Who Ya Got?

The NCAA tournament starts this week.  Who ya got?  There are always upsets.  There are always surprises.  I was surprised to see an 19-14 Ohio St. get in the tournament.  I’d rather see a mid-major that won over 20 games.  No one wants to see a marginal OSU team and if they make a run, they aren’t Cinderella.  You cannot be a Cinderella from a major conference no matter where you finish.

What’s also surprising to me is the absolute demise of Pac 12 basketball.  It’s as if they are playing with players who’s parents bribed school officials to get in.  As a kid who grew up during UCLA’s total domination of college basketball I can’t believe the schools in the West cannot recruit.  There is certainly enough population to draw from.  It mimics their demise in football as well. The Pac 12 isn’t part of the conversation when you talk about best teams in the top two NCAA money sports.

If I was looking at #1 seeds that could get tossed early, Gonzaga comes to mind.  For the rest, it all depends on matchups and injuries.  I don’t think there is a dominant team this year.  There are hot teams.  Duke is hot and Coach K always seems to have his team peaking around this time of year.  Master leader and if you are an entrepreneur you ought to learn from him.

I would have liked to have seen Buffalo and Nevada in different brackets because I think they can both be dark horse teams that make runs.   Obviously Michigan St. getting a #2 seed and being put in Duke’s bracket was wrong.   Michigan got the better of it when it comes to seeding.

I am in a few bracket pools.  I don’t do very well in them in general.  We will see what happens this year.