Quote of the Day:
"How the hell did Tennessee get a #2 seed?"
-Dane Bradshaw, Forward

Last year my bracket had North Carolina and Illinois in the championship game. I was called stupid for putting a 'bad' NC team against an 'awesome' Illinois team.

Carolina won. That's right.

Granted, my bracked was partially screwed by Bucknell beating Kansas way early but that didn't matter in the end.

Just finished up filling out the brackets and let me tell you..I'm going to be called crazy again. So far I've got two laid out and in my fantsay bracket I've got Tennessee winning it all over Memphis by 2. In my reality bracket I've got North Carolina over Memphis by 6.

Here's my take on things:
- Duke will lose to LSU in the Sweet 16.
- UAB will beat a weak Kentucky team. Patrick Sparks should have stayed at Western Kentucky.
- Tennessee should win out beating North Carolina and UConn.
- Florida will, unfortunately, make it to the Final Four but lose an embarrassing game to North Carolina.
- Rodney Carney and Memphis ought to be considered the most feared team in the tournament.
- Northern Iowa will make it to the Sweet 16 by beating Georgetown and Ohio State, #7 and #2 seeds respectively.
- Gonzaga and Adam Morrison have a shot at beating Memphis to make it to the Final Four but they'll fall just short. Blame it on the conference.
- The Missouri Valley got 4 teams in. Good for them. The Big East came out on top with 8 teams. Talking SEC: 6 teams -- Tennessee, Florida, Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, and LSU.
- Tennessee obtained a #2 seed in the Washington Region. Whoever pushed that through deserves a keg from the student body and a free pizza from Bruce Pearl.

By the way...
Bruce Pearl and Chris Lofton did not recieve any SEC honors as far as coach or player of the year. Lofton was a 1st team choice and Pearl is hated by everyone outside of Tennessee.

Personally, Pearl should be COTY on everyone's ballot because aside from Kentucky, who EVER talked about the SEC?

That's my take on things. Crazy? Possibly. Arrogant? Slightly.

 Excited?

Definately.