Most likely first round upset
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I really like Santa Clara over Kentucky and VCU over North Carolina. St Johns might have an issue with Northern Iowa if they are not ready to play from the get go. I love Mc Neese but they got the toughest 5 in Vandy, should be a great game. I wouldnt be surprise if Sparty struggles a bit.
Agree. Santa Clara and VCU are the teams most likely to pull off early upsets.
An Akron win would not surprise me.
Didn’t vote yet but the widening gap between the top teams and mid majors leads me to think the # of upsets will be less even than last year
last year their were 5 and 2 of them were 10 seeds which are marginal
I would guess about same this year … used to be a near given you’d get 8-10 lower seeds and at least 1-2 real shockers in the 13-16 seeds
I like some of the low seeds but not enough… then again that’s why they play
you sort of see that in the Vegas odds in the individual games. Usually you’ll see some 12/5 games that are close to pick’em and even some 13/4 games are well into the single digits. Doesn’t seem to be the case this year.
The style of play in the B1G Ten along with how referees call games is far different in the NCAA Tournament.
Duke was lucky to win because Sienna went into a scoring drought at crunch time.
Kinda had a feeling Wisconsin had an Elite 8 run coming. Shows what I know.
From St Joseph's in Philadelphia. Cool move. Good candidate for next head coach?
My bracket says hold my spilled beer.
Had the Badgers as a Cinderella in the Final 4. Yeah it was a long shot that blew up in my face.
Look at Greg Gards performance in the tournament since his first two seasons when he inherited Bo Ryan’s roster
he hasn’t made it out of the first weekend in 10 years shouldn’t surprise anyone they lost
he hasn’t made it out of the first weekend in 10 years shouldn’t surprise anyone they lost
? Missing the reference here. His father's Wiki bio:
His son, Phil Jr., has served as the head coach of the VCU’s men's basketball team since March 25, 2025.[61] His other son, Jimmy, serves as an assistant coach on the Penn State University men's basketball team.
He was Mike Rice right hand man here at Rutgers hence baby rice nickname and not in a good way
Thanks for clarifying. And the average fan is supposed to get that reference?
EDIT- I see now, why. I guess he is the Fredo of the brothers (only two). One runs things and succeeds, the other "can handle things" and he is "smart."
Assistant coach Jimmy Martelli resigned his post. People around the Scarlet Knights basketball program referred to Martelli as “Baby Rice”, according to ESPN. Martelli exhibited some of the same coaching tactics as Rice, including physical abuse and harsh language.
Never caught or did not retain that reference.
I literally ran into Mike Rice shortly after he was fired when I was mountain biking in Hartshorne Woods and he was walking. He seemed stunned when I asked him if he was Mike Rice, as if I was going to insult him. I wished him luck in the future, and I kept riding. He was hiking downhill, which seemed metaphorically appropriate.
Wait what? Mugrat told me it was spelled Dufus when called me that. So you made me look it up. Now I see he was partially correct and I feel better now knowing he was possibly endearing himself... but me being a Doofus/Dufus I wouldn't have known.
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