Monday, January 2, 2017

A New Year....

Let's begin 2017 by looking back at our preseason predictions:

Elite Eight Matchups:

UCLA over Michigan State
Kentucky over Villanova
Kansas Over North Carolina
Duke over Gonzaga

Final Four:

Duke over UCLA
Kansas over Kentucky

Championship:


Duke over Kansas

The only glaring miss is Michigan State.  They may not even make the tournament at this point.  Duke is looking iffy as well with Grayson Allen out and now Coach K taking a step back for surgery.  The two biggest reaches going into the season are panning out as I expected.  UCLA and Gonzaga both look like solid contenders for the Final Four.  

The biggest miss would be Baylor but I still don't have faith in them.  If I had to pick a team to replace Michigan State from my original prediction it would be either Wisconsin or Louisville.

It's been a quiet month on the blog but with NFL over it's time to refocus.  2017 is going to rock.

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