Sunday, March 2, 2008

The Madness Begins


Alright everyone it's the time that all college basketball fans have been waiting for. It is finally march and the tournament could not be harder to judge. There is some mid-major conference teams that are trying to squeeze there way in. One team to watch out for upsets in the tournament is BYU. BYU is #25 in the nation with in RPI of 24. http://www.byucougars.com/basketball_m/ There is no one star that stands out on this team. They spread the floor and share the ball which makes them hard to defend. Another team to watch out for is Oklahoma. Oklahoma just destroyed Texas A&M with a 64-37 victory. http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-baskbl/okla-m-baskbl-body.html There is a problem for Oklahoma tho there star player freshman Nate Griffin had knee surgery Sunday and will miss up until the post season. Kansas State is a one man team carried by there star freshman and player of the year candidate Micheal Beasley. http://www.kstatesports.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=400&KEY=&SPID=213&SPSID=3084 Even with the Saturday's loss to rival Kansas there a dangerous team with Beasley putting up almost a double-double a game. Then you have the guarantee tournament team in Arizona. Arizona only has a record of 16-11 but they have the toughest schedule in the nation. http://www.arizonaathletics.com/m-basketball/default.aspx?id=84 They battle every team pretty tight but can't finish the game. There is a reason they call it march madness. There is so many teams that are tournament worthy but you can't take them all. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/bubblewatch?id=71 This link will help you see all the teams on the bubble so you can follow the madness. They break the teams down in catergories of should be in and work left to do. They also give a brief description of each team. Yes there is nothing like march madness and all college fans can't wait for the tournament to begin.

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