Sunday, March 15, 2009

Bracketology

Greensboro, NC -- After a whirlwind week at the office being infiltrated with cyber bugs plaguing our official web site, the Bistro is back on the blogging circuit. It's not as if we ran out of topics; that would be equivalent to McDonald's running out of french fries. I was hoping to have the big review of U2's new album by this time, but I'm here to inform you that it'll have to wait a little while longer.

Anyways, today is "Selection Sunday" and after reviewing the official bracket, I'm here to report that I couldn't be more excited. With Greensboro hosting a set of first round games, the Bistro has a couple of tickets to this Thursday's and Saturday's games. Hoping to coax a North Carolina team to the local area, the Greensboro officials hauled in a slam dunk (2 points) when it was announced that both Duke and UNC would be playing here this weekend. Not that the Greensboro officials had anything to do with the selection, but this coming weekend should be very exciting for the Triad area. #1 seeded (South) UNC will match-up against Radford, a small school nestled under Virginia Tech's blanket in the Blacksburg, VA area. #2 seeded (East) Duke will play Binghamton in their opening game. Both ACC schools should route their respective foes. Also in the East, #7 Texas and #10 Minnesota becomes an enticing game as well. Rick Barnes versus Tubby Smith! In the South #8 LSU faces #9 Butler, a NCAA tournament staple. I don't know much about either of these two teams, but the 8-9 match-up's are usually very even.

Outside of the Greensboro games, it was very clear that Pitt and UConn should be top seeds. I must not have been following college basketball very closely recently because where did Louisville come from? Sure, they won the Big East, but does that qualify them to be a top seed over Memphis? I like Memphis this year, but I also like Pittsburgh as well because of their premiere big man DeJuan Blair. When you have a big man who is an excellent rebounder and who can score, you have a good chance at winning in the collegiate level. My early pick: Pittsburgh.

*Happy B-Day, JB 3.14

7 comments:

JasonB said...

Thanks for the shout out B.

Thanks to Wake Forest for choking and allowing my Terps into the field. I loved them at the beginning of the year, but they can't keep it together. It seems like they should be blowing every team out. Monty, any thoughts?

B, is the Football Pool crew doing any type of Bracketing? Lemme know.

Unknown said...

this is the year that a #1 goes down in the first round

JasonB said...

Thats a nice prediction. Of the four, I'd say UNC has the best chance of going down this year, due to Ty Lawson not playing.

By the by Attridge clan, just want you to know that the famous Attridge Clock is alive and ticking along in Rockville. My roommates have been toying with the notion of attempting to cut out the sound board, but I'm holding firm!

JasonB said...

Oh and B, I'm flying to Portland and won't return until Easter Sunday night, so it looks like we'll be missing each other yet again. I think me and the woman are just gonna have to pack up and drive down your way for a weekend. Are you free in April?

Unknown said...

JB:

Come down in April after Easter.

Heading to the two late games tonight... TX-MN and Duke-ALB

Greensboro is the place to be!

Unknown said...

I still hear that clock in my dreams

Unknown said...

You mean "The Regulator?"