Well, the NCAA Tournament is set, and I haven't seen any other prediction threads started, so I'm jumping in.... here are my Final Four predictions: East: North Carolina (1) South: Maryland (5) West: Oklahoma (2) Mid-West: Michigan State (2) Final: Maryland over Michigan State (Big 10 Fans Rejoice!) Maryland was my pre-season pick, and I'm sticking with them till the end.
Good call! *L* I had hunch they'd give Baylor a good run, but I had already picked UNI to beat Texas, and it seemed to much of a stretch to pick Yale. Shows me... always go with your gut! My upset pick for the next round is UConn over Kansas.
Michigan State is toast. Burnt toast actually. Northern Iowa worst choke job in the history of the Big Dance. How anybody can blow a 12 point lead with only 35 seconds left is totally incomprehensible. I liked Indiana coming into the tournament to make some noise. They've done so already by taking out Kentucky. Not sure they can take UNC, but I think they'll give them a good game. I'm still picking Kansas to win it all. They're the deepest and most talented team, thus why they received the overall #1 seed.
Back in the 1980s I easily won all the office pools we had for the NCAA finals. Then starting around 1990 I became an absolute JINX! Every time I predict that a team will win, it invariably loses. Therefore, I won't dare make any more predictions.
*L* See? You and Obama can agree on one thing..... you both picked Kansas over UNC. (Gutsy call *rme*) Tell me truthfully - did you pick Middle Tennessee over Michigan State? I agree that Indiana/UNC is going to be a good game.
*LOL* No use getting older if you don't get wiser, right? I think I'm catching your jinx..... first round I was 27/32... second, 8/16..... now in the Sweet Sixteen I'm already 1/4.
I forgot to answer this one.... That was crazy - I had UNI going to Sweet Sixteen and then that happened.... still though, they had a good run for an 11 seed. That post-game press conference was hard to watch, though: UNI Post-game Press Conference
Final game gonna be between Kansas and Indiana... ... Kansas wins it after Indiana runs outta steam... ... in the last 10 minutes by 9.
I would likely have better luck in predicting the color of Muffet McGraw's 5 inch spikes: She has a closet full of spikes of various colors and wears them to inspire her players to achieve greater heights in their game.
*L* That's the lost chapter of "A Season on the Brink" .... Knight wobbled up the floor on his 4-inch stillettos, the fact that they pinched his toes didn't help his mood.... "Thomas - if you don't box out that rebound I'm going to drive this God*amned spike so far up your a*s your ear doctor is going to think your name is Manolo Blahnik!"
