The NCAA Brackets

[WVRed]

I have UNC winning the whole thing and beating UCLA in the championship. I feel so dirty.

[OSUredsFAN]

First reaction for me is that this has to be the least controversial bracket in a long time. There's no "huh?" team in and no one out who seriously got robbed. ESPN keeps trying to hype up Arizona St., but they never had a prayer. Butler got hosed, not only with getting a 7 but having to play S. Alabama in Birmingham, but if that's the biggest mistake it's not a bad bracket.

What, are you serious??
What about Oregon being a 9, let alone in the tourney.
How about Villanova
Speaking of South Ala, they shouldn't even be in the tourney.
Kentucky, no way they should be in
should i keep going???

[Degenerate39]

O.J. Mayo and USC taking on K-State and Michael Beasley in Omaha.

My friend got O.J.'s autograph at states last year. He said he wouldn't have gotten it if the cheerleader O.J. was with didn't help him out.

I'm hoping Mayo and USC can get pretty far into the tournament he's a heck of a bball player. Not to mention this is probably his last tournament before he goes to the pro's.

[WVRed]

What, are you serious??
What about Oregon being a 9, let alone in the tourney.
How about Villanova
Speaking of South Ala, they shouldn't even be in the tourney.
Kentucky, no way they should be in
should i keep going???

Always set your standards low and you will never be disappointed.

Speaking of which, didn't you say Kentucky would be NIT dancing?

Crow tastes a lot like chicken doesn't it?

Good luck to the Buckeyes in the NIT.

[WVRed]

My friend got O.J.'s autograph at states last year. He said he wouldn't have gotten it if the cheerleader O.J. was with didn't help him out.

I'm hoping Mayo and USC can get pretty far into the tournament he's a heck of a bball player. Not to mention this is probably his last tournament before he goes to the pro's.

I have Kansas State beating USC. Beasley will be too much on the inside.

BTW, the real matchup IMO isn't Mayo-Beasley, it will be Mayo-Walker. Two best friends going against each other.

[Caveat Emperor]

I have UNC winning the whole thing and beating UCLA in the championship. I feel so dirty.

Same here.

Kevin Love v. Psycho-T.

Sign me up.

[cumberlandreds]

Kentucky has the lowest RPI of any at large team. They made it by an eyelash...

Oregon's is lower and they are nine seed. Go figure.

[OSUredsFAN]

Always set your standards low and you will never be disappointed.

Speaking of which, didn't you say Kentucky would be NIT dancing?

Crow tastes a lot like chicken doesn't it?

Good luck to the Buckeyes in the NIT.

I knew the Bucks had no chance to be dancing. There is no way UK should be in, their body of work is terrible, if you ask me. But I don't count.

[Danny Serafini]

What, are you serious??
What about Oregon being a 9, let alone in the tourney.
How about Villanova
Speaking of South Ala, they shouldn't even be in the tourney.
Kentucky, no way they should be in
should i keep going???

There's virtually no controversy in what you brought up. Oregon got overseeded, but getting a 9 instead of an 11 isn't going to cause any riots. Villanova got the very last spot. Every team at that point is flawed. Personally I would've taken Massachusetts, but there are plenty of teams you could make cases for and against, and you can make a legit argument for Villanova. There was pretty much mutual agreement that S. Alabama would make the field. And Kentucky is a no-brainer. They went 12-4 in the SEC, there's no way they weren't going to be in the bracket. What four teams would you replace these four with?

[cumberlandreds]

First reaction for me is that this has to be the least controversial bracket in a long time. There's no "huh?" team in and no one out who seriously got robbed. ESPN keeps trying to hype up Arizona St., but they never had a prayer. Butler got hosed, not only with getting a 7 but having to play S. Alabama in Birmingham, but if that's the biggest mistake it's not a bad bracket.

I agree with you. I think they did the best job I can remember. Arizona State and Va Tech,IMO, don't have much of an argument. Dayton has more to gripe about than those two.

[OSUredsFAN]

There's virtually no controversy in what you brought up. Oregon got overseeded, but getting a 9 instead of an 11 isn't going to cause any riots. Villanova got the very last spot. Every team at that point is flawed. Personally I would've taken Massachusetts, but there are plenty of teams you could make cases for and against, and you can make a legit argument for Villanova. There was pretty much mutual agreement that S. Alabama would make the field. And Kentucky is a no-brainer. They went 12-4 in the SEC, there's no way they weren't going to be in the bracket. What four teams would you replace these four with?

Oregon should not be in, they are terrible and have and RPI in the 50's
Kentucky-yes they 12-4 vs a bad SEC but what did they do in the OOC.

For one, they should let more of the "non-BCS" teams in (I hate that term)
I would put Dayton in ahead of Ky. or Nova.
Not everyone had S Ala in, but thats ok.

[Razor Shines]

Before everyone turns in their brackets & makes their wagers, I recommend reading this piece by Stewart Mandel from a few weeks ago re: Duke down the stretch recently:

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Is that dude your brother? Because you are really pimpin' that article.

[Reds Fanatic]

Here is the schedule for the first round:

Thursday March 20

12:20 PM ET No. 14 Georgia at No. 3 Xavier
12:25 PM ET No. 16 Portland State at No. 1 Kansas
12:30 PM ET No. 12 Temple at No. 5 Michigan State
2:30 PM ET No. 11 Kentucky at No. 6 Marquette
2:50 PM ET No. 11 Baylor at No. 6 Purdue
2:55 PM ET No. 9 Kent State at No. 8 UNLV
3:00 PM ET No. 13 Oral Roberts at No. 4 Pittsburgh
5:00 PM ET No. 14 Cornell at No. 3 Stanford
7:10 PM ET No. 11 Kansas State at No. 6 USC
7:10 PM ET No. 15 Belmont at No. 2 Duke
7:20 PM ET No. 13 Winthrop at No. 4 Washington State
7:25 PM ET No. 9 Texas A&M at No. 8 Brigham Young
9:40 PM ET No. 14 Cal State Fullerton at No. 3 Wisconsin
9:40 PM ET No. 10 Arizona at No. 7 West Virginia
9:50 PM ET No. 12 George Mason at No. 5 Notre Dame
9:55 PM ET No. 16 Mississippi Valley State at No. 1 UCLA

Friday March 21

12:15 PM ET No. 15 American University at No. 2 Tennessee
12:25 PM ET No. 10 Davidson at No. 7 Gonzaga
12:30 PM ET No. 10 Saint Mary's at No. 7 Miami (FL)
12:30 PM ET No. 12 Western Kentucky at No. 5 Drake
2:45 PM ET No. 10 South Alabama at No. 7 Butler
2:55 PM ET No. 15 UMBC at No. 2 Georgetown
3:00 PM ET No. 15 Austin Peay at No. 2 Texas
3:00 PM ET No. 13 San Diego at No. 4 Connecticut
7:10 PM ET No. 11 Saint Joseph's at No. 6 Oklahoma
7:20 PM ET No. 13 Siena at No. 4 Vanderbilt
7:25 PM ET No. 9 Oregon at No. 8 Mississippi State
9:40 PM ET No. 9 Arkansas at No. 8 Indiana
9:40 PM ET No. 14 Boise State at No. 3 Louisville
9:50 PM ET No. 12 Villanova at No. 5 Clemson
9:55 PM ET No. 16 Texas-Arlington at No. 1 Memphis
TBA No. 16 TBA at No. 1 North Carolina

[Cedric]

How is Dayton left out for teams like Kentucky and Oregon? Who exactly has Kentucky beaten outside of Lexington? I don't like Kentucky and never will, but they will never get left out of the tournament if there is a shot. It's just not gonna happen.

Kentucky lost to Houston, UAB, Belmont, San Diego, and Georgia. And I don't care if Georgia won a defacto home tournament considering the SEC is weak as hell. That's not even mentioning that Georgia beat Kentucky in their first conference tournament game. UK won exactly three games against tournament teams and two against Georgia who is a joke tournament team.

Kentucky won exactly zero games against any team on the road. Dayton won AT Louisville, beat Pitt, and beat three other tournament teams. They also had two of their three best players out for an extended period of time. Kentucky got rewarded because of their name and the fact they beat Tennessee at home. I think a team with zero good road wins just doesn't deserve a bid.

Another team that has a complaint is Syracuse. They played in a much better conference and still beat more tournament teams than Kentucky. They beat Georgetown, @ 'Nova, against Marquette, and lesser tournament teams like Siena and Cornell.

How can you look at Kentucky and then Syracuse and tell me that Kentucky had a better resume? Where does Kentucky have an advantage? Hell 'Cuse won at Virginia. That is about as good as any Kentucky road win and they also had wins against the teams above. Syracuse seems to always get screwed.

[Caseyfan21]

Kentucky lost to Houston, UAB, Belmont, San Diego, and Georgia. And I don't care if Georgia won a defacto home tournament considering the SEC is weak as hell. That's not even mentioning that Georgia beat Kentucky in their first conference tournament game. UK won exactly three games against tournament teams and two against Georgia who is a joke tournament team.

You also forgot their losses to Gardner Webb and Vandy by 41.

When they had the tournament selection chair on ESPN he basically said they ignored the results of the SEC tournament because of the circumstances. Agree or disagree at least it makes more sense. I figured since Georgia got the automatic bid they would bump UK out of the field.