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2014 NCAA Basketball Tournament (official thread)

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LitlBuck said:
The thing that makes it so difficult for me, especially this year, is that I do not know how good the A-10 and the conferences out west really are. I know that you can compare scores and averages and all that garbage but unless you have seen these teams play it is really hard to select who is the better team. Not to mention the fact that certain very good teams could have one off night and they would be bye-bye.
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To be honest, this is the strongest the A10 has been since St Joe's, Xavier, and UD slugged it out in the early 2000's for conference supremacy. Definitely the most talented, and deep UD squad that I've seen since Brian Roberts was still suiting up for the Flyers (that was a one man show at times).
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
I don't know how good anyone is. All of the great teams this year that played any kind of schedule all lost 4-8 games. Cuse, Duke, Kansas, MSU, Louisville, ttun, Wisky, Virginia, UNC. Meanwhile, 3 of the 4 top seeds played basically no one. Everyone wonders if Wichita State deserves a #1 seed, for played a complete crap schedule. Meanwhile Florida had 3 games against teams ranked at the end of the season and lost 2 of those, out of their entire conference, only 2 other teams made the tourney (an 8 seed and a play-in team). Arizona had Duke, ttun and UCLA twice (won 4/5), but managed to come away with 4 losses. Take those 3 1-seeds and throw them in the Big 12, Big 10 or ACC (even the Big East or A10) and they would all be looking at a bare minimum of 4 losses, probably closer to 8 or 10. They each (mostly) played a few tough games but always had long breaks between to rest up and plan. I'm not complaining, I'm just saying there really isn't much of a talent discrepancy between the 1-4 seeds.

So much more parity than in the past. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT TOURNEY YEAR!
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I don't think many people are wondering if Wichita deserves a 1 seed or not. Florida is probably the best team in the tournament. I think the Big 12 is extremely over-rated this year as is what was left of the ACC.
 
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
guarantee they get back within 4 before the end of the game
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That may turn out to be true, but it has more to do with Iowa also being garbage than Tennessee not being garbage. I'm not sure what happened to the Iowa team from mid-January, but the fact that Iowa's only up 6 with a minute to go in the first half shows that mid-January Iowa team is still nowhere to be found.
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
I don't know how good anyone is. All of the great teams this year that played any kind of schedule all lost 4-8 games. Cuse, Duke, Kansas, MSU, Louisville, ttun, Wisky, Virginia, UNC. Meanwhile, 3 of the 4 top seeds played basically no one. Everyone wonders if Wichita State deserves a #1 seed, for played a complete crap schedule.
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Wichita State was a Final Four team last year, has most of their team back, and went 34-0 playing in the same conference they were in last year.

I think your use of the term "everyone" is somewhat exaggerated.
 
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Going to OT, but Marble might be out with a turned ankle.

JFC, I'm already sick of this stupid Buick Regal commercial. I can't imagine how it'll feel two weeks and 500 more views from now. :ohno:
 
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