(03-29-2015 03:57 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  That's two B1G teams in, can the ACC get one?

Gonzaga gets Duke today. No ACC rep in the Final Four which is pretty amazing considering they had 5 teams in the Sweet 16.

(03-29-2015 03:52 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Either of these teams have a higher pedigree and higher rated recruits than Gonzaga.

And UK had the same against Notre Dame....just sayin'.

(03-29-2015 03:59 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:57 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  That's two B1G teams in, can the ACC get one?

Gonzaga gets Duke today. No ACC rep in the Final Four which is pretty amazing considering they had 5 teams in the Sweet 16.

ACC hasn't had a team in the Final 4 in five years!

We'll see if Duke can end that right now.

Ohio grad Allie LaForce interviewing Michigan State right now.....check her out.

(03-29-2015 03:58 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:45 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Doesn't matter who wins this game.

Matters to me, because I have the only bracket in two bracket pools with Michigan State in the Final Four.

Guess you are lucky that you don't have me in either of your pools then. I had both Michigan State and Louisville in this game and I had Sparty pulling it off.

(03-29-2015 03:59 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:57 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  That's two B1G teams in, can the ACC get one?

Gonzaga gets Duke today. No ACC rep in the Final Four which is pretty amazing considering they had 5 teams in the Sweet 16.

If that happens then that will be startling. The ACC was the best basketball conference this year. For them to end up without a rep in the Final Four is shocking, if that happens.

I have Duke in my Championship game against Kentucky but...this Gonzaga team is good and some how Duke doesn't stack up against them all that well. I only wish I knew back then what I know now about Gonzaga. I would have never predicted an Iowa State vs Iowa match up, that's for sure.

(03-29-2015 04:08 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:58 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:45 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Doesn't matter who wins this game.

Matters to me, because I have the only bracket in two bracket pools with Michigan State in the Final Four.

Guess you are lucky that you don't have me in either of your pools then. I had both Michigan State and Louisville in this game and I had Sparty pulling it off.

In the larger pool, it is kind of surprising that I had the only one of 40 brackets with MSU in the Final Four. I just looked at that regional and figured the top three seeds (Villanova, Virginia, Oklahoma) were going to lose, so I wasn't going to pick any of them. I still need Duke to lose at some point to win that pool, though. Another guy wins it if they win the title.

(03-29-2015 03:58 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:52 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Either of these teams have a higher pedigree and higher rated recruits than Gonzaga.

And........

Doesn't mean much but it will be anything but easy. Throw out the records and the seedings, its March Madness.

(03-29-2015 04:00 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:52 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Either of these teams have a higher pedigree and higher rated recruits than Gonzaga.

And UK had the same against Notre Dame....just sayin'.

And UK beat Notre Dame...just sayin'.

GO STATE!

(03-29-2015 04:48 PM)Sparty84 Wrote:  GO STATE!

Congrats...another Pitino-Izzo Classic...Good Luck in the Final Four.

I'm hoping Gonzaga wins, they win and my final four is perfect.

Also, to anyone who counts Izzo and his Spartans out before the 2nd half doesn't know Izzo. Sparty is always a 2nd half team.

(03-29-2015 04:14 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 04:08 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:58 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 03:45 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  Doesn't matter who wins this game.

Matters to me, because I have the only bracket in two bracket pools with Michigan State in the Final Four.

Guess you are lucky that you don't have me in either of your pools then. I had both Michigan State and Louisville in this game and I had Sparty pulling it off.

In the larger pool, it is kind of surprising that I had the only one of 40 brackets with MSU in the Final Four. I just looked at that regional and figured the top three seeds (Villanova, Virginia, Oklahoma) were going to lose, so I wasn't going to pick any of them. I still need Duke to lose at some point to win that pool, though. Another guy wins it if they win the title.

Yeah, for me it was purely analytical. Where I may have been wrong about Gonzaga, I was right about Villanova. In terms of Virginia, I felt that MSU was the perfect counter to them. Plenty of defense with a strong counter punch transition ability. As far as Oklahoma? I really didn't know anything about them and that alone told me all I needed to know.

Michigan State was definitely given a big gift in that Izzo was in the perfect bracket to get himself to the top coach position in wins as the lower seed team in a game.

Final Four is set:

Kentucky SEC
Duke ACC
Wisconsin B1G
Michigan State B1G

Non P5 Need not apply....

2015 is almost the year of The Big Ten. Time for Wisconsin to spoil the perfect season and for Sparty to show that Blue Blood is not necessary.

An all Big Ten Championship game to deliver both Major Men's Championships to The Big Ten this year?

(03-29-2015 07:42 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  2015 is almost the year of The Big Ten. Time for Wisconsin to spoil the perfect season and for Sparty to show that Blue Blood is not necessary.

An all Big Ten Championship game to deliver both Major Men's Championships to The Big Ten this year?

Last B1G Title in Basketball was 2000...been a while and that league is due...

(03-29-2015 07:46 PM)Maize Wrote:  

(03-29-2015 07:42 PM)He1nousOne Wrote:  2015 is almost the year of The Big Ten. Time for Wisconsin to spoil the perfect season and for Sparty to show that Blue Blood is not necessary.

An all Big Ten Championship game to deliver both Major Men's Championships to The Big Ten this year?

Last B1G Title in Basketball was 2000...been a while and that league is due...

Tell me about it.

(03-29-2015 04:04 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  Ohio grad Allie LaForce interviewing Michigan State right now.....check her out.

She does SEC football on CBS.

I, first, discovered the angelic Allie when I skipped class to watch March Madness, a couple of years ago. Man, I wish I was an athlete or rich.