Round 1
1 Florida vs. 16 Jackson St: No need to mention any of the 1 vs. 16 games, never has a team lost and this isn't the year. Winner: Florida
8 Arizona vs. 9 Purdue: Purdue a 9 seed? I don't think that makes much sense. And while I think the Pac 10 is vastly overrated atleast Zona has some talent. Purdue has been a terrible road all season and on neutral court in Nawlins they will be equally as bad. Winner: Zona
5 Butler vs. 12 ODU: A 5 seed always goes down every year, and why? Because there's always a 5 seed that's always vastly overrated. Sure Butler has some nice wins, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Indiana, but ODU beat Georgetown at Georgetown. The first 5 seed goes down. Winner: ODU
4 Maryland vs. 13 Davidson: Maryland's got a lot of athletes on their roster and has had some sound games and then they slept through their ACC tourny opener. They just have too much talent to lose this early. Winner: Maryland
6 Notre Dame vs. 11 Winthrop: Winthrop is all the rage around the broadcast world, thats fine but this Notre Dame team is playing incredibly well right now and just barely got beat by Gtown in the Big East. Winner: Notre Dame
3 Oregon vs. 14 Miami (OH): Oregon ran away with the Pac 10 tourny but what exactly does that mean. They didn't play UCLA or Wazzu in the tourny. I'm certainly not going to jump on their bandwagon. But they will shuffle themselves by the lucky Redhawks pretty easily. Winner: Oregon
7 UNLV vs. 10 Ga Tech: UNLV has played very well down the stretch and Ga Tech much like Maryland threw up on themselves in the ACC tourny, but they've played in the best conference in the country all year and played some very solid out of conference games which include a win versus Memphis. Winner: Ga Tech
2 Wisconsin vs. 15 TAMU-CC: I don't really see much of a reason to discuss the 2 seeds this year either. Winner: Wisconsin
Round 2
1 Florida vs. 8 Arizona: Whispers of this being a good game are a little far fetched in my opinion. The Wildcats are an 8 seed for a reason, they haven't shown up against the upper echelon teams. They got bounced twice versus both Wazzu and UCLA and lost to UNC terribly. Florida takes this one with relative ease. Winner: Florida
12 ODU vs. 4 Maryland: Bringing the upset brigade out. What can I say other than I love teams that beat Georgetown on the road. Prior to their conference tourny loss ODU had run off 12 straight wins so they are hot. You gotta throw in an upset or two in the early rounds. This is one of mine. Winner: ODU
6 Notre Dame vs. 3 Oregon: So this is the first sign that I don't like the Pac 10 and think they're overhyped completely. Oregon was on fire during the Pac 10 tourny but once again they played no one. Unlike in the Big East, ACC, Big 10, SEC, Big 12 the best team in the conference didn't make the finals. Yes every other conference the #1 seed made the finals except for the Pac 10. Notre Dame's loss to Gtwon by 2 is more impressive than beating USC. Winner: Notre Dame
2 Wisconsin vs. 10 Ga Tech: Wisconsin has been one of my favorites all year long but the loss of Butch has severely hurt their already anemic offense. Regardless the Badgers sneak by Tech into the sweet 16. Winner: Wisconsin
Sweet 16
1 Florida vs. 12 ODU: Florida looks up on Sunday night and sees the fact that they don't have to play Maryland and smiles. The Cinderella gets pounded in this one. Winner: Florida
2 Wisconsin vs. 6 Notre Dame: It would be nice if I knew for certain that Brian Butch wouldn't come back by tipoff of this game, but I am assuming he won't. Which means I think they won't be able to score enough points to beat Notre Dame which can beat you inside with their freshmen and outside with Colin Falls. Winner: Notre Dame
Elite 8
1 Florida vs. 6 Notre Dame: And Florida looks up again and sees that they've missed out on facing the tougher opponent. They shift into the 06 championship flow and crush the Fighting Irish into the ground.
Winner: Florida
1 Florida vs. 16 Jackson St: No need to mention any of the 1 vs. 16 games, never has a team lost and this isn't the year. Winner: Florida
8 Arizona vs. 9 Purdue: Purdue a 9 seed? I don't think that makes much sense. And while I think the Pac 10 is vastly overrated atleast Zona has some talent. Purdue has been a terrible road all season and on neutral court in Nawlins they will be equally as bad. Winner: Zona
5 Butler vs. 12 ODU: A 5 seed always goes down every year, and why? Because there's always a 5 seed that's always vastly overrated. Sure Butler has some nice wins, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Indiana, but ODU beat Georgetown at Georgetown. The first 5 seed goes down. Winner: ODU4 Maryland vs. 13 Davidson: Maryland's got a lot of athletes on their roster and has had some sound games and then they slept through their ACC tourny opener. They just have too much talent to lose this early. Winner: Maryland
6 Notre Dame vs. 11 Winthrop: Winthrop is all the rage around the broadcast world, thats fine but this Notre Dame team is playing incredibly well right now and just barely got beat by Gtown in the Big East. Winner: Notre Dame
3 Oregon vs. 14 Miami (OH): Oregon ran away with the Pac 10 tourny but what exactly does that mean. They didn't play UCLA or Wazzu in the tourny. I'm certainly not going to jump on their bandwagon. But they will shuffle themselves by the lucky Redhawks pretty easily. Winner: Oregon
7 UNLV vs. 10 Ga Tech: UNLV has played very well down the stretch and Ga Tech much like Maryland threw up on themselves in the ACC tourny, but they've played in the best conference in the country all year and played some very solid out of conference games which include a win versus Memphis. Winner: Ga Tech
2 Wisconsin vs. 15 TAMU-CC: I don't really see much of a reason to discuss the 2 seeds this year either. Winner: Wisconsin
Round 2
1 Florida vs. 8 Arizona: Whispers of this being a good game are a little far fetched in my opinion. The Wildcats are an 8 seed for a reason, they haven't shown up against the upper echelon teams. They got bounced twice versus both Wazzu and UCLA and lost to UNC terribly. Florida takes this one with relative ease. Winner: Florida
12 ODU vs. 4 Maryland: Bringing the upset brigade out. What can I say other than I love teams that beat Georgetown on the road. Prior to their conference tourny loss ODU had run off 12 straight wins so they are hot. You gotta throw in an upset or two in the early rounds. This is one of mine. Winner: ODU
6 Notre Dame vs. 3 Oregon: So this is the first sign that I don't like the Pac 10 and think they're overhyped completely. Oregon was on fire during the Pac 10 tourny but once again they played no one. Unlike in the Big East, ACC, Big 10, SEC, Big 12 the best team in the conference didn't make the finals. Yes every other conference the #1 seed made the finals except for the Pac 10. Notre Dame's loss to Gtwon by 2 is more impressive than beating USC. Winner: Notre Dame2 Wisconsin vs. 10 Ga Tech: Wisconsin has been one of my favorites all year long but the loss of Butch has severely hurt their already anemic offense. Regardless the Badgers sneak by Tech into the sweet 16. Winner: Wisconsin
Sweet 16
1 Florida vs. 12 ODU: Florida looks up on Sunday night and sees the fact that they don't have to play Maryland and smiles. The Cinderella gets pounded in this one. Winner: Florida
2 Wisconsin vs. 6 Notre Dame: It would be nice if I knew for certain that Brian Butch wouldn't come back by tipoff of this game, but I am assuming he won't. Which means I think they won't be able to score enough points to beat Notre Dame which can beat you inside with their freshmen and outside with Colin Falls. Winner: Notre Dame
Elite 8
1 Florida vs. 6 Notre Dame: And Florida looks up again and sees that they've missed out on facing the tougher opponent. They shift into the 06 championship flow and crush the Fighting Irish into the ground.Winner: Florida
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