A very fair question and I think I was probably a little too harsh on Johson, especially considering the amount of prospects who aren’t actually in the tournament. I was probably thinking the draft class overall in my mind. That being said, he’s definitely one of the better prospects in the tournament, and I would [...]

Bo, in your Midwest section, you mentioned that you can’t see James Johnson being one of the best 5-10 pros in this tournament, so I’m wondering what 10 guys you see being better than him. Don’t get me wrong, I think most draft sites would have him between 10-15 (considering guys like Curry, [...]

First-round upsets: EAST – Tennessee, VCU;  SOUTH – W. Kentucky, Temple, Michigan; MIDWEST – Siena, Arizona, USC; WEST – Maryland
Sweet 16: EAST – Pittsburgh, Florida St., Villanova, Duke; SOUTH – UNC, Gonzaga, Temple, Oklahoma; MIDWEST – Louisville, Wake Forest, West Virginia, Michigan St.; WEST – BYU, Washington, Marquette, Memphis
Elite Eight: Pitt over Florida St., Villanova [...]

I’m just gonna go over a few Tourney related thoughts, and react to some of Pat’s thoughts.
East
Agree with everything said about Paulus and Duke. To me this is a Duke team typical of the past several years that can beat any team with less talent, and can take advantage of their home crowd to beat [...]

First Round Upsets: EAST- Portland State, Minnesota; SOUTH- WKU, Michigan; MIDWEST- Siena, North Dakota State, USC, Robert Morris (migh as well go with both this time); WEST- None
Sweet 16- EAST- Pitt, FSU, Nova, Duke; SOUTH- UNC, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Michigan; MIDWEST- Louisville, Wake, WVU, USC; WEST- UConn, Purdue, Marquette, Memphis
Elite 8- Nova over FSU, Gonzaga over [...]

Most Overrated: West- This Region sucks. I know there’s 2 teams that could have been 1 seeds, but other than that, there’s really no one else you would’ve thought of as a Final Four contender before selection sunday, so there’s several teams that could qualify here. That being said, I’m going to go with the [...]

Most Overrated: I don’t even know where to begin with this region, as several of the most overrated teams in the tournament reside here. If we’re going strictly by seed then certainly I’d say Illinois. They were never very good to begin with and now their PG’s hurt, so in my mind, Western Kentucky is [...]

So aside from anectdotal evidence, I have no way of proving this, but I did my predicted bracket on Sunday as I do every year. I was on a plane when I did it so there was no way of posting it, but it turned out to be pretty accurate. According to the scoring system [...]

Just to clarify, I realize he wasn’t really the #1 overall recruit in both sports, but I just looked this up on Scout.com, and in 2005, he was rated ahead of Colt McCoy, Colt Brennan, and Chase Daniel among others as a Quarterback prospect. And he was rated ahead of so many much better players [...]

Most Overrated Team: Duke. The minute they run into a good team, they will lose. It’s that simple. Singler, Scheyer and Henderson can be a very good trio when they’re on, but they have no quality big men, they’re point guard play is mediocre, and they’re disturbingly unathletic when compared to the other big teams. [...]