NCAA Tournament 2009/NCAA basketball
65 teams. One winner. The greatest tournament on earth. Get your brackets and wallets ready.
4/9: First of all, congrats to the North Carolina Tar Heels and Roy Williams! I picked them to win it and really, don't know why so many other people and experts had it differently. The title game obviously sucked as Michigan st acted like they really did not want to be there. But congrats to them for making it as far as they did because they really exceded everyone's expectations.
Now, players are starting to commit early to the NBA Draft.
Gone are:
-Blake Griffin - Oklahoma (likely first pick)
-Dejuan Blair - Pitt (likely mid to late 1st rounder)
-Chase Budinger - Arizona (late 1st rounder)
-James Harden - Arizona st (top 5...although i'm not sure why)
-DeJuan Summers - Georgetown (2nd rounder probably...WHAT?)
I expect Jordan Hill-Arizona, Greg Monroe-Georgetown, Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson-UNC, Johnny Flynn-Syracuse, Hasheem Thabeet-Uconn, Cole Aldrich-Kansas, Aminu and Jeff Teague-Wake forest, Demar DeRozan-USC to be locks to declare. I'll have more updates and my NBA prospect database coming in May.
Seed projections:
1 seeds: North Carolina, Pitt, Uconn, Louisville
2 seeds: Memphis, Michigan st, Oklahoma, Duke
3 seeds: Missouri, Kansas, Wake forest, Syracuse
4 seeds: Villanova, Washington, Florida st, Gonzaga
5 seeds: Clemson, Xavier, LSU, Purdue
6 seeds: Utah, UCLA, Marquette, Arizona st
7 seeds: Oklahoma st, Butler, Illinois, West Virginia
8 seeds: Siena, Tennessee, Utah st, Ohio st
9 seeds: Texas, Texas A&M, California, Minnesota
10 seeds: BYU, USC, SD st, Temple
11 seeds: Michigan, Maryland, Wisconsin, Mississippi st
12 seeds: Creighton, St.Mary's, VCU, Western Kentucky
13 seeds: Cleveland st, Northern Iowa, Akron, Stephan F. Austin
14 seeds: American, North Dakota st, Binghamton, Portland st
15 seeds: Robert Morris, E.Tennessee st, Cornell, Morgan st
16 seeds: Radford, Morehead st*, Chattanooga, Cal st Northridge*, Alabama st
* = (Play-in game projection: Morehead st vs Cal st Northridge)
