Zona has potential and no one is really talking them up...didn't they beat the U AND Florida earlier this year?

But like any other team...they could flop early...it seems like more than ever...smaller schools will make noise.

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Posted by boXerrumble

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:17 pm to Zamoro10

Florida basically gave the game away, and IIRC Miami was missing 1 or 2 players.

Arizona is one of the luckiest teams this year in terms of record. They could easily have 4 more losses at MINIMUM if things didn't break their way.

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Posted by Carson123987

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:18 pm to undecided

final 4

indiana
mich st
florida
idk yet

sleepers

pitt
butler

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Posted by REG861

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:28 pm to SpartyGator

I can see Miami going to the final four or I can see them flaming out in the 2nd round. One of those teams

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Posted by Flair Chops

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:34 pm to Baloo

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The U just screams "Team Most Likely to Flame Out in the First Weekend". They scare the crap out of me.

i hope they get a one seed, but if they do, i wouldn't be surprised if they were the first number one to get bounced by a sixteen.

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Posted by REG861

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:37 pm to Flair Chops

I wouldn't sleep on Gonzaga this year

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Posted by danfraz

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:41 pm to REG861

wng this tourney for the last 30 years or so it usually plays out like this:

everyone thinks the favorites roll= favorites all go down early

everyone thinks it's wide open= favorites dominate

just saying it's a crap shoot in reality

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Posted by Flair Chops

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 12:44 pm to REG861

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I wouldn't sleep on Gonzaga this year

gonzaga has fricked me too many times for me to advance them out of the sweet 16

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Posted by msutiger

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:00 pm to Flair Chops

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Posted by maclauer

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:22 pm to undecided

Amongst ranked teams...
Buy: Indiana, Gonzaga, Michigan St, Kansas, Louisville
Sell: Miami, Florida, Arizona, Butler, Creighton, Kansas St, Marquette, Notre Dame

big conference sleepers: Virginia, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa St, Pitt

damn good mid-majors: Wichita, St. Louis, St. Mary's, VCU, Colorado St

Cinderellas: Bucknell, Stepehen F Austin, Belmont, Middle Tennessee, Akron

can't wait for March Madness

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Posted by Carson123987

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:25 pm to maclauer

pretty good breakdown, but id have florida in buy

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Posted by SeeeeK

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:34 pm to SpartyGator

SLU has a real good squad

they play physical, love to play defense, and have excellent guard play. they should of beat michigan st last year, unlucky bounces, or they pull upset.

I think Butler beats them tonight, but come tourney time, SLU stays healthy, they will be a nightmare for anyone.

Mizzou is a train wreck, greeat at home, horrendous on road. Worst part, they have the size and guards to win, but the coaching has left very little to think they could make a run. Haith can recruit(see Miami, it's his kids- larkin), but he's lost when it comes to x's and o's.

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Posted by maclauer

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:34 pm to Carson123987

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pretty good breakdown, but id have florida in buy

not without Yuguete. Young is their only big and they have no consistent form of offense in the paint. They absolutely cannot close ballgames. Take a look at how they've performed in close games the past few years. Head start: 0-4 in games decided by single-digits this year.

I've been trying to watch a ton of UNLV, Cal, and Oregon lately as these are 3 teams I'm on the fence about.

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Posted by maclauer

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 1:46 pm to maclauer

because I'm bored, here are some sweet 16 Cinderellas I have in Lunardi's bracketology:

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5Marquette
12Arizona St

4Butler
13BUCKNELL

Bucknell to sweet 16

quote:
6Notre Dame
11Virginia

3NEW MEXICO
14STONY BROOK

UVA to sweet 16

quote:
1MIAMI (FL)
16CHARLESTON SOUTHERN / 16ROBERT MORRIS

8Illinois
9Virginia Commonwealth

Illinois to sweet 16

ETA: he put Indiana, Kansas, and Louisville in the same region. staaaaaaackkkeeeddddd

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Posted by undecided

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Posted on 2/22/13 at 2:48 pm to maclauer

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ETA: he put Indiana, Kansas, and Louisville in the same region. staaaaaaackkkeeeddddd

Those are probably the top teams

Suprised this is the first time Louisville has been mentioned. I think they can make another run this year but dont see them winning it all