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What a crazy two days of basketball! My back is sore from watching 12 hours of basketball in the San Diego regional after waking up at 5:30 AM and flying to San Diego from Chicago.

Here’s what I’m seeing the round of 32.

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What started in November ends over the next 3 weekends as the nation turns it’s attention to March Madness.

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• View my top secret Group of 68 team by team breakdown

Upset Alerts for This Weekend

South Region

1. Pitt over Colorado – only technically an upset by seeding. Pitt is better, more experienced and should handle a Colorado team that shouldn’t be been invited in the first place.
2. Stephen F. Austin over VCU – I love VCU and they’ve been hot as of late. But SF Austin hasn’t lost since November, they are looking for some recognition and their speed will catch VCU looking at UCLA.
3. Tulsa over UCLA – UCLA over-achieved in the Pac-12 conference tournament to steal the title. But their style of play will not match-up well with Tulsa. Tulsa is hot and there will be more SDSU fans cheering for Tulsa than there will be UCLA fans in Viejas. (Sorry, thems the breaks for playing in our house!)
4. New Mexico over Kansas – This is a rematch for the Lobos who are white hot right now. Mix that with an Embiid-less Jayhawks team that has been beatable away from home and I think Cameron Barstow will push Kansas’ bigs all over the court.
5. Sweet 16 teams from the South – Florida, Tulsa, Ohio State, New Mexico

East Region

Not seeing an upset in this region.

Sweet 16 teams from the East – Virginia, Michigan State, Iowa State, and Nova

West Region

1. Oklahoma State over Gonzaga – I think on paper this will be an upset. But this has been a down year for the Zags and OK State is just too fast for them.
2. Nebraska over Baylor – Tim Myles is a heckuva coach and the country will know his name by Sunday. They are out to prove they run Nebraska.
3. Nebraska over Creighton – I’ve said it all year… make Doug McDermitt run and guard someone and force them to pass and they’ll lose. I think Nebraska has seen enough of the 1-man show and they’ll show how a team beats a superstar to advance.
4. Sweet 16 teams from the West: Arizona, San Diego State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin

Midwest Region

1. Xavier over Saint Louis – Watch out for Xavier, they are playing really well. And Saint Louis is playing like a team who hasn’t played a top 100 team in a while.
2. Iowa over UMass – I can’t believe the Minutemen advanced… they were terrible down the stretch and lost their into the tourney. Iowa can play and they have something to prove.
3. Texas over Michigan – I’ve loved to watch the Wolverine’s run. But their inability to play defense will kill them when they come up against a battle tested, equally athletic Big 12 squad in Texas. Michigan ranks 63rd in the field in defensive scoring percentage and Texas is 12th. That 5% difference will result in about 3-4 buckets that will be the difference.
4. Sweet 16 team from the Midwest: Wichita State, Louisville, Duke, and Texas

Who you got? Which upset did I miss? 

So here we are. Midway through the conference season and things are starting to heat up all over the country. The Big Ten and Big 12 are proving to be full of parity… top to bottom anyone can win, the SEC has settled into the haves and have nots, same with the Pac 12 and Mountain West.

Week 15 Rankings

1. Syracuse
2. Arizona
3. Florida
4. Wichita State
5. San Diego State
6. Villanova
7. Kansas
8. Duke
9. Michigan State
10. Louisville
11. Cincy
12. Saint Louis
13. Michigan
14. Iowa
15. Creigton
16. Virginia
17. Iowa State
18. Kentucky
19. Texas
20. Memphis
21. Pitt
22. Ohio State
23. New Mexico
24. Wisconsin
25. UCLA

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Here’s my look at the week that was in college basketball… and a wild last couple of days it has been.

Adam’s Week 14 College Basketball Rankings

1. Syracuse
2. Florida
3. Wichita State
4. Arizona
5. San Diego State
6. Villanova
7. Cincinnati
8. Kansas
9. Michigan State
10. Duke
11. Saint Louis
12. Creighton
13. Kentucky
14. Texas
15. Michigan
16. Oklahoma State
17. Louisville
18. Iowa State
19. Iowa
20. New Mexico
21. Gonzaga
22. UConn
23. Virginia
24. SF Austin
25. Wisconsin

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