Well the 1st weekend of the NCAA Tourney is in the books and we had a little bit of everything from nail biters to upsets and boy did that Norfolk State upset of Mizzou shock the entire world! That was a legit BRACKET BUSTER 99% of all brackets got JACKED UP from that upset nobody saw that one coming LOL! but hey its March Madness and like I said earlier anything can happen. I will say I was surprised that we had no buzzer beaters this weekend but it was still a very exciting first weekend.
Now I'm going to go back over my thoughts and predictions that I did decide to share with you guys and give myself final grades. Now there was one big upset that I did pick that I will tell you guys that I did not share or mention in my last blog because lets just say I had a little inside info LOL! and I wanted to hold that info for myself lol!
Reflections of my predictions from my previous blog:
In my previous blog I mentioned these teams I felt were over-seeded and over-rated
1. Georgetown
2. louisville
3. UNLV
4. Southern Mississippi
I also Mentioned the teams I felt were under-seeded and under-rated
1.) Memphis
2.) Florida
well of the 4 teams I said were over-seeded only 1 (Louisville) made it to the sweet 16 and even they barely got past New Mexico in the 3rd round. So I will say I did a fair job in picking the right teams that were over-seeded. Final Grade A-
Of the two teams I said were under-seeded only 1 made it to the sweet 16 which was Florida. Granted Florida did face a #15 seed but they put no doubt in every body's mind that Norfolk State didn't even belong on the floor with Florida! I will take the heat for picking Memphis I really felt they were under-seeded because they dominated Conference USA and were a very explosive team but they were out coached and out executed by Saint Louis I did not see that one coming. Final Grade B-
Now lets go on to the upset picks that I decided to share with you guys
#11 Colorado over #4 UNLV - Correct upset pick
#8 Memphis over #1 Michigan St. 3rd round - Wrong pick (Memphis lost in 2nd round)
#12 Long Beach St over New Mexico/#4 Louisville - Way Wrong pick (Had LBSU in the sweet 16)
#10 Ohio over #7 Michigan - Correct upset pick
#14 Belmont over #3 Georgetown - Wrong Pick
So out of the 6 upsets that I shared with you guys I only got 2 right I hurt myself and a lot of you guys that took my advice on the LBSU upsets! I saw LBSU play a handful of times this year and they were a very good team with excellent guard play and with the match ups they were facing I really felt they had a very strong chance to make the sweet 16!
Final Grade D+
Now a lot of you guys that follow me on twitter probably already know what BIG upset I picked that I didn't share on my blog but for those that didn't know I picked the #15 seed Lehigh over #2 seed Duke! Now you may be asking how in the hell did you even give that upset a thought its Duke vs a school that I don't even know what state its in let alone what conference its in LOL! I picked that upset because a good friend of mine who played college basketball in the philadephia area told me about Lehigh and said they were a legit team that was not a #15 seed they dominated the Patriot League and they have 2 great guards on their team (McCollum and Mcknight) and CJ McCollum is an NBA talent who will be drafted. Now I watched Duke a ton this year and they never impressed me Duke was a very un-athletic team that didn't have a dominant post presence and they shoot a ton of 3's. I said on twitter weeks before the brackets were even released that Duke is a team that's tailor made for mid major and small schools and Duke will not make it to the sweet 16! When I put all that together I took the gamble knowing with Lehigh's great guards and Dukes style of play I knew it would be a close game! and Lehigh got the big upset. Being honest if it wasn't for their cold shooting in the 2nd half they would've beaten Xavier. Lehigh was a very good team and clearly was not a #15 seed!
Overall I did an ok job my bracket is still in pretty good shape as I picked 9 of the 16 sweet sixteen teams correct in my bracket. The Lehigh upset made up for the Shocking Norfolk St upsetting Mizzou because that one hurt BAD I had Mizzou in my Final Four. So in the end if you guys followed my advice you should still be in decent shape! So I will have another update at the end of this weekend and I'll let you guys know how my final four turned out!
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