Final Four Pick’em
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Elite Eight are set. Today’s match-ups are (all times EST):
6:40 PM — Xavier at UCLA
9:05 PM — Louisville at North Carolina
Tomorrow’s games will be (again, all times EST):
2:20 PM — Texas at Memphis
5:05 PM — Davidson at Kansas
Here are my picks for the Final Four: Xavier, NC, Memphis, and Kansas. However, like most of America (outside Kansas), I’m secretly cheering for Davidson.
I could go either way on the UCLA-Xavier game. I think UCLA is the better team but they’ve had trouble all year with teams that are fast on the perimeter like Xavier, so I think this is a bad match-up for UCLA. I don’t want people to think I’m a PAC-10 hater because I’ve been negative on that conference in the tournament. I really like PAC-10 football, especially the West Coast offenses, but I thought their basketball prowess was overrated this year.
Here are my picks on the Final Four, but I’ll do another post next week for those picks: Memphis at North Carolina in the final, and NC will take the championship. Basketball is a big man’s game and I think NC has the best one(s) this year.
Add your picks in the comments. Half the fun is watching the games but the other half is trying to pick’em in advance.
— DRJ
i’m still hurting over my brilliant UT prediction. that just blew my bracket bad!
chas (68d8c2) — 3/29/2008 @ 12:15 pmUT as in Tennessee or Texas?
DRJ (a431ca) — 3/29/2008 @ 12:20 pmBobby Knight predicted the Texas would make the final four. I picked them to go all the way and after the Stanford game, I’m feeling more confident (well at least about beating Memphis).
capitano (03e5ec) — 3/29/2008 @ 1:11 pmCapitano,
I would like it if the Horns won but Memphis is so hot now that it’s hard to pick against them. Their first half against Michigan State was amazing.
DRJ (a431ca) — 3/29/2008 @ 1:33 pmDRJ, you forget about KSU. There’s a bunch of folks IN Kansas cheering for Davidson…
Scott Jacobs (d3a6ec) — 3/29/2008 @ 2:04 pmHeh. And a bunch of Sooners and Aggies cheering for Memphis.
DRJ (a431ca) — 3/29/2008 @ 2:16 pmThat X in Xavier has another use now. Use it to cross them off your bracket. No much of a rooter, more a old athlete in awe of talent am I. But I did get a kick out of Love letting that little guy have his moment in the sun on that last layup the other night. Classy move. He could have humiliated him with thunder block, and then banged his chest, pointing to the sky like so many do these days. I do like the kid’s style. Gives a good interview, too. Doesn’t hurt that he looks a lot like my son, just a much bigger version.
allan (c8bce1) — 3/29/2008 @ 5:08 pmThis was a great regional for Love, who was named MVP. It’s also classy that UCLA could have run it up even higher but they didn’t.
DRJ (a431ca) — 3/29/2008 @ 5:13 pmI picked UNC, Kansas, UCLA, and Texas at the beginning of the tourney, have no good reason to deviate. If UCLA beats UNC in the Championship, no small feat, I will win a fairly significant chuck of cash. GO BRUINS !!!!!!!!!!!!
JD (a3d489) — 3/30/2008 @ 9:19 am