Get cha' popcorn ready....

Tennessee got absolutely screwed. We can argue back and forth about whether Kansas or Tennessee should have gotten the 4th #1 seed. It's obvious the committee changed their minds this year about what 'really mattered' to them. In recent years, the conference tournaments meant nothing and most of the high seeds had already been determined before sunday. What the committee used to value was RPI, strength of schedule, and out of conference wins. The committee had been surveying the entire scope of the season. That has changed, what teams did in december and January really became obsolete. The total focus of the seeds was on how teams did in late Feb. and March. Teams who did really well in the conference tournament were rewarded, teams who flopped were punished.

Jay Bilas got his dream come true when his beloved jayhawks were given the final #1 slot (is it me or is it getting harder and harder to find likeable basketball analysts, we don't even have to mention how aweful Billy Packer is). It's obvious the committee went in this direction, and that's fine - they have the right to redetermine credentials. My complaint for Tennessee is that they went from being on the fence of a possible #1 seed, to the 4th #2 seed. They got screwed by being put in the toughest bracket with the #1 overall seed. It doesn't add up. Though Bobby Knight said continuously all weekend (I had a rare case of being able to watch ESPN regularly) that the seeds don't really matter that much, and since we've never had 4 #1 seeds in a final four, he's probably right. UNC, UCLA, Memphis, and Kansas will not be in the final four. so the question is....who will be?

We are not going to ask you to pick an entire bracket (i know you're most likely doing 6 or 7 of those) but only to pick your regional final teams - that would be 8 teams, and then list your final 4, and then a national champion. For example:

Regionals: UNC/Tennessee, Stanford/Memphis, Xavier/UCLA, Vandy/Wisconsin

Final 4: UNC, Stanford, UCLA, Wisconsin

National Champ: UCLA

Not much too it, we will reward 5pts for each regional team, 10pts for each final 4 team, and 20pts for the correct national champ pick. We will create something manly and uniqe to award you with. The prize will most likely be a package of manly items sent sincerely from Brian and I. Pick with care