The 9th seed (in the South) UConn huskies open their NCAA tourney tonight at 9:15 against Iowa State, the 4th place finisher in the Big 12. the Cyclones were 12-6 in the conference with some big wins late in the year when they knocked off Kansas and Baylor. This appears to be a pretty even match up as the Huskies have an RPI index rating of #32 in the country while the Cyclones are #33.
The winners of tonights game plays the #1 team in country, the Kentucky Wildcats- ouch!
If you are looking for teams that may pull upsets my theory is go with the teams that were playing well at the end of the year. I give Michigan State and their great coach, Tom Izzo a real chance to win it all. Although they are a #1 seed if they play Kentucky a win would be considered a pretty big upset. Other teams that have been hot down the stretch include Indiana, Ohio State, Kansas, Vanderbilt, Baylor and I particularly like Louisville as a dark horse to make it to the final four. Teams that I think that will go home early are Syracuse (loss of Fab Melo, also think Boeheim is a poor bench coach) and Marquette (over rated)
Let the games begin- "You heard it here First"
Steve
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