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Game Thread: Sweet 16 Thread

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Kansas looks pretty unstoppable right now. Should be interesting matchup with the twin towers Thursday.
This is true. But does anyone actually think MSU was good? The name on the jersey said one thing, the product on the court the entire year said an entirely different thing.
 

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This is true. But does anyone actually think MSU was good? The name on the jersey said one thing, the product on the court the entire year said an entirely different thing.

MSU benefited from their prior reputation in previous years and Tom Izzo's reputed ability to get more out of his team come tournament time. This team never learned how to work together.
 

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FYI, current odds to win it (UK betting sites, it's legal here):

Kansas 9/2
Gonzaga 11/2
UNC 11/2
Arizona 7/1
Kentucky 9/1
Florida 10/1
Wisconsin 12/1
Baylor 14/1
UCLA 16/1
WVU 16/1
Michigan 18/1
Oregon 18/1
Purdue 18/1
Butler 40/1
S. Car 40/1
Xavier 100/1
 

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This is true. But does anyone actually think MSU was good? The name on the jersey said one thing, the product on the court the entire year said an entirely different thing.

Very true, MSU probably played their best game of the season for 32 minutes Sunday and still managed to lose by 20. Purdue will really be the first test for Kansas.
 

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MSU benefited from their prior reputation in previous years and Tom Izzo's reputed ability to get more out of his team come tournament time. This team never learned how to work together.

Total lack of leadership. They were a body with no head.
 

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Stage is set:

(8) WISCONSIN vs. (4) FLORIDA
(3) BAYLOR vs. (7) SOUTH CAROLINA

(1) GONZAGA vs. (4) WEST VIRGINIA
(11) XAIVER vs. (2) ARIZONA

(1) KANSAS vs. (4) PURDUE
(3) OREGON vs. (7) MICHIGAN

(1) UNC vs. (4) BUTLER
(3) UCLA vs. (2) KENTUCKY

Wisconsin
South Carolina
West Virginia
Kansas
Michigan
UNC (Yuck!)
Kentucky
 

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Wisconsin
South Carolina
West Virginia
Kansas
Michigan
UNC (Yuck!)
Kentucky

You do realize that Michigan beat Wisconsin once at the end of the regular season and again in the B1G tournament, don't you?
 

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You do realize that Michigan beat Wisconsin once at the end of the regular season and again in the B1G tournament, don't you?

I was just picking the winners of the Sweet 16 match-ups
 

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So was Arizona vs. Xavier too difficult for you to pick or something?

Skipped one.. My bad...

But yes it is a difficult one to pick... I'm going with Zona however
 

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My new Final Four is...

Florida
West Virginia

Oregon
North Carolina

Florida showing how dominant they can be and WVU is damn good.
 

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My new Final Four is...

Florida
West Virginia

Oregon
North Carolina

Florida showing how dominant they can be and WVU is damn good.
Sweet Sixteen picks only, dunces!!!
 

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This is true. But does anyone actually think MSU was good? The name on the jersey said one thing, the product on the court the entire year said an entirely different thing.
Two things could have made them good. Starting Cassius Winston and not losing two big men before the season started to injury.
 

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I was just picking the winners of the Sweet 16 match-ups

Well, then, kudos! I thought you were putting them in order of whether or not they would win. Mea culpa.
 

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Well, then, kudos! I thought you were putting them in order of whether or not they would win. Mea culpa.

no worries, yeah just picking winners
 

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