Mr Matt's Sports Blog

Well I picked one game right on the money, Pittsburgh by 5 over Xavier. The UConn game was pretty much what I expected, then the late night games happened and all my predictions went out the window. Memphis ruined one of my brackets. I thought the Villanova-Duke game was going to be a great game that would go right down to the wire. Then Nova just exposed Duke and exposed to the nation that the ACC is not even in the same breath as the Big East. So now all of the ACC's hopes rely on UNC. The ACC might not even be better than the Big 12. Speaking of the Big 12, Mizzou straight put it to Memphis. They out-Memphised Memphis and almost blew them out before Memphis made a decent comeback attempt. I really thought Memphis had a shot to go to the title game again. It's a shame that two of the best winners and most underrated players in college basketball, Robert Dozier and Antonio Anderson, saw their careers come to an end. Tyreke Evans might have played his last college game as well....

I can't believe it has been almost two weeks since I last posted. I've been really busy visiting home, going to school, making money and of course watching college basketball. I picked 64 of the 65 teams right in my picks of who would go to the tournament. Ironically the team that was the last to get in the dance, the team that I had justified in not making it was #12 seed Arizona. Arizona is now the lowest seed still alive. This tournament has been very top heavy with no 1-3 seed losing yet. It is still wide open as we go into my favorite weekend. The weekend of the Sweet 16 and Elite 8. Tonight at around 7pm the fun starts again. So here are my previews and predictions. Today's games-Thursday March 26 th West: #1 UConn vs. #5 Purdue 7:07pm UConn has not been tested yet this tournament, but they will be tonight by a tough Purdue team that is led by inside/outside threat Robbie Hummel . UConn's frontcourt duo of Hasheem Thabeet and Jeff Adrien could be...

It is finally here, Selection Sunday. I just finished watching Mississippi St. beat Tennessee in the SEC Championship in one of the best games of during Championship Week. Mississippi St.'s win Here is my 65 team field as of right now with my s-curve. The sites are: Regionals: East-Boston (host-Boston College) South-Memphis (host-Memphis) MW-Indianapolis (host-Butler) West-Phoenix Area-Glendale,AZ (host-Ariz. St.) Opening Rounds: Philadelphia (PHL)-(host-St. Joseph's) Dayton (DAY)-(host-Dayton) Greensboro, NC (NC)-(host- The ACC) Miami (MIA)-(host-FIU) Kansas City (KC)-(host-The Big 12) Minneapolis (MN)-(host-Minnesota) Boise,ID (Boise)-(host-Boise St.) Portland (POR)-(host-Oregon) Teams cannot play in the region/site that they host, conferences can Confernece Champions are denoted with a -x 1-S-UNC (NC) 1-E-Pittsburgh (DAY) 1-MW-Louisville (DAY) (Big East)-x 1-W-Memphis (KC) (USA)-x 2-W-Oklahoma (KC) 2-MW-Michigan St. (MN) 2-E-Duke (NC)-x 2-S-UConn (PHL) 3-S-Mizzou (Boise) ...

Today might be the best day of the year in college basketball. Even though there are no Automatic Bids given out today, there are 53 games that will be played in 15 conference tournaments. Every Conference tournament that hasn't already begun will begin today. Plus any conference tournament that has its championship game on Saturday will have it's quarterfinals today. So a lot of the big dogs will start playing today to try to boost up their seed in the dance. In the previous post I had all of the Locks listed, Now we get to the BUBBLE MANIA. I have the bubble teams into 5 Categories (5)- High Bubble or Almost Locks -These teams pretty much just need to not mess up and lose to team that they are better than in their conference tournament. Two teams, Ohio St. and Wisconsin will meet on Friday in the Big Ten Quarterfinals, the winner will be in while the loser will not necessarily be out, but they will be wondering on Selection Sunday. Dayton and Minnesota both have good RPIs...

My rankings going into Championship Week: 1. Pittsburgh (28-3) 2. UNC (27-3) 3. UConn (27-3) 4. Memphis (28-3) 5. Oklahoma (27-4) 6. Louisville (25-5) 7. Michigan St. (25-5) 8. WFU (24-5) 9. Duke (25-6) 10. Villanova (25-6) 11. Kansas (25-6) 12. Washington (24-7) 13. Gonzaga (26-5) 14. UCLA (24-7) 15. Mizzou (25-6) 16. LSU (25-6) 17. Butler (26-4) 18. Xavier (24-6) 19. Syracuse (26-8) 20. Clemson (23-7) 21. Marquette (23-8) 22. BYU (24-6) 23. Ariz. St. (22-8) 24. FSU (23-8) 25. Illinois (23-8) 25(tie). Purdue (22-9) My Tiers: (2)-Battle for #1, some say UNC some say Pitt. but they both are guaranteed #1 seeds UNC, Pittsburgh (4)-Four teams trying to get the two other #1 seeds, the Big East Champ will get one without a doubt UConn, Memphis, Louisville, Oklahoma (3)-Very Good teams, if Duke and WFU meet in the semis of the ACC tournament the winner will likely get a #2 seed and more importantly get their opening round games in nearby nearby in Greensboro, NC Michigan St., Duke, WFU (5)-D...

Here is my 65 team field as of right now with my s-curve. The sites are: Regionals:East-Boston (host-Boston College) South-Memphis (host-Memphis) MW-Indianapolis (host-Butler) West- Phoenix Area-Glendale,AZ (host-Ariz. St.) Opening Rounds: Philadelphia (PHL)-(host-St. Joseph's) Dayton (DAY)-(host-Dayton) Greensboro, NC (NC)-(host- The ACC) Miami (MIA)-(host-FIU) Kansas City (KC)-(host-The Big 12) Minneapolis (MN)-(host-Minnesota) Boise,ID (Boise)-(host-Boise St.) Portland (POR)-(host-Oregon) Teams cannot play in the region/site that they host, conferences can 1-E-UConn (PHL) 1-MW-Pittsburgh (DAY) 1-S-UNC (NC) 1-W-Memphis (KC) 2-W-Louisville (DAY) 2-S-Oklahoma (KC) 2-MW-Michigan St. (MN) 2-E-Duke (NC) 3-E-Villanova (Boise) 3-MW-Kansas (MN) 3-S-WFU (MIA) 3-W-Washington (POR) 4-W-Mizzou (Boise) 4-S-Xavier (PHL) 4-MW-UCLA (POR) 4-E-Illinois (MIA) 5-E-Clemson 5-MW-Gonzaga 5-S-Purdue 5-W-WVU 6-W-Utah 6-S-LSU 6-MW-FSU 6-E-California 7-E-Tennessee 7-MW-Syracuse/Marquette (winner 3/7 @ 2pm)...

Here are my Top 25 rankings for this week with record going into the week, with team record and RPI. 1. UConn (27-2)-5 2. Pittsburgh (26-3)-1 3. UNC (25-3)-3 4. Oklahoma (26-3)-4 5. Memphis (26-3)-7 6. Louisville (23-5)-11 7. Duke (24-5)-2 8. Michigan St. (23-5)-6 9. Kansas (24-5)-9 10. WFU (22-5)-19 11. Villanova (23-6)-8 12. LSU (25-4)-30 13. Mizzou (24-5)-13 14. Gonzaga (23-5)-38 15. Washington (22-7)-18 16. UCLA (22-7)-32 17. Marquette (23-6)-26 18. Xavier (23-5)-12 19. Clemson (22-6)-14 20. Purdue (22-7)-28 21. Ariz. St. (21-7)-21 22. Butler (25-4)-20 23. Illinois (23-7)-15 24. Syracuse (21-8)-24 25. FSU (22-7)-17 Other Locks for the tournament: WVU (20-9)-16 Utah (20-8)-10 Almost Locks: These teams probably need just one more insurance win to get them into the dance. Texas (19-9)-38 California (21-8)-36 OK St. (19-9)-31 BYU (22-6)-22 Texas A&M (21-8)-35 Tennessee (18-10)-21 Dayton (24-5)-28 Minnesota (20-8)-37 Wisconsin (18-10)-32 Notes: With Texas' win against bubble tea...

1. L.A. Lakers (48-12) 2. Cleveland Cavaliers (47-12) 3. Boston Celtics (47-14) 4. Orlando Magic (43-16) 5. S.A. Spurs (40-19) 6. Houston Rockets (38-22) 7. Utah Jazz (37-23) 8. Denver Nuggets (39-21) 9. Portland TBlazers (37-22) 10. N.O. Hornets (37-22) 11. Dallas Mavericks (36-24) 12. Phoenix Suns (34-25) 13 . Atlanta Hawks (34-26) 14. Miami Heat (31-28) 15. Philadelphia 76ers (29-30) 16. Detroit Pistons (29-29) 17. Chicago Bulls (27-33) 18. N.J. Nets (26-33) 19. Milwaukee Bucks (29-33) 20. Charlotte Bobcats (25-35) 21. Indiana Pacers (26-36) 22. G.S. Warriors (20-39) 23. NY Knicks (24-35) 24. Toronto Raptors (23-38) 25. Minnesota TWolves (18-41) 26. Memphis Grizzlies (15-43) 27. Oklahoma City Thunder (15-45) 28. L.A. Clippers (15-46) 29. Washington Wizards (14-46) 30. Sacramento Kings (13-48) Tiers based on types of teams they are: (3)-The time is now- They are veteran teams with a lot of playoff and championship experience, the NBA champion will likely come from this group. However...