Chalk or Not?

[jncuse]

Resume wise the top 2 seed lines are very powerful this year. Much better than the 2 or 3 prior years.

There is a clear division between teams #8 (Kansas or Zaga) and team #9 in this tournament. No matter what happens the top 2 seed lines are fixed entering the tournament. For the most the best conferences had a champion who clearly won their league.

Look at the 3 seed line -- Maryland, Iowa St, Baylor, Oklahoma... they are clearly below Nova, Zona, Kansas, Gonzaga, Wisconsin.

Just remember last year that there was so much confusion after the top 3 teams, that Syracuse could get anywhere from that last 1 (by somehow winning the ACC tourney) to a 4 seed depending on how well they did in the ACC tourney.

So the question is -- are these teams as good as their resumes? Will this be a year that only 1&2 seeds make the final four.

Or they don't cut it as that great under the "eye" test.

 

[FortyFourCT]

I mostly agree with you but I don't think Gonzaga or Villanova are as strong as the other 1 and 2s, while I do think Maryland could make a serious run.

 

[Calilivin28]

I do think there are some teams that can make a run depending on the matchups...Iowa St, Oklahoma, and Utah jump out to me. Even UNC if they can get in a bracket with some smaller teams. UNC could make some noise if they were put in a bracket with Nova, Zags, and Kansas

 

[Doc5120]

I think it's very top heavy this year. The 1's are in a class of their own and the 2's are much better than the 3's, with the one exception maybe being Maryland.