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Ex-Ref
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Posted: 03/13/18 8:55 am ::: Who Do You Pick? |
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The "experts" have weighed in (who's Kevin Pelton?)
http://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22734009/experts-break-women-ncaa-tournament-bracket
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Best potential 2nd-round -
Team better than its seed -
Team worse than its seed -
Biggest snub -
Biggest surprise -
Possible Cinderella -
First 1-seed to lose -
Most talent in one region -
Under-the-radar player -
Final Four -
Predicted champ (which team over which team) -
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Hoops9092
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Posted: 03/13/18 10:34 am ::: |
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Hardest region - (I always view this as the hardest for any of the seeds outside the top 4 in that region) so with that in mind, I'd say Albany.
Easiest region - Spokane.
Best 1st-round game - #7 Cal vs. #10 UVA (Gottlieb vs. Boyle!!)
Best potential 2nd-round - #3 Ohio State vs. #6 LSU
Team better than its seed - #3 Ohio State or #6 Oregon State
Team worse than its seed - #1 Notre Dame
Biggest snub - the SC's. No USC. Poor South Carolina (but IM OK WITH IT!)
Biggest surprise - UConn actually has to play someone tough in the Elite Eight!
Possible Cinderella - Green Bay or NC State.
First 1-seed to lose - Notre Dame (Elite Eight)
Most talent in one region - Albany.
Under-the-radar player - Pivec, Oregon State.
Final Four - UConn, Oregon, Mississippi State, Baylor
Predicted champ (which team over which team) - UConn over Baylor 75-59
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FrozenLVFan
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Posted: 03/13/18 10:42 am ::: |
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Hardest region - Lexington
Easiest region - Albany
Best 1st-round game - #8 SDSU vs #9 Villanova
Best potential 2nd-round - South Fla vs Florida St. in Tallahassee
Team better than its seed - #13 Gonzaga
Team worse than its seed - So many to choose from…Virginia, Marquette, Minnesota
Biggest snub - Rutgers
Biggest surprise - Elon, whoever expected them to win the CAA?
Possible Cinderella - Princeton
First 1-seed to lose - Louisville
Most talent in one region - Lexington
Under-the-radar player - Loryn Goodwin
Final Four - UConn, ND, Miss St, Baylor
Predicted champ (which team over which team) - UConn over Miss St.
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WNBA 09
Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 12647 Location: Dallas , Texas
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Posted: 03/13/18 11:25 am ::: |
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Hardest region - Lexington
Easiest region - Spokane
Best 1st-round game - #4 UGA vs #13 Mercer
Best potential 2nd-round - Mississippi State vs OK State Pt.2
Team better than its seed - #4 TAMU
Team worse than its seed - Nebraska, NC State & Ohio State
Biggest snub - Rutgers
Biggest surprise - Oklahoma
Possible Cinderella - UCLA or Mizzou
First 1-seed to lose - Mississippi State , Possible 2nd round matchup with OK state , Then Sweet 16 vs Maryland possibly .
Most talent in one region - Kansas City
Under-the-radar player - Kahlia Lawrence
Final Four - UConn, Oregon, Texas , Baylor
Predicted champ (which team over which team) - UCONN over Texas
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calbearman76
Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 5167 Location: Carson City
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CBiebel
Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 1058 Location: PA
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Posted: 03/13/18 1:34 pm ::: Re: Who Do You Pick? |
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Ex-Ref wrote: |
The "experts" have weighed in (who's Kevin Pelton?)
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Apparently a guy who isn't consistent.
He has ND as the first #1 to lose, but has them and not Louisville in Final Four. Huh?
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TDAO
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Posted: 03/13/18 4:53 pm ::: |
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I think Notre Dame is more likely to lose by the Sweet 16 Round than any of the other No. 1 seeds, but if all of them advance to the Elite Eight I don't think their matchup is nearly as difficult as Louisville's. So hence the different answer to two different questions.
You can see this looking at FiveThirtyEight's round-by-round projections, though their model still has Louisville one percent likelier to lose before the Elite Eight than Notre Dame: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-march-madness-predictions/womens/
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Brinx
Joined: 03 Oct 2013 Posts: 874 Location: CA
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Posted: 03/13/18 5:10 pm ::: |
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Hardest region - Albany
Easiest region - Spokane
Best 1st-round game - Iowa/Creighton
Best potential 2nd-round - Duke/Georgia or Oregon St/Tenn
Team better than its seed - OSU
Team worse than its seed - Stanford
Biggest snub - ?
Biggest surprise - ?
Possible Cinderella - Villanova
First 1-seed to lose - ND
Most talent in one region - Albany
Under-the-radar player - Lexi Bando (Oregon)
Final Four - Uconn, Texas, Baylor, OSU
Predicted champ (which team over which team) - Uconn over Baylor
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