Monday, March 17, 2014

The Madness of March

It is mid March. Therefore the NCAA men's basketball tournament brackets have been released and now begins the greatest guessing game that millions of Americans will  participate in.

Now I'm not going to share with you my entire bracket because, well, that would take too long. But I will give you a few key games that I find interesting.

First of all, let me just say, the South region is absolutely loaded. Florida, VCU, UCLA, Ohio State, Syracuse, New Mexico, and Kansas. There definitely looks to be some outstanding games here.

Whereas the south looks amazing, the west not so much. Arizona could have it pretty easy unless Marcus Smart and Oklahoma State decide to make a run. I could be and probably am totally wrong, but I really don't buy Wisconsin as a contender.

The Baylor/Nebraska game really intrigues me though. Baylor is legit, And Nebraska's hot - should be a fun one.

I really don't see Iowa doing anything. Tennessee gave Florida a nice game last week and the Hawks have totally crashed. They had great expectations and completely blew it. The only way to redeem themselves is to make it to the Sweet 16, at least. It'll be very difficult though and I don't see it happening.

I like Steven F Austin and either Iowa or Tennessee over UMass for a couple of upsets, but I really wouldn't be surprised to see Wofford knock off Michigan. Probably not likely, but not impossible.

However this thing shakes out though, it will, as always, be fun to watch the madness. Even if my bracket gets busted.