Thursday, March 20, 2008

The Day Has Arrived


The day has finally arrived.......let the madness begin! Today, the pieces of that college hoops puzzle we have been trying to solve since November finally starts to come together. Before we get ready for tip-off and BD's live-blog, a few announcements.....

We finally have our Thursday live-blogging schedule down pat. It's going to be BD guiding you through the 12:30 and 3:00 games, and I'll be here for the 7:00 and 10:00 games. Friday is still up in the air thanks to Easter travel hampering everyone's schedule. So join us at 12:30, we'll keep you entertained in the office.

Very entertaining article by Ted in ESPN the Mag about the fun facts for the teams in action today....must read.

And there are still a few hours to join the STF Bracket Challenge

Some final predictions from the STF staff....

Marco

East Regional Champ: North Carolina
West Champ: UCLA
South Champ: Stanford
Midwest Champ: Kansas

Best First Round Game: Davidson vs Gonzaga
Upset Pick: San Diego over UConn
Upset Pick You'd Love to Make But Don't Have the Balls: UC-Fullerton over Wisconsin, Mississippi State over Memphis
Team Most Likely to Bust Your Bracket: Baylor, riding the Bears to the Sweet 16
National Championship Game: UNC/UCLA
Champion: UCLA


Eric

East Regional Champ: Louisville
West Champ: UCLA
South Champ: Texas
Midwest Champ: Kansas
Best First Round Game: USC/Kansas State
Upset Pick: San Diego over UConn
Upset Pick You'd Love to Make But Don't Have the Balls: George Mason over Notre Dame (C-A-A!)
Team Most Likely to Bust Your Bracket: Pitt
National Championship Game: Kansas/UCLA
Champion: UCLA


Digital Headbutt

East: North Carolina
Midwest: Kansas
South: Texas
West: Connecticut
Best First Round Game: USC-Kansas State (Gonzaga-Davidson a close second)
Upset Pick: Winthrop over Washington State
Upset Picks You'd Love to Make But Don't Have the Balls: Oral Roberts
Over Pitt, or a #5 seed or lower making the Final Four
Teams Most Likely to Bust Your Bracket: Louisville, Stanford National
Championship Game: UNC vs. Texas
Champion: North Carolina

BD

East Regional Champ: Louisville
West Champ: UCLA
South Champ: Texas
Midwest Champ: Kansas
Best First Round Game: K-State-USC
Upset Pick: Butler over Tennessee
Upset Pick You'd Love to Make But Don't Have the Balls: Wazzu over UNC (Sweet 16)
Team Most Likely to Bust Your Bracket: USC
National Championship Game: Kansas-UCLA
Champion: UCLA, this has been my expectation all year. Not changing it now.

Tooch

East Regional Champ: UNC
West Champ: Xavier
South Champ: Texas
Midwest Champ: Kansas
Best First Round Game: USC/Kansas State
Upset Pick: Siena over Vandy
Upset Pick You'd Love to Make But Don't Have the Balls: Belmont over Duke
Team Most Likely to Bust Your Bracket: Pitt
National Championship Game: UNC/Texas
Champion: North Carolina

Ted

EAST: Louisville
WEST: UCLA
SOUTH: Memphis
MIDWEST: Georgetown
Best First Round Game: ND vs. Mason will have drama
Upset Pick: All I'm saying is, Tennessee isn't making it to the Sweet 16
Team Most Likely to Screw You: UNC (when they lose to Indiana), Pitt (when everyone rides their jock)
National Championship: Louisville/UCLA
Champion: UCLA

1 comments:

Upstate Underdog said...

I'm thinking Memphis is the team most likely to bust many brackets.