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NCAA Tournament, the field of 65

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MaxBuck;1674213; said:
...If I were a Kansas fan, I'd be pissed. KU has by far the toughest road to the Final Four of any #1 seed. They will face, in order, the toughest 16-seed by far in Lehigh (Jayhawks won't lose, but it will be a very difficult game for a 1-16 matchup), then after a relatively benign 8-9 game winner they must face the Maryland-Michigan State winner (both teams capable of beating anyone on a given night)... I really think Kansas will be too tuckered out to beat the Terps in the Elite Eight.
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MaxBuck;1674584; said:
You're right. Should've said "to beat the Terps to reach the Elite Eight."
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You think Kansas will be too worn out after playing Lehigh and the UNLV/N. Iowa winner to handle Maryland in the round of 16? It's not clear to me that a "gauntlet" of Lehigh and UNLV/N. Iowa is unduly difficult for a 1-seed. Certainly Maryland has a shot at Kansas, but it seems difficult to imagine that a combination of Lehigh and UNLV or N. Iowa will break Kansas down to the point that they're no longer themselves.
 
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zincfinger said:
You think Kansas will be too worn out after playing Lehigh and the UNLV/N. Iowa winner to handle Maryland in the round of 16? It's not clear to me that a "gauntlet" of Lehigh and UNLV/N. Iowa is unduly difficult for a 1-seed. Certainly Maryland has a shot at Kansas, but it seems difficult to imagine that a combination of Lehigh and UNLV or N. Iowa will break Kansas down to the point that they're no longer themselves.
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Absolutely agree. Kansas may lose to Maryland or Michigan St. of their own accord, but it won't be because of the difficulty of handling Lehigh and UNLV/Northern Iowa. Not to mention that the Maryland/MSU match-up would be the following weekend giving them 4-5 days of rest... It's kind of a foolish statement. If Kansas can win the Big 12 tournament with 3 games in 3 days I think they can handle this.
 
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MaxBuck;1674688; said:
I think Maryland is a much better team than its seed; they deserve IMO to be a 2-seed. Remember they won the ACC regular season.
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I agree. I don't know about a 2 seed, but a 3 yes. I don't have them beating Kansas but it's not absurd to think that they could. I really think that these number 1 seeds could see some early exits this year. A lot of parody in college basketball this season.

I have Wisconsin taking out Kentucky, and I'm thinking Louisville could take out Duke if they are on and Sosa plays well.
 
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KingLeon;1674915; said:
A lot of parody in college basketball this season.
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Especially on this board. We make fun of all opposing teams equally.

Except for TSUN, And Duke. And Indiana. Dammit, we have no parity in parody.
 
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