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The
Important Questions
CHN experts answer the
important questions that are on your mind this week. We know
you're not thinking about your wife, or your job, or even your kids this
week. No, this week is devoted to college basketball, and only
college basketball.
Question #5:
What Will the Big 1st Round Upsets Be?
This is the ever-important
question. They key to winning your pool. Picking that winner
that nobody's even heard of. Your co-workers will be amazed.
They will ask you, "how'd you know that?" Your answer will be
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Brad Best -
San Diego State
12
Wisconsin-Milwaukee will upset #5 Alabama
Richard "The Professor"
Cheeks - Kentucky Wildcats
Iowa over Cincinnati. This is
an interesting question. I have observed that there have been 7 to 10
“upsets” in the first round over the years, an average of about 1 game
in 4. 8 v 9 matchups can provide a couple, and I think there has always
been a 5 v 12 upset. The reason I picked this game to highlight is that
I think Iowa has played a tougher schedule than Cincinnati, and I have
never been impressed by Huggins’ post season performance. On a more
personal level, I really prefer to see an Iowa v. Kentucky second round
game than a Kentucky v. Cincinnati game.
Dan Curry -
DCI National Ranking
Utah
State has a chance to knock off Arizona. The Aggies have good big men,
good 3-point shooters and stifling defense.
Sydney Hunte -
MAAC
Niagara over Oklahoma.
The Purple Eagles have a pretty strong player in Juan Mendez. If he can
stay on his game then Niagara will be able to win this game.
Bill "Cigarboy" Kintner
- College Basketball Interviews
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee- they are a very good team that I
think nobody wants to play. Plus there has been a history of 12 seed
upsets that make betting on any 12 seed an interesting endeavor.
Mark Marra -
CCSU Blue Devils
UTEP over Utah. I am not sold
on Utah holding it together. I think the Mountain West was average at
best this year. I also don't like that all of their loses came away
from home either.
Key fact: UTEP shoots 79%+ from the free throw liine.
Ed Matisik -
NCAA Legal Issues
UW-Milwaukee will crush Alabama. And GW will squeak by Georgia Tech.
And Bucknell will play Kansas very tight.
David Mihm -
Bracketography.com
I like Vermont to beat
Syracuse in Worcester.
Adam Stanco -
National
Commentary
Even though Villanova
is a popular tournament favorite, they have not won a big road game all
year long. New Mexico’s Danny Granger is going to pose some serious
match-up problems for Villanova and the Wildcats have very little
tournament experience.
Bucknell probably won’t
beat Kansas, but it shouldn’t surprise anyone if they did. The Jayhawks
are having offensive difficulties without Keith Langford and Bucknell
beat St. Joe’s and Pittsburgh earlier this season.
Jon Teitel -
Ivy League
As much
as I’d like to pick Penn over Boston College, I think UTEP might give
Utah some major problems. The Miners won 27 games this year, including
10 of their final 12 games and a WAC championship, and all 3 of their
non-conference losses were against NCAA Tournament teams (Southern
Illinois, Texas Tech, and Pacific). They do not have one specific big
man who will match up well with Utah stud Andrew Bogut, but UTEP did not
allow a single opponent to score over 80 points this year, and they
shoot a high percentage from all over the court.
Dan Vance -
Indiana Schools
Out in
Nashville, Louisville is riding on a wave of success. Despite the fact
that they too deserved more than a 4-seed (see Syracuse), LA-Lafayette
is a formidable foe. Watch for the Rajin Cajuns to do some damage to
Pitino and his boys
Joel Welser -
Monday Mailbag
I hate to
say it but Michigan State better be careful with Alex Loughton and
Isaiah Hunter at ODU.
The Important Questions
CHN experts answer the
important questions that are on your mind this week. We know
you're not thinking about your wife, or your job, or even your kids this
week. No, this week is devoted to college basketball, and only
college basketball.
Question #1:
What teams on the NCAA bubble got screwed?
Question #2:
What teams are in over their head?
Question #3:
What teams are seeded too high?
Question #4:
What teams are seeded too low?
Question #5:
What will the big 1st round upsets be?
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