Bracket thoughts/picks?

mjhavlo76

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I just don’t see too many huge upsets.

However, I do see some intriguing matches in the 2nd round, and sweet sixteen.
 

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I don't expect anyone to trust my assessment (I don't have a resume of winning a lot of pools over the years to justify as "expert")

Hunch: East bracket is most likely to "blow up" (fewest top 4 seeds advancing to Sweet 16 and non-1-2-3 in E8) and I predict the overwhelming common choice in massive public pools to advance to Final Four from that region is Duke. (Maybe even pools of any size)
 

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I don't expect anyone to trust my assessment (I don't have a resume of winning a lot of pools over the years to justify as "expert")

Hunch: East bracket is most likely to "blow up" (fewest top 4 seeds advancing to Sweet 16 and non-1-2-3 in E8) and I predict the overwhelming common choice in massive public pools to advance to Final Four from that region is Duke. (Maybe even pools of any size)
I agree. That's the hardest bracket to pick because I don't really trust any of the teams. Which means it will probably be all chalk lol
 
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There are two 2 seeds that I can see going to title game....or losing second round. A&M vs Texas, oof. And I think USC is flying under the radar a bit and can see them knocking off Marquette.
 
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Most of my “upsets” are after the round of 64, but Drake is tempting particularly if Omire is out.

Other double digit option for me are Louisiana and Utah State.
 

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ESPN has the option to auto fill your bracket. The random one kicks out some crazy results. First one I did had a 13 and 15 seed playing for the ‘ship
 
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Missouri-Utah St. is a hard one. If good Missouri shows up, they'll win. The ESPN muppets are all over Duke (as in the final 4). They got hot in the lackluster ACC, not buying that they are great.
 

dahliaclone

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Missouri-Utah St. is a hard one. If good Missouri shows up, they'll win. The ESPN muppets are all over Duke (as in the final 4). They got hot in the lackluster ACC, not buying that they are great.
Maybe. But Missouri is WAYYYYYYY overseeded. Their metrics say they should be a 10 or 11. Utah State's metrics on the other hand say they should be more like a 6...there's a reason Utah State is favored as a 10.
 

dahliaclone

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Missouri-Utah St. is a hard one. If good Missouri shows up, they'll win. The ESPN muppets are all over Duke (as in the final 4). They got hot in the lackluster ACC, not buying that they are great.
I originally said no way Duke loses to Oral Roberts. But Duke is an awful lot like Iowa last year. Hot streak to end the year. Won their league tournament. Everyone is jumping on that bandwagon. But Duke is VERY young and a new coach to boot. And the ACC is WAYYYYY down. I'm rethinking things a bit...