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March 15, 2015
Your 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament bracket.: And here's the printable version (PDF). I got NC State whoopin up on Carolina in the Final. You?
posted by NoMich to basketball at 08:04 PM - 11 comments
I'm going to Columbus to watch the games there on Friday and Sunday. Unfortunately, we didn't get any of the big name teams.
I'm hoping that Dayton makes it out of the play-in game, because they had a REALLY nice run last year, knocking off Ohio State, Syracuse, and Stanford. They'll essentially be playing another "home game", as the First Four is in Dayton, and their next series would be in Columbus.
I assume that there will be an official SpoFi bracket contest...
posted by grum@work at 09:37 PM on March 15, 2015
Did you know Bruce Hornsby's son plays for LSU? Seems reason enough to expect they will knock off the Wolfpack in Round 1. Sorry, NoMich, but that's just the way it is.
posted by holden at 09:43 PM on March 15, 2015
Puns on Sportsfilter?
Some things will never change...
posted by grum@work at 10:07 PM on March 15, 2015
On my way of getting State and Carolina together in the Finals, I accidentally got an all ACC Final Four. I keep forgetting that Notre Dame is in the ACC now.
LionIndex: I would not be surprised one whit if the Hoos of the landed gentry of Virginia win it all this year. What I've seen of them, I've liked.
posted by NoMich at 10:11 PM on March 15, 2015
538 has their interactive bracket up. I enjoy that Duke has the most cupcake-y region, and yet they're picked behind UVa and Arizona to win the Championship.
posted by LionIndex at 12:07 AM on March 16, 2015
Who better than Harvard to school UNC if the academic support staff in Chapel Hill can't do it?
posted by beaverboard at 12:52 AM on March 16, 2015
Well, Harvard can certainly commiserate.
posted by LionIndex at 06:59 AM on March 16, 2015
Who better than Harvard to school UNC ...
Harvard is an incredibly hard team to play against and well coached. Carolina has NBA size and talent but doesn't appear to know how to use it against tough well coached opponents. Harvard could win this game. But if Carolina finds itself it could win the Championship.
posted by cixelsyd at 01:36 PM on March 16, 2015
Harvard is an incredibly hard team to play against and well coached.
I agree about being well-coached, but I don't think they're as much of a threat this year as last year. They came awful close to not even winning the Ivy League, and does anyone really have any opinions on how good Yale is for comparison? They're also one of three teams UVa held to under 30 - the others are Georgia Tech and Rutgers. Last year, Harvard was a legitimate first round upset pick.
I think you're right though that UNC has an extreme variance between their best and worst selves, so if Harvard catches them at the right time...
posted by LionIndex at 02:05 PM on March 16, 2015
Admittedly saw more of Harvard in the previous 2 seasons and not 2015. That UVa game was a total beat down.
posted by cixelsyd at 04:56 PM on March 16, 2015
I went to Virginia, so I'll have them going pretty far, depending on how much rust I feel Anderson will be able to shake off in what time frame. I'd kind of like to see a UNI vs. UVa game in the 8, just to make pundit's heads explode. I hope the desire for revenge comes into play to get to the 16, but I'm strangely not worried about Oklahoma or Providence.
Kind of surprised that UCLA and Texas made it in. I feel like Davidson is pretty heavily under-seeded and could cause some trouble, not to mention UNI or Wichita. South region has some teams that are all offense (Duke, Gonzaga, Davidson, Iowa State), but has SDSU to round it out.
I've seen AZ fans complaining about not getting a 1 seed, but they're not even the first 2 seed. I mostly feel like the top 8 slots in the bracket are pretty solidly done.