against the conn or pitt on the road or in the big east tourney, they caught syracuse in a 5th game in 3 nights situation in the finals so to me that game is a throwout

if they play like they did against villanova in the 1st half wake could be gone by halftime

remember this is a team that lost by over 30 to ND , not 5 not 10 not , 30 sometihng points , teams with heart don't lose like that

I agree about Gonzaga. I too took a stab with them at 30/1. Also took Memphis at 10/1. Good Luck to all that gamble during the tourney. KP

My first one since Ive been betting that I wont be wagering in. Still super excited.

VILL-A-NOVA!!!!

Good luck!

You do realize Wake lost by 27 to Miami right?

Nova is 35/1. Not bad.

the point of the thread joey was that we are to believe that wake is the #16 team in the country ?

if you were pitino who would you rather see in the sweet 16 of all the 4's ?


i posted some lines of the #1 vs #4 's - why don't tell me where my lines are wrong and then if they all get there we can check it out

Wake is a favorite over Kansas and a pickem against MSU in the elite 8

"zaga is a dog against cuse or OU in a regional final

Did Nova lose anybody off the Sweet 16 team last year?

Sagarin predictor which is usually not far from the lines says Gonzaga and Louisville would be a pickem on a neutral court. I'm sure that wouldn't be the case with the actual line but it is quite interesting nonetheless.

look at the $$$ on wake to win the region , i will say that 'zaga is the 2nd best 4 seed

go ahead and take a crack , i posted 4 lines , just interested in what you guys think the sweet 16 lines will be 1's vs 4's that's all

if the seeds hold...
Louisville -6 Wake
Pittsburgh -4 Xavier
Connecticut -8 Washington
UNC -7 Gonzaga