<p>Louisville lost to a similar 8 seed in UNLV. They also lost to UNC Charlotte by 22 and Western Carolina by 8. Those are 3 losses they shouldn’t have and their last non-conference loss was of course to Kentucky. I still have Louisville winning.</p>
<p>Siena isn’t even an upset pick anymore- i bet the spread will be less than 4 points for either team.</p>
<p>Manifesto- i’ll probably look at my iphone during econ and maybe watch the games. Do you know how to get them? I’ll have to deal in Psych with my ***** teacher, but probably will cut or make our teacher let us watch the games, and then 9th period commons to watch the end of the games 
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<p>I am telling you guys- watchout for Wisconsin or New Mexico to make the final 4 in Kentucky’s region (i have Wisconsin)</p>
<p>Darington Hobson is dirty, I don’t see Wisconsin doing much.</p>
<p>Hmm, I have final exams on thursday and friday, though games probably won’t have started by the first final.</p>
<p>Everyone’s hating on my Terps. I haven’t seen one person that has picked them to beat MSU. Screw Sparty.</p>
<p>'Scuse me? Maryland is Greivis Vasquez. MSU has a mix of good players that will overpower Maryland. Kalin Lucas, Raymar Morgan, Durrell Summers, Delvon Roe.</p>
<p>I have Maryland losing to Kansas :)</p>
<p>Lol!!!^</p>
<p>Which is one of the reasons why Kansas isn’t such a “safe” pick to win it all… MSU/Maryland, GTown/Ohio St (probable) + a game vs KState or Cuse and another finals team.</p>
<p>That’s much harder than a team like Duke’s road to the final 4. I’m not saying Kansas isn’t the best team on paper, I am just saying winning the bracket isn’t as easy as taking Kansas, Kentucky, and a few sleeper picks this year. The teams are hella deep compared to previous years imo, and with all the players coming back from injuries i think there will be at least one 3+ seed to make the final 4.</p>
<p>MattNC:</p>
<p>We’ll see. Just wait. Contrary to popular belief, Maryland is much more than Vasquez. Yes, if he doesn’t play well the Terps don’t play well, but this team is very deep. And Vasquez doesn’t not play well very often. You got Eric Hayes, who is almost automatic from behind the 3 point line and at the free throw line. Jordan Williams is a standout freshman who provides a legit inside presence. Sean Mosley plays unstoppable defense. Landon Milbourne is a very versatile player. Maryland also has a deep, deep bench.</p>
<p>I know this all sounds like homer-ism, but I honestly believe the Terps can go deep in this tournament. They have the talent. And I’m not saying MSU is a bad team. MSU could very well beat Maryland. I just don’t think it will happen :D</p>
<p>It’s not so much that teams are more deep this year as that the best teams aren’t particularly good. The last two recruiting classes have been very thin, and that has broken the UCLA, UNC, Kansas, Memphis oligarchy that was developing (Calipari’s defection a contributing factor too).</p>
<p>@Baltimoron - I picked MSU over Maryland because I think the Spartans have more depth, and I didn’t like the way the Terps played against GT in the ACC tournament. If they play like that, they’re going to lose early. If they play like they did against Duke, then I can see them making a run.
What’s your point? Yes, Cal has a better RPI ranking than Louisville, but that doesn’t take anything away from Louisville’s SOS. </p>
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That’s true. There hasn’t really been a great team this year like UNC was last year, or Florida was a couple years back.</p>
<p>Sorry for derailing this conversation, but:</p>
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<p>There’s an iPhone app for MMOD (I assume you know what NCAA March Madness on Demand is? Google it if you don’t). I’ve been using MMOD online since 8th grade when I had a paper done and my awesome english teacher let me watch the games online while everyone else worked. This’ll be my 4th year using MMOD. I think I saw that the app to literally watch a live feed was $9.99. You can try just going to Watch March Madness Live on NCAA | NCAA.com on the iPhone and watching it from their site or going to a site like channelsurfing (google it!)</p>
<p>Except that RPI gives SOS an absurd amount of weight. In fact, the one of the two main criticisms is that it puts such a strong weight on it. That Cal is so far ahead speaks volumes.</p>
<p>But really, the only point is that there’s no way to argue that Louisville is better than Cal. Except for the grade-school Big East is the bestest, nuff said dur dur.</p>
<p>Also, they’re getting Jennifer Hudson to do the “One Shining Moment.” Bring back Luther.</p>
<p>@TCBH - If you’re 28-4 against weak opponents in a weak conference, like Northern Iowa, then you shouldn’t be placed ahead of a team such as Syracuse, which is also 28-4. I agree that the RPI places more emphasis than needed on SOS, but still. I believe the methodology is something like 50% SOS, 25% winning percentage, and 25% opponent’s SOS.</p>
<p>And yeah, if Louisville was in any other conference than the Big East, then this argument would have ended a while ago.</p>
<p>thx manifesto- gonna check that out. I don’t think it’s worth spending 10 bucks on that app because my iphone constantly gets f’d and it doesn’t allow me to use most of my apps.</p>
<p>I’m sure it’s been said…but I’ll be damned if not all of you have Cornell upsetting Temple!</p>
<p>Temple > Cornell. Yes, cornell was underseeded @ 12, but temple was underseeded @ 5.</p>
<p>^ I second that. Cornell over Temple is the popular pick, but not the right pick. The only 12 over 5 I see hapening this year is either Utah St. over A+M (which I changed my mind now picking AM to win) and Butler losing to UTEP.</p>