Friday, March 25, 2005

THE ELITE 8!!!!!!!!!

THE ELITE 8!!!!!!!!!!!!!

         

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BIGGEST UPSET:  The only game that may be an upset was West Virginia-Texas Tech.  Sure Zona was a smaller seed....but WV in the Elite 8??  Though Villanova darn near turned the tourny on it's ear.

CONFERENCE THAT SUCKS:  Okay...at this stage of the game "sucks" is too strong of a word.  Give me a break!!  I keeps with the rythm of the other rounds.  But, the conference that has to suck this round would be the Big XII.  Texas Tech and Oklahoma State lost very close games...and now get to go home with Texas, Kansas and Iowa State.  A very respectable 5-5 conference record.  The ACC almost went from "The Best" to "Sucks" with losses by Duke and NC State and a close call from North Carolina.

CONFERENCE THAT SURPRISED:  The Big East...but not really in a totally pleasant way.  The top Big East schools [BC, UConn, Syracuse] combined for a 2-3 mark.  While West Virginia is in the Elite 8 and Nova darn near pulled off a big upset.

THE BEST CONFERENCE:  As of now....The Big Ten.  They've stuck three of the Elite 8.  Michigan State knocked off Duke....Illinois is still the favorite on their side of the bracket...and Wisconsin has a good shot against UNC. 

BEST GAME:  What a game Arizona-Oklahoma State was!!!  Both are legit title contenders and they played an awesome game for the full 40 minutes.  Salim Stoudamire is having one heck of a tournament....and popping that tough game winner just added to his legend.

WORST GAME:  Nothing against these teams...but it was Illinois-Wis Milwaukee. Illinois basically just kept an arms-distance away from the Panthers all game long.  The other games had a little more drama to them.

BEST PLAYER:   Salim Stoudamire.  Arizona's gun slinger hit the game winner over two Cowboys.

WORST PLAYERAllen Ray.  The Nova guard just couldn't find his shot all tournament long.  He went 3 for 32 in the Wildcats' three games....including 2 for 14 against North Carolina.  Tough time to go thru such a slump.

BRACKET OPENED UP FOR:   Louisville.  They slayed the #1 dragon....and now they have #7-seed West Virginia left.  I'm not saying it will be a rout...but it is a better matchup for them than UW.

BORING BRACKETSyracuse.  UNC will be a huge favorite against Wisconsin.  L'ville may be a big one against WV as well. 

LOOKING LIKE A CHAMPION:    North Carolina. 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The 4th seed was serendipitous for Louisville. Rather than getting automatic walkovers, they got tough opponents and had to play with intensity.  Will help them to have had to respond to tournament pressure from here on in.  Now they get a sprained ankle on a key player (Dean) and may well be able to let Dean rest the injury on Saturday and be 100% for the Final Four.

Larry Weisenthal

Anonymous said...

I feel the team that is going to win the NBAA, is the team the official have choosen. Alot of bad calls out there. Villanova should have won against UNC, that player did not walk on that basket. The scores could have been tied at that point. Do the officials know what over the back is? They called a foul on Williams(Duke),when foul should have been on the other team. I don't know-the officials retraining or eye checked.

Anonymous said...

THE CARDS ALL THE WAY ILL IS A JOKE AND NC IS A BIGER JOKE THEY CAN NOT MATCH UP WITH THE CARD THANK YOU CARD'S ARE 2005 CHAMP'S