I had 2/3 of them right

Now we are down to 8 teams and with my predictions I was right 2/3 of the games.  I missed thinking that Duke and Pittsburgh would win, but instead Texas A&M and Stanford reach the Elite Eight.

I still cane be right though with my final four picks since I didn’t have any of these reaching the  Final Four.

To recap I think that Maryland, LSU, Tennessee and Rutgers makes the Final Four.

And Then There Were 16

The first two sets of games are over, and with very few exceptions the ’sweet 16′ is as expected. Now with the second weekend of games, we’ll see who’s going to step forward, have a good series of games and wind up as the Final 4 to go after the National Champion.

The Schedule for Saturday is:
New Orleans Regional:
Louisville against North Carolina
Oklahoma against LSU

Spokane Regional:
Vanderbilt against Maryland
Pittsburgh against Stanford

And on Sunday:
Oklahoma Regional:
Duke against Texas A&M
Notre Dame against Tennessee

Greensboro Regional:
Old Dominion against Connecticut
George Washington against Rutgers

And now for my prediction of the games.
Carolina will beat Louisville and will play LSU, who wins against Oklahoma. LSU will win a close game against Carolina in the regional final.

Maryland will defeat Vanderbilt and will also reach the final four when they play Pittsburgh.

Duke will beat Texas A&M and will play Tennessee, who wins against Norte Dame. Tennessee will win against Duke in the regional final.

UConn will defeat Old Dominion, but they will not reach the final four. They will lose for their second game to Rutgers. Rutgers gets to the regional final easily.

I’d Be Mad

I just watched the selection show and to put it mildly I’m a bit surprised and confused.

It just doesn’t make sense that UConn may have to play Rutgers to get to the final four.  But it may even be stranger that Carolina may have to play LSU on what can almost be considered their home floor.

If I would have to make a guess I would think that Maryland has the easiest path to the Final Four, and that’s even with them having to play Stanford, the team many think should have held the last top spot.

But let’s take a guess on the Final Four without really looking at the brackets.  I’d take Rutgers, LSU, Maryland and Tennessee as the four with Maryland and Tennessee in the Finals.