Bracket Advice

[bballcool34]

Hoping that those more knowledgeable can shed some insight into some games.

Games I'm having trouble deciding who to go with:

-Arizona-Texas (presuming they meet in the second round)

-Cincinnati-UConn (second round)

-Temple-Penn State (first round)

-San Diego State-Duke (assuming they meet in the Elite Eight)

-Old Dominion-Butler (first round)

-Gonzaga-St. John's (first round)

-Michigan State-UCLA (first round)

[ZaQ-]

Texas is one of the scariest teams but they also have one of the worst coaches. I took Texas, but that one is tough.

I don't think Cincy is very good, I have them losing in the first round. Their game against Mizzou opened with the Bearcats as underdogs despite being the 6 seed.

I'm not impressed with either Temple or PSU. I took PSU because they have size and Temple does not.

SDSU/Duke was the hardest game to pick for me. I love both teams, both play terrific D. I chose Duke because SDSU can fall in love with jump shooting, and they aren't spectacular at that. Plus Duke is worlds better at FT%, which can make all the difference in a tight game!

Butler is coasting on their appearance in last year's final, take ODU. St. John's isn't half the team away from MSG, so I liked the Zags. And I took MSU, for no real reason, hard to believe this is a first round game but neither team is awfully good this year.

Hope this helps.

[mattg]

Hoping that those more knowledgeable can shed some insight into some games.

Games I'm having trouble deciding who to go with:

-Arizona-Texas (presuming they meet in the second round)

-Cincinnati-UConn (second round)

-Temple-Penn State (first round)

-San Diego State-Duke (assuming they meet in the Elite Eight)

-Old Dominion-Butler (first round)

-Gonzaga-St. John's (first round)

-Michigan State-UCLA (first round)

take texas, they have multiple guys who can guard Derrick Williams.

take UConn

Penn State is just better than Temple

Duke, SDSU will have trouble scoring

Butler over ODU, ODU relies a lot on offensive rebounding to score, Butler sends everyone to the glass and plays great defense plus has better guard play.

Gonzaga, DJ Kennedy is hurt plus St. Johns hasnt played well in weeks, also zaga has more talent

I like UCLA over Michigan State but that game could go either way. Howland always brings UCLA ready to play in the tourney and i dont think MSU can take advantage of their slow guards.

[bballcool34]

Part of the reason I'm leaning towards SDSU over Duke is simply because they have an easier road to get there IMO.

[mattg]

Part of the reason I'm leaning towards SDSU over Duke is simply because they have an easier road to get there IMO.

Duke's guards will eat SDSU alive if they play each other.

[bballcool34]

I'm going to stick with Temple over Penn because of their seniority which definitely plays a role in tournament play. They will want to win badly after losing to Cornell last year.

Actually, having considered it more, I'm also feeling good about ODU over Butler, ODU has too much size for them.

I think Texas is a better team and more talented than Arizona, but Arizona is so talented offensively and Texas won't be able to grab offensive rebound as usual against them.

[mattg]

hope you listened on the Gonzaga game, the Butler game, and the UCLA game....

[bballcool34]

Yeah, I had Gonzaga all along, but they impressed me last night, talented team.

I picked ODU and it was the right pick had they rebounded like they had all year.

Picked Michigan State, and again, a close game where Michigan played like crap the first half, can't feel too bad about the close ones like that.