Well kids, the greatest time of year is upon us. It's tourney time.
I just wanna touch on the matchups that intrigue me most about this year's installment. Not necessarily in just the first round, but that's where I'll start:
Midwest - (8) Ohio State v. (9) Siena- Siena has Cinderella written all over them. They have a pretty solid program and they're always in the tourney. They return all five starters from last year's team that upset Villanova in the first round. Ohio State has the #1 from this year in B.J. Mullens and Evan Turner is a nice lookin' player. I have Siena pulling this one out.
West - (4) Washington v. (13) Mississippi St.- Washington is the best team coming out of the Pac-10. They have on heck of a post-presence in Jon Brockman, and some real good guard play. Mississippi St. has the best shot blocker in the nation in Jarvis Varnado. I think UW has the experience over Mississippi St. and better guards. I took Washington here.
East - (5) Florida State v. (12) Wisconsin - FSU has had a magical year, they took out UNC in the semi-finals of the ACC tourney and they were ranked in the Top 25 all year. They have the ACC defensive player of the year in Toney Douglas and he's a floor general. Wisconsin can lull teams to sleep with their style of offense but they are a decent team. Jon Leuer had a good season. I have to say sorry to my fellow 'Sconnies, I have FSU going to the Sweet 16.
South - (6) Arizona State v. (11) Temple - This is a matchup of individual stars. ASU's James Harden and Temple's Dionte Christmas. Temple won the A-10 tournament, but ASU couldn't hold off USC in the Pac-10 championship, but they get in for the first time since 2003. I have Temple winning it though, Dionte Christmas is a stud.
Possible future matchups:
(1)Louisville v. (4) Wake Forest - Truthfully, I was shocked that Wake got a 4. I thought they were deserving of a 3, but I'm not on the committee. Louisville plays good defense and Wake is great offensively. Al-Farouq Aminu is a diaper dandy and he could be up against another diaper dandy in Samardo Samuels.
(1) North Carolina v. (2) Oklahoma - Do I need to say more than Tyler Hansbrough v. Blake Griffin? You have the goofiest, yet most hard-working player in Hansbrough and you have the most talented player in Blake Griffin. It would be fun to watch.
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