March Madness 2010

[ralphfan]

Well, seeing as the play-in game was tonight, I felt that this thread was necessary.

Who are you rooting for? Who do you think you win? What is your take on expanding the tournament to include more teams?

I'm rooting for Maryland and Cal, but I have the feeling Kentucky or Kansas will win. Coming from the weakest regional, though, I think Baylor may even have an outside shot. And as for expanding the tournament, going from 64 to 65 when the Mountain West broke off from the WAC was stupid. It was essentially punishing the two weakest conferences, and ruining the feeling a small school gets when they clinch a bid.

 

[Weasel]

I have Kansas winning the whole thing.

 

[ralphfan]

After a lot of debating, I have Kansas over West Virginia. My final four also includes Baylor and Syracuse. Too bad my Terps probably won't get past the Sweet Sixteen (Kansas in all likelihood).

My first-round winners:


Kansas
Northern Iowa
Michigan State
Maryland
Tennessee
Georgetown
Oklahoma State
Ohio State

Syracuse
Florida State
UTEP
Vanderbilt
Xavier
Pittsburgh
BYU
Kansas State

Kentucky
Texas
Cornell
Wisconsin
Marquette
New Mexico
Missouri
West Virginia

Duke
Cal
Texas A&M
Siena
Notre Dame
Baylor
St. Mary's
Villanova

 

[Weasel]

I have Kansas winning the whole thing.

Well, not anymore. They just got beat by Northern Iowa. I love a good upset.

 

[ralphfan]

As do I, especially when it helps Maryland.

GO TERPS!

Also, I'm going to root for Cal even more than normal because they're playing Duke.