In reverse order
16-St Peters. Sorry. No chance versus Purdue. My theory is that Cinderella shocks the world and plays over their heads. They win and a couple days later they are holed up in the hotel. Coach doesn't let them out. Jut isolated. Stay in the zone and do it again. Maybe helps if on the other side of the bracket their opponent does the same. Or someone gets injured. THEN they go back to campus. Heroes. ESPN coverage. All their friends and family talking about NBA and Final 4 and they get superstar treatment. It's distracting and they feel they've accomplished something and poof. They lose. They will
15-Michigan-I know. I've seen them. I saw the black man hug the boy and we all said "awwww that's the Juwan we all know, not the coach who has assaulted multiple coaches" Michigan has played way better than a 17-14 team. But but but. I can't get over 17-14 being in the tournament.
14-Miami They can't shoot. They play average D. How these guys are still here? They drive. They had one really good big man. They don't foul. They don't turn he ball over. And they played two teams that both do.
13-Providence-OK, I admit, I haven't watched 5 minutes of them. I just can't imagine them going much further.
12-Iowa State-I should NOT have picked against them. Big 12 is good. TCU and TT and Texas all played amazing games. Iowa State is here because of their conference. And beating a good B10 team straight up.
11-Arkansas-struggled way too much against New Mexico St to earn my respect and the SEC rep is sinking fast.
10-Duke-sorry, tired of seeing everyone lick Coach K's anus. Yes he's retiring. Now shut up. His team is good but they're overrated. Fullerton gave them trouble. MSU should have beat them. Having them at 10 reflects a 3 seed, so I am not insulting them. Others have just played better.
9-NC-I don't quite get how they are here. But they beat Duke end of season. Managed to shoot lights out against Baylor. Then blow lead. UCLA seems an appropriate opponent for them both in ranking and personality
8-UCLA-see above. Which team shows up? The injury probably dooms them but having them here means they over achieved. 4 seed now ranked as a 2.
7-Arizona-sorry, they should have lost that game to the guy who USC originally wanted as their coach. TCU played a great game. Arizona looked fantastic. And yet they almost lost. Why? I really don't know. I love 35, Kukukaju and Mathburn Man what a great play at the end he made. Was funny watching them feed Kerr once, mis, twice, miss, 3 TIMES MISS all same possession from 3. Anyway, AZ nearly choked this away and I think they get beat by anyone they play next. Meaning Houston then Nova
6-Houston-won a million games, smoked everyone so far including a solid Big 10 team. Illinois was a bit of a paper Tiger and Houston is coached by Kelvin Sampson. Guy has more lives than a cat. Remember him as Wazzu? I do
5-Villanova-they have a little of everything-82% Free throws AS A TEAM. Solid D, doesn't turn ball over. Jay Wright is a great coach and these guys always play well in March. Major respect because I can't name you anyone on their team though I met a few of their players years ago on a campus trip.
4-Purdue-love watching this team. Two HUGE centers. Edey looks like Lurch. Plays like him too. Just a massive body with hands of stone. But what reach and rebounds. Williams his back up is like 6-10 and 285. They list him at 255. Bull. He came to college 325 and looks closer to that But he's athletic. That Ivey kid looks like Ja Morant or Michael Jordan. Athletic, polished, icewater in veins. Fun team. Yet they too almost lost to a B12 team. Otherwise I ranked them higher. Only team in tourney besides TT who can run off 10-15 on you like the old lakers and nothing you can do. Looks like an old 80's or 90's team. High flying guards, huge Centers and front line. And they have this guy who is a lefty who looks like a southpaw Byron Scott. Standing out there bombing all day. Haven't seen them play in 5 years or so. So I had to learn some names.
3-TT-Texas Tech-man what a fun team to watch. Wow. They play fast. They play hard. Big 12 gets them ranked this high. They can run 10-15 off on you just like that. Love this team.
2-Gonzaga-who really cares. they're always ranked up here and they always go about this far and lose. Sorry. Just tired of them.
1-Kansas-ANOTHER Big12 team. See a theme here? 3 in the S16 and Texas and TCU were THAT close. And shoot, the best one. Baylor, isn't even here. Defending NC? Big 12 team. And Kansa seems to show no weaknesses. I don't want to rank them here, but I did. Somehow someone has to be #1 and KU is it.