Categories
In the News

Tourney Time!

Live-blogging the selection show for the NCAA men’s hoops tourney. Indiana is a #7 seed with a rematch with Gonzaga, the team who ousted us last year. Bob Knight might be former Hoosier Pat Ewing, Jr.’s second-round opponent in Winston-Salem, assuming Texas Tech upsets #7 Boston College. I pwn the bracket this year.

Some early reactions to the NCAA men’s hoops tourney (in progress!) …

  • I’m glad Purdue got in … if only to see Lute Olsen’s Arizona Wildcats beat them up in the first round in New Orleans. Purdue as a #9 seed bodes well for Indiana being an 8.
  • Butler gets a dangerous #12 seed, but they won’t have to worry. They’ll win.
  • Wisconsin gets a nice road to the Sweet Sixteen
  • Winthrop may join them, as my early upset special
  • Illinois is a #12 seed??? That usually doesn’t happen in the major conferences, and it bodes well for them returning to the Sweet Sixteen.
  • Indiana is a #7 seed! Excellent! It is a rematch with Gonzaga, the team who ousted us last year under Mike Davis. Zags coach Mark Few was my choice to replace Davis (although I’m glad we have Kelvin Sampson).
  • Duke is going down. They’ll lose to VCU in the first round.
  • Michigan State gets a #9 seed and a date with Marquette. That’s potentially a tough loss for the Spartans.
  • Georgetown gets a #2 seed. I’m looking forward to rooting for them against Belmont, since former IU player Patrick Ewing, Jr. is a player for the Hoyas.
  • Bob Knight might be Ewing’s second-round opponent in Winston-Salem, assuming Texas Tech upsets #7 Boston College.
  • Bad draw for North Texas. They aren’t likely to beat #2 Memphis, but they were a team I was looking at as a nice upset choice. No longer.
  • The Big Ten teams are well aligned for a nice second-week showing. These six teams should produce a much better outcome than last year, I hope.
  • Drexel was a surprise. Maybe they’ll win the NIT.

The Informatics crew has a bracket group again this year. I am so winning.

By Kevin Makice

A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.