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NCAA Bracketology 2016

Uconn will lose next year..
No Stewart, Jefferson or tuck.

Uconn are a great team, but they don't and never have played against or even trained against women.... NCAA rules don't allow it.
This is the difference between the college system and the Australian and European system.

Where would UConn come in the WNBL, I wonder?

UConn women taking last 4 'ships is just amazing, 11 overall makes them the best in all of NCAA I believe...

Great game!

Amazing finish...

Awesome result :)

What a finish!! I watched it from the start and while there were some pretty ordinary moments, it was full of drama throughout (for a change). So glad Villanova won.

And if UConn women win then I'll be REALLY happy!

My call on Villanova turned out to be a good one. What a finish!

"Okay my stab is Final 4 of Villanova,Oklahoma,Nth Car,Mich State."

Oh well 3 out of 4 at least. Now just want Villanova to win it!

Then again, holly shit, Syracuse...

One word, 'coaching'

Villanova are doing great as a team while the Buddy Hield show keeps the Sooners from Oklahoma well and truly in it.

Ferventas killing it from outside the arc to give Virginia a big start against Syracuse who may not have enough left to overcome the half time deficit.

Can't see the Fighting Irish getting over the Tar Heels later on either, North Carolina have too many weapons and their bigs can cover Auguste inside the paint I feel...

Kansas gonski, both 1 seeds out, bring on Syracuse the 10 seed and Notre Dame the 6 seed!

My bad, Oregon is the 1 seed not Oklahoma and they are losing.

Could we see all the 1 seeds get through, has this ever happened before?

Kansas - Oklahoma - North Carolina - Virginia

They all have a big chance to win their elite eight games today and tomorrow, wow that would be some final four!

Sweet 16 games were again, incredible, I am referring to the men's draw as they are not showing anywhere near as many women's games on Foxtel.

Syracuse were amazing to hang in there and take it away from Gonzaga after they led most of the way, but that was nothing compared with the take away Notre Dame did on Wisconsin!

The Tar Heels were impressive but I am still hoping for my final match up and that match up relies on Kansas and Virginia winning through...

Well Oregon were just too good. Great season by Duke and might have been a different story if not for Jefferson's injury

Not sure who's going to win it now but my word Jay Wright has Villanova going well. Them vs Kansas will be a cracker and the winner of that game might just win it all

SMC couldn't buy a goal near the end, poor ending really. BYU still there and Gonzaga in the big dance still.

St Mary's doing well n the NIT tournament too, down to final eight I think.

Got beat yesterday by 14.

Whatever else happens from here the ACC has certainly once again pressed claims as the premier Conference with a record 6 teams through to the Sweet 16

St Mary's doing well n the NIT tournament too, down to final eight I think.

Uconn women have owned it for a while, would be a great final if Baylor played UConn.

Sweet 16 in the men's is going to be something!

Can't believe Gonzaga v Syracuse, they have both done very well to get this far and proved some punters wrong.

Baylor looking REAL good in the women's event.

I have Kansas in the men.

Baylor vs uconn women's final...

Baylor over Uconn wasn't an upset it was a 50/50 game. Some amazing games and more to come!

Yeah my picks for the Final four are all progressing nicely....not that I was within a bulls roar of all the early results like most people. There's been some ripper games so far! Loving it

Predictions...
Kansas to win it all against Virginia.
Baylor in an upset win against uconn.

Looking the goods so far Duke fan.

Kentucky!!!

Gonsky...

Sorry if you didn't know.

Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Unbelievable!

Who saw that ending to Northern Iowa v Texas, that was something, then Cincinnati has their hearts ripped out with a split second decision not to allow a dunk with the ball half in the net as the clock hits zero!

End of round one and I am already shaking my head at the upsets and crazy game highlights, just madness...

That just didn't sound right, did it?!

Never mind, some surprises and pleasant ones at that. Yale, wow that was a big win, also Wichita State and Gonzaga prove their worth and some school called Little Rock, who wood have thunk it...

Well, first round upsets, overtimes games, close scores and blow outs, all in the name of basketball!

Didn't take long for me to blow a bracket...

Girls at buffalo also made it after Reid hit the game winner.

My heart says the ACC to dominate with Duke, NC and Virginia in the final 4 along with Kansas.

Then a blockbuster for the ages with Duke and NC going at it once again in the big one

Okay my stab is Final 4 of Villanova,Oklahoma,Nth Car,Mich State.

Monmouth probably even more unlucky than St Marys to miss selection.

Monmouth's famous Alumni is Warren "i cut Bogut" Dawson.

LSU have declined a NIT invitation so no more for Simmons.

Uni tenure??!! I hope that comment was sarcasm? Coaches aren't professors.

I reckon Jones will be there for a long time, given the way uni tenure works, but Jeez what a waste of an opportunity.

why does LSU need to start preparing for next season surely Jones won't be there.

Yeah, sad about the Gaels missing. Hopefully they take out the NIT.

Pretty disappointing that LSU didn't even want to go to the NIT and pulled out so that they can start planning for next season, according to the coach. Shame for Ben Simmons that Hornsby went out for the season

Only two Aussies will be active for the Aussie men: Humphries (Kentucky) and Cornelissen (Hawaii) as Purchase and Acuil are red-shirts.

They should make it simple..
Winner of regular season tournament and winner of conference tournament gets to go to the dance but instead they put 7 teams from one conference in even if they have a record of like 18-9 or something.

St Mary's beat the zags during the season and finish on top outright and lose the final in the conference tournament and it's over.
So I guess winning your conference doesn't mean a whole lot.
Dam shame.

They pretty much needed to win the WCC Tournament, because of their schedule. But they would have been worthy of a spot for sure. Good team to watch

Oh crap.. Not st Mary's fault they had a week schedule! Dammit...

Who said they have missed out?

Yeah and it's pretty crappy that St Mary's didn't get in. They're a better and more entertaining team than some that did and their numbers stacked up pretty well. Dicky V was having a big whinge during the WCC Tournament that it would be criminal for them to miss out.....but they did

St Mary's are not in this year anon, sorry to say, but appreciate the post and especially that you have mentioned the women.

NCAA Women's brackets are up in a day or so...

Possible Aussies in 2016 NCAA tournament bracket.
Women...
Baylor-Kristy Wallace 5'11 cg
Stanford-Alanna Smith 6'3 pf
Florida state-Rachel Antoniadou 5'9 cg
Idaho-Geraldine Mccorkel 6'0 cf, Renae Mokrzycki 6'0 g, Tayla Corrigan 6'3 pf, Bridgitte Oneill 6'2 pf.
Men...
Kentucky-Isaac Humphries 7'0 c
Baylor-Joseph Acuil 7'0 c
St Mary's-Emmett Naar 6'1 cg, Dane Pinaeu 6'9 pf, Kyle Clark 6'6 cf, Jock Landale 6'11 c, Tanner Krebs 6'6 sg, Jordan Hunter 6'10 pf.
Hawaii-Jack Purchase 6'9 pf, Jakob Cornelissen 6'1 cg.

Mich State 68-65 over Kansas

Go Duke! Might get around to filling in the whole thing tonight

andrew bogut will be on the 7pm project tomorrow