Madness returns on Thursday night, numbers appearing, giving us some of the most competitive showdowns we've ever seen over the second weekend of the tournament.
Let's make some predictions.
Eastern Region
Action resumes Thursday night, with the first tip-offs likely the most entertaining of all tournaments so far. Alabama and BYU It is two of the best scoring teams in the sport, with a total of around 200 total points not off the table for this one. The Nate Oats team has been here before. Kevin Young isn't. This proves to be a difference as the tide is pulled apart slowly and accidentally wins with a solid final margin.
In the history of the NCAA Tournament, the scenario in which a team lost at home in double digits in the regular season to another team did not have a scenario in which they revenge in Big Dance. Arizona, which dropped a 69-55 contest to Duke in Tucson in November, has the opportunity to change that. They don't, but they give Duke the proverb “big scary game” as the Blue Devils continue their march to the final four. Duke wins one of the best games in the tournament.
When Bracket was released, everyone was excited by the possibility that Duke would play Bama in the Elite Eight. That excitement has come to fruition. The game endures hype, but the Blue Devils eventually play and punch tickets to San Antonio.
prediction: Duke of Alabama
Western Region
Florida feels like the perfect 1 seed for the regional semi-final round. It appears that the matchup against Maryland is already a good one, and now Terrapin head coach Kevin Willard is a foot away. Villanova. The Gators were already afraid of God's Game last weekend uconn. They roll into the Elite Eight.
Nightcap is on strike midnight in the most appropriate “Cinderella” in NCAA Tournament history. Arkansas defeated St. John's without playing particularly well. The same type of effort cannot accomplish that against Texas Tech. The Red Raiders win quite convincingly to knock out the last double-digit seeds from the tournament.
FLORIDA – Texas technology is the regional final where everyone says they don't care much. The Red Raiders flew too far under the radar throughout the season, eventually drawing attention to the sport's world by opening up a big early lead for the Gators. Walter Clayton Jr. continues his heroic march, saving Florida season with an unrealistic, slow personal rally.
prediction: Florida around Texas Tech
Southern Region
Olemis It was a very impressive victory in the second round Iowaand a team with serious advantages. Michigan In the area. A talk about Chris Beard is hoping that as the Rebels separate their upset and advance to the regional finals for the first time in program history, they will go off the stew of the charts.
Auburn rolls Michigan in the second game. a lot. The Tigers were sometimes a bit unstable on their first weekend, but now a few people doubt their status as a national championship favorite. After this performance, when the Tigers are at the top of the game, it changes dramatically after this performance that introduces that there are no dangerous teams in the sport yet.
The All-SEC Regional Finals are good for the first 32 minutes before Auburn pulls away and reaches where the season appears to be on its way.
prediction: Ole Miss' Auburn
Midwest Region
Kentucky has already beaten Tennessee twice this season, but has established itself as a 4.5-point underdog heading into the regional semi-finals on Friday night. I feel that's wrong. The Wildcats are very impressive in their second round victory in Illinois, and have enough juice to beat a team of volunteers who seem to reach their heads once they reach the second weekend. This is the third time this year, the cat surpasses Vols.
Even with a very pro-Pardo crowd at Lucas Oil Stadium, Houston feels it's too much for a nightcap boiler maker. Kelvin Sampson's monster defense suffocates Braden Smith and the company, and LJ Kryer's other end is more than enough to get the Cougars back into the Elite Eight.
Houston is the one seed that everyone seems confident in when it comes to ability to win national championships. People begin to question whether it was wrong to overlook the Cougar after defending the Kentucky team, who had been lit up the scoreboard throughout the first three rounds of the tournament. Well, we've finished the job and the tournament will have four No. 1 seeds heading into the second semi-final.
prediction: Houston, Kentucky
