Final Brackets

Chaplin · March 16th, 2003, 03:34 PM

What a West Bracket! I like the top half of the bracket for the Cats, but the bottom half is easily the toughest in the Tournament--ASU, Memphis, Duke AND Kansas?? Wow.

sly fly · March 16th, 2003, 03:46 PM

As the selection went on, I thought ASU was going to get snubbed. I'm sure there were some sweaty palms in Tempe.

The West bracket is indeed stronger than hell.

Memphis may be the sleeper. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me to see ASU beat them.

Chaplin · March 16th, 2003, 03:52 PM

I thought ASU was given a break in that they just ended up in the West Bracket, when they (I think) are the lowest seeded Pac-10 team. I would have thought Oregon or Cal would have been in the West.

sly fly · March 16th, 2003, 04:04 PM

Memphis Results
Date - Opponent - Result - Points - Rebounds - Assists

11/14 at Syracuse W 70-63 1-0 Hunt 19 Carney 9 Hunt 7
11/22 Austin Peay L 81-80 1-1 Barron 26 2 tied at 10 Rice 6
11/25 Ark Pine Bluff W 78-54 2-1 Barron 18 Grice 10 Grice 6
12/3 Arkansas LR W 73-49 3-1 Grice 21 Carney 11 Burks 8
12/7 Furman W 72-55 4-1 Grice 16 Erwin 10 Wade 5
12/14 No. 10 at Missouri L 93-78 4-2 Richmond 22 Grice 9 Burks5
12/19 Mississippi W 58-51 5-2 2 tied at 14 Erwin 10 Burks 6
12/28 No. 7 Illinois W 77-74 6-2 2 tied at 16 Massie 12 Burks 5
12/30 Murray State W 67-60 7-2 Massie 19 Massie 12 Hunt 6
01/2 at Arkansas W 72-67 8-2 Richmond 16 2 tied at 7 4
01/5 Villanova W 72-68 9-2 Massie 23 2 tied at 11 Richmond 5
01/7 Tulane W 85-73 10-2 (1-0) Massie 34 Massie 16 Grice 5
01/11 at Southern Miss L 84-67 10-3 (1-1) Massie 19 Richmond 10 Rice 4
01/18 South Florida L 75-74 10-4 (1-2) Massie 22 Massie 14 Hunt 6
01/22 Houston W 77-66 11-4 (2-2) Massie 22 Massie 16 Hunt 7
01/25 at St. Louis L 69-66 11-5 (2-3) Hunt 18 3 tied at 5 Burks 4
02/1 Southern Miss W 80-62 12-5 (3-3) Grice 17 Barron 10 Burks 12
02/4 East Carolina W 73-49 13-5 (4-3) Carney 22 Massie 16 Burks 6
02/8 at TCU W 84-69 14-5 (5-3) Grice 20 Massie 11 Burks 9
02/13 at Tulane W 58-57 15-5 (6-3) Massie 16 Massie 12 2 tied at 4
02/15 UAB W 94-70 16-5 (7-3) Burks 27 Massie 12 Burks 10
02/19 No. 3 at Louisville W 80-73 17-5 (8-3) Burks 16 2 tied at 11 Burks 4
02/22 at South Florida W 73-66 18-5 (9-3) Grice 16 Grice 11 Burks 8
02/26 TCU W 88-64 19-5 (10-3) Massie 24 Massie 11 Burks 10
03/1 Cincinnati W 67-48 20-5 (11-3) Massie 23 Massie 8 Rice 5
03/6 at Houston W 71-56 21-5 (12-3) Grice 15 Barron 11 Burks 7
03/8 at UAB W 90-79 22-5 (13-3) Massie 27 Massie 11 Burks 12
03/13 South Florida W 62-56 23-5 (13-3) 2 tied at 18 Massie 11 Burks 8
03/14 No. 16 Louisville L 78-75 23-6 (13-3) Grice 29 2 tied at 8 Burks 3
03/21 vs Arizona State TBA

sly fly · March 16th, 2003, 04:09 PM

I thought ASU was given a break in that they just ended up in the West Bracket, when they (I think) are the lowest seeded Pac-10 team. I would have thought Oregon or Cal would have been in the West.

Any team put in a bracket with Arizona, Duke, Kansas, Cincinatti, Notre Dame, Illinois, and Memphis is NOT catching a break. What does the "West" bracket have to do with catching a break?

sly fly · March 16th, 2003, 04:20 PM

Memphis vs. ASU at OKLAHOMA CITY. Wow. Strange.

Cland · March 16th, 2003, 05:49 PM

Nice call sly fly. I wouldn't consider playing in the West a break either. Playing close to home definitely isn't worth it in this case. I bet Oregon and Cal wouldn't switch with us if they had the chance.

Memphis is a good team and it's going to take more than Ike to upset them.

Go Devils!

Chaplin · March 16th, 2003, 06:40 PM

Duh. For home crowd purposes. That's break for PLACEMENT, not a break because they're in a tough bracket.

schutd · March 17th, 2003, 06:22 AM

Welp, I'm excited as hell, but I don't have much faith. Somebody wants Kentucky to win this thing. Cause the midwest, while it has some nice teams in it, is a frecking CREAMPUFF of a bracket compared to the West.

And I havent seen the fire in the Cats much at all this season. At least not the type that its going to take to get to the Final Four.

So at the same time, Im kind of bummed. Course the last time I expected litle from the Cats in the tourney was 97...

schutd · March 17th, 2003, 06:24 AM

http://www.ncaasports.com/basketball...kets/printable

AZCB34 · March 17th, 2003, 01:06 PM

Does anyone else find it interesting that one of the South Regions sites is Spokane, WA...and the West Region is in Indy?

West is stacked. Top 6 in West is better than top 6 in any other region...by far. Top 10 in West dwarfs top 10 in any other region.

West region will be a bloodbath.

AZCB34 · March 17th, 2003, 02:51 PM

Kentucky has a cream puff bracket it appears...tailor made for a Final Four run. At first glance, Texas doesn't appear to have it too tough either although I haven't broken down that bracket yet.