Sweet 16

Ok, now let's talk a little about March Madness.  If you're like me your bracket looks pretty miserable.  To be honest, who could have predicted Kansas to be out before the Sweet 16?  And how about the Big East teams: Villanova, Notre Dame, Marquette, Pittsburgh, Louisville, and Georgetown just rolling over and letting a bunch of mid majors beat them.  In Pittsburgh's defense, Xavier is a very solid tournament team who has made their 3rd consecutive Sweet 16, but for the others, especially G-Town, what a terrible showing.

So my bracket is pretty lame right now with my Sweet 16 not looking too hot.  In the West Region I only have Syracuse left, I picked Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, and BYU as my other picks in the West  I have the same situation in the South Region, only one team remaining that I had picked in Duke.  I had Villanova, Notre Dame, and Texas A&M in that region before they all bowed out.  Thanks Big East!  As the Midwest Region goes I have two teams left.  Yes, I actually called it that Michigan St was going to beat Kansas anyway so having Northern Iowa there doesn't mean much to me and I also had the Buckeyes there, but instead of Bruce Pearl and his jacket I had John the 3rd and G-Town,  Big East teams must have just beat each other up in the Garden for their conference tournament.  In the East is where I'm currently thriving having three of my four teams still in the Sweet 16 with Kentucky, Cornell, and WVU left.  I also had New Mexico instead of Washington.

Now I'm giving you my thoughts on what the Elite 8 could look like and reasons why.  Even with the injury to Lucas the Spartans turn the clocks to midnight and the Northern Iowa's Cinderella ends because Tom Izzo is just an amazing coach and he always finds a way to win in March.  I also think that Evan Turner and the Ohio State Buckeyes squeak by Tennessee, although I have a weird feeling that the Vols are going to pull this one out I don't know why.  Kentucky over Cornell, the Wildcats are just too athletic and fast for Cornell to stand a chance even if they do have the best 3-point shooting percentage in the nation.  Mountaineers over the Huskies because Bob Huggins is just a BOSS with that sweat suite he wears.  DeSean Bulter will pick up the team and carry them on his shoulders with an amazing performance.  The 'Cuse over Butler ending the countries longest winning streak with that stellar 2-3 zone and then upset with Xavier over Kansas St leaving everyone in Kansas looking forward to baseball season and another great year with the Royals, watch the suicide rates in the Midwest go up soon.  Duke over Purdue in a solid game but with the big men inside for Duke and the pale white gingers they have shooting from the outside will overwhelm the Boilermakers and St. Mary's over the Baylor Bears.  St. Mary's is hot and they're playing with a confidence that can not be matched.

If all these games end up like I picked then I will certainly entertain people with taking money from them to give them my "expert" picks.  But from the looks of my bracket it's not very good.  Just a number for you, 3,576,022.  No that's Coach K's salary but that my current ESPN tournament challenge ranking. Wish me luck in the Sweet 16, seriously.