Who is in YOUR Final Four????!?!?!?!?!

Post by **Coach** » March 16th, 2005, 7:59 pm

I have Okie State over Illinois to get to the F4.
I have Wake over Louisville to get to the F4.
I have Uconn over UNC to get to the F4.
I have Syracuse over Kentucky to the F4.

UCONN over Wake for the title.

I always pick UConn, but it helped me cash in twice in the last several years! I normally am VERY conservative because that is the BEST way to stay in the hunt in any polls...you can't pick a ton of upsets. The problem this year is the balance I've seen. UConn could lose real early or they could win it all...they've been hot. Cuse has been not so great, but I think their D gets it done. I'm sorry, but I'm not really impressed by Duke. I think Illinois loses 3-5 games in the BE or ACC, so I don't have much faith in them either. I think Wake is very, very solid, but so is Zaga and that game is in the west..

sorry for rambling...just felt like gettng my quick picks out there.

ham55 · Post by **ham55** » March 16th, 2005, 8:19 pm

Illinois over Ok. State to get to Final Four
Wake Forest over Georgia Tech to get to Final Four
UNC over UCONN to get to Final Four
Duke over Kentucky to get to Final Four

Duke over UNC
Wake Forest over Illinois

Duke over Illinois

I have always picked Duke to win every year, doesn't matter how good or bad they have been, I love Duke, and always have faith. As for upsets I have #11 UCLA over #6Texas Tech, #11 UAB over #6 LSU, #10 Creighton over #7 WVU,#10 N.C. State over Charlotte(how they got a 7 seed I'll never know), and finally #10 Iowa over #7 Cincinatti.

Winning the toughest conference tournament in the country is nothing to be impressed about I guess. How hot UCONN was last week after losing to Syracuse in the Big East semi's. Wow, impressive. Zaga is overrated, Wake is solid, and quite honestly a very very scarry team come this time of year. 3 ACC teams in the final four, you heard it here first, DUKE, UNC, WAKE, and Illinois.

England · Post by **England** » March 16th, 2005, 8:32 pm

People think im crazy but i have Texas Tech, Villanova, Duke and Oklahoma St in my final four. I have TT over OK St and Duke over Nova then Duke over TT. As for upsets i have Utah St. over Arizona, NC State over Charlotte, Old Dominion over MSU and my biggest upset Bucknell over Kansas.

ham55 · Post by **ham55** » March 16th, 2005, 8:43 pm

I hope you didn't pay to much to get into a Poll, because you would have been better served to give it to a homeless man...

count2infinity · Post by **count2infinity** » March 16th, 2005, 8:49 pm

i went kind of crazy last year with the poll and it worked so i tried to do it again this year.

Illinois over Zona
Louisville over WF
Conneticuit over Villanova
and Oklahoma over Duke

Louisville and Oklahoma in finals 72-68 Oklahoma win (basketball team steps up and does what the football team can't!)

England · Post by **England** » March 16th, 2005, 8:49 pm

I can explain the upsets Utah St. slows down the game and will do the same thing to Arizona that Washington St. did. NC State is way better than Charlotte enough said. 12 always beats a five and Old Dominion over MSU seems as good as any and Bucknell cause they beat the awesome Pitt Panthers so they should be able to handle Kansas. But at least I have the ending right with Duke holding up the trophy

count2infinity · Post by **count2infinity** » March 16th, 2005, 8:55 pm

man...ham really went out on a limb there picking 3 number one seeds and a number two.

ham55 · Post by **ham55** » March 16th, 2005, 9:04 pm

No, I went by ACC teams and the level of competition that they play week in and week out. It could be all numer 1 seeds if Illinois loses one more game and Wake gets a 1 seed. The toughest conference in the NCAA's will shine through this March, you wait and see.

D-nice · Post by **D-nice** » March 16th, 2005, 9:54 pm

i can't remember right now, don't have it in front of me but i picked DUKE to win the whole thing.over ok, state.

Post by **Coach** » March 16th, 2005, 10:47 pm

I don't have any 1 seeds. I normally have 2, and I normally do really, really well in these things.

Duke won the ACC tourney..yes that is impressive. Too bad Wake didn't have Paul in game 1, and too bad NC got knocked off too...nothing Duke can do about that, but Duke was 3rd I believe in the regular season ACC.

UConn was ON FIRE up until their loss in the tourney against the Cuse. A week earlier the Huskies smacked them by about 15 at the Dome. UConn honestly was peaking up until that last lost...I hope they get back on track now that tomorrow begins a great 3 weeks.

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