March Madness Predictions

[cmjh10]

So, this is my favorite time of the year, I totally nerd out if given the time. I love looking through the numbers and going from there. Based off those, here are a few preliminary predictions I have (not really specific as I havent been able to follow college basketball like I used to and havent looked closer into matchups and injuries),

This year could be crazy for upsets, I have 6 double digit seeded teams going to the Sweet 16, with a 7 and 8 seed mixed in as well. Only have 1 advancing to the Elite 8.

UNC, Kentucky, and Michigan could all lose by in the 2nd round.

Only Big 12 team I have advancing past the 2nd round at this time is Tech, they make it to the Elite 8.

Duke may not make the Final 4.

Gonzaga looks to be the best overall team.

Iowa State beats OSU fairly comfortably, then loses to Houston in the 2nd round.

What are your predictions once you get the bracket filled out?

 

[Rabbuk]

Snape kills dumbledore

 

[ForbinsAscynt]

Iowa State to the elite 8. That’s all I have so far

 

[stormchaser2014]

Duke, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa State. Iowa State over Michigan 82-78.

 

[cmjh10]

Snape kills dumbledore

Dude, spoiler alert that ****. Havent made it that far in the books yet.

 

[Chizit]

Yeah I filled out one bracket so far and upon further review, I am in full **** it mode this year.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Surprised Williams and Bilas didn't pick Duke to win it all.

 

[cyclones500]

Here was my first whack at it, about an hour after the reveal. It’s bound to be more accurate than the second-guessing adjustments I make in the next few days and **** it up.

Round-by-round.

EAST
1 Duke
8 VCU
5 Mississippi State
13 Saint Louis
11 Belmont
3 LSU
7 Louisville
2 Michigan State
WEST
1 Gonzaga
8 Syracuse
12 Murray State
4 Florida State
6 Buffalo
3 Texas Tech
10 Florida
2 Michigan
SOUTH
1 Virginia
9 Oklahoma
12 Oregon
13 UC Irvine
6 Villanova
3 Purdue
7 Cincinnati
2 Tennessee
MIDWEST
1 North Carolina
9 Washington
5 Auburn
4 Kansas
6 Iowa State
3 Houston
10 Seton Hall
2 Kentucky

SWEET 16
EAST
1 Duke
5 Mississippi State
11 Belmont
2 Michigan State

WEST
8 Syracuse
12 Murray State
3 Texas Tech
2 Michigan

SOUTH
1 Virginia
12 Oregon
6 Villanova
2 Tennessee

MIDWEST
1 North Carolina
4 Kansas
3 Houston
2 Kentucky

ELITE 8
EAST
Duke
Michigan State

WEST
Syracuse
Michigan

SOUTH
Virginia
Villanova

MIDWEST
North Carolina
Kentucky


FINAL FOUR
Duke vs. Michigan
Villanova vs. North Carolina

Michigan vs. North Carolina

North Carolina

 

[Cyforce]

Clone and JHawk fans uniting to root for one another in the sweet sixteen.

 

[dahliaclone]

Duke, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa State. Iowa State over Michigan 82-78.

Wisconsin will lose to Oregon. They are only a 1 pt favorite.

 

[stormchaser2014]

Wisconsin will lose to Oregon. They are only a 1 pt favorite.

I'm biased though.







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[dahliaclone]

Some random predictions:

• Syracuse over Baylor
• UC Irvine over Kansas State (no brainer)
• Ol' Miss over Oklahoma
• New Mexico State to Sweet Sixteen over Auburn then Kansas
• Oregon to Sweet Sixteen over Wisconsin and UC Irvine
• Belmont over Maryland
• Liberty over Mississippi State
• ISU at least to Sweet Sixteen
• Debating a big upset of Seton Hall over Kentucky (Seton Hall beat UK already this year)
• Texas Tech to Sweet Sixteen

 

[IASTATE07]

Everybody seems to be falling in love with Oregon. Shows how much I paid attention to the Pac 12.

 

[ISUCyclones2015]

Snape kills dumbledore

Top 10 favorite jokes for me to this day and I can't really explain why

 

[Cyclonepride]

Started my bracket, could not find many upset picks at all, so I didn't save it. I'll look at it again later.

 

[Cyclonepride]

Everybody seems to be falling in love with Oregon. Shows how much I paid attention to the Pac 12.

They're hard to read. Highly regarded to start the year, started out really slow, pretty average in a bad conference, but won their last 8. A lot of talent on that roster, so who knows, but I'm glad we're not playing them.

 

[CloneGuy8]

I didn't go too crazy on the upsets. Biggest one I have is Murray State beating Marquette

 

[cyfanatic13]

I got Northeastern beating KU. Northeastern has 4 guys shooting above 40% from 3 and another at 39%.

I think there will be a decent amount of first round upsets but second round on will be pretty chalky

 

[flander1649]

Syracuse always seems to give teams trouble. I could easily see them beat the Zags.

 

[Cyclonepride]

My first round "upsets":

UCF (9) over VCU (8)
Belmont (11) over Maryland (6)
Murray St (12) over Marquette (5)
Oregon (12) over Wisconsin (5)
New Mexico St (12) over Auburn (5)