First 2009 March Madness thread

King Glorious · #1 02-27-2009, 12:09 PM

I don't think Kansas is very good. Sweet 16 at best.

ateamstupid · #2 02-27-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

I don't think Kansas is very good. Sweet 16 at best.

So Oklahoma is a Top 5 team but Kansas is garbage?

King Glorious · #3 02-27-2009, 12:49 PM

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So Oklahoma is a Top 5 team but Kansas is garbage?

Please tell me this statement is based on their last meeting when Griffin didn't play. And I didn't say they were garbage. Sweet 16 is not really garbage in the grand scheme of things.

ateamstupid · #4 02-27-2009, 01:13 PM

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Please tell me this statement is based on their last meeting when Griffin didn't play. And I didn't say they were garbage. Sweet 16 is not really garbage in the grand scheme of things.

No, it's based on them being a better team and playing more defense. That game was a blowout until Cade Davis hit a few threes to keep it interesting. Yeah, no Griffin made things tough for the Sooners, but Aldrich and the twins wouldn't have allowed Griffin to have the kind of game he's been having against Texas Tech, Colorado, Iowa State, etc. anyway. Kansas is way better on the interior than anybody he's faced this season.

miraja2 · #5 02-27-2009, 01:49 PM

I keep hearing people talk about how wide open it is this year....but I don't really see it that way. Anything can happen in the tournament, but at this point I think UNC will be a strong and deserving favorite.

SniperSB23 · #6 02-27-2009, 01:52 PM

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I keep hearing people talk about how wide open it is this year....but I don't really see it that way. Anything can happen in the tournament, but at this point I think UNC will be a strong and deserving favorite.

Isn't that what everyone says every year? And come tournament time, more often than not, they are bounced before the Final Four.

King Glorious · #7 02-27-2009, 02:01 PM

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Isn't that what everyone says every year? And come tournament time, more often than not, they are bounced before the Final Four.

Doesn't mean it's not true though. Often, they are the deserving favorite but everyone knows that the favorite doesn't always win. That doesn't mean that they shouldn't be favored this year if they are the best team.

miraja2 · #8 02-27-2009, 03:11 PM

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Isn't that what everyone says every year? And come tournament time, more often than not, they are bounced before the Final Four.

Are you saying that North Carolina is the favorite every year and then they get bounced before they make the Final Four? If so, I have no idea what you are basing that on.
The last five years:
2004: They were a #6 seed....so I somehow doubt they were the favorite.
2005: They WERE the favorites this year....and they won it all.
2006: They were a #3 seed....so again, hardly the favorites.
2007: They were a #1 seed this year, but with defending champion and eventual winner Florida also in the field as a #1 seed, the Heels were certainly not the favorites.
2008: They were a #1 seed last year and DID make it to the final four.

So....in none of the last five years did UNC fail to make the Final Four when entering as a Tourney favorite.
But even if they had....what would it have to do with this year?

declansharbor · #9 02-27-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

I don't think Kansas is very good. Sweet 16 at best.

I'm with you on the UNC train. I usually hate the team, but I love Lawson. I'm a lifelong Michigan fan and cried when Webber called that timeout. (I won $20 at a bar last month when my buddy's old college roomate didnt think I could name the Fab FIve....Easiest 5 seconds/20 bucks in my lifetime.)

NOW, onto Kansas. Theres a few reasons why Im going with them, and neither one is a good one. One is that I like how they play away from Lawrence. The other reason is that nobody else will have them. (worked when I picked Syracuse with Mello

)...I'm eager to see if they can turn the tables on Mizzo next game...

SniperSB23 · #10 02-27-2009, 12:41 PM

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I'm with you on the UNC train. I usually hate the team, but I love Lawson. I'm a lifelong Michigan fan and cried when Webber called that timeout. (I won $20 at a bar last month when my buddy's old college roomate didnt think I could name the Fab FIve....Easiest 5 seconds/20 bucks in my lifetime.)

NOW, onto Kansas. Theres a few reasons why Im going with them, and neither one is a good one. One is that I like how they play away from Lawrence. The other reason is that nobody else will have them. (worked when I picked Syracuse with Mello

)...I'm eager to see if they can turn the tables on Mizzo next game...

Was it crapping away the game at Missouri that impressed you? Or being thoroughly outplayed by Syracuse on a neutral court? Maybe it was that outstanding loss on a neutral court to UMass? The 17 point drubbing when they went to Arizona? The 13 points loss at Michigan St? Which one was it?

declansharbor · #11 02-27-2009, 12:56 PM

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Was it crapping away the game at Missouri that impressed you? Or being thoroughly outplayed by Syracuse on a neutral court? Maybe it was that outstanding loss on a neutral court to UMass? The 17 point drubbing when they went to Arizona? The 13 points loss at Michigan St? Which one was it?

All of them.

...Like I said, poor reasoning. I was on the fence about riding them and kept talking myself in and out of it. I finally told myself to just overlook those games when they got demolished. Just let me be the one to rip up my bracket in the round of 32, Im sure I wiill be.