UPDATE: If the link to the group below doesn't work, try this one.
I alluded to this a few weeks ago, but I've set up a "TN Liberal Bloggers" bracket group on Yahoo for the NCAA Tournament, and you're all invited to join!
Here is the link to the group. Shoot me an email (goldni386 at gmail) or a message on here for the password (I picked one you'll ALL remember).
This is an extremely exciting tourney for Tennessee, with five teams (Memphis, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Belmont, and Austin Peay) making tournament appearances. Perhaps I-40 is the new "Tobacco Road"!Here's how I see this playing out. I have Memphis in the championship game, falling to UNC. Tennessee also loses to UNC, in the Elite 8. Belmont and Austin Peay will both lose in the first round.
Which brings us to Vanderbilt. This may be wishful thinking as a Vandy fan, but I think we have a path to the Final 4. We'll beat Siena, then the winner of the Clemson-'Nova game (which could honestly go either way). Then we'll beat Kansas. Yes, they are a #1 seed, but if there's one consistency from year to year in the NCAA tourney, it's that Kansas always chokes! Then Vandy would play Georgetown in the Elite 8. As you may recall, Vandy rightfully beat Georgetown in the Sweet 16 last year. The only reason it's recorded as a loss is because Jeff Green of Georgetown so blatantly walked on the last play and the refs didn't call it. Anyway, I have Vandy in the Final 4 in my bracket.
My other picks...George Mason in the Sweet 16, and Temple and Davidson both pull off first-round upsets. Part of me wants to pick Winthrop over Wazzou, but I'm not sure.
ANYWAY, I hope you'll all play along. We need something to take our minds off of this primary madness, and what better way to do that than through a little March Madness
1 comments:
I love the enthusiasm for Vandy, but I think if they play Clemson in the second round, Clemson is the kind of team that could give them fits.
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