What seemed to have
started just days ago, the NCAA March Madness tournament if down to just four
teams from each region. Florida, without
any doubts, makes it to the final four from the Southern region. Connecticut surprised many by beating Iowa
state in the sweet 16 and then going on to beat Michigan state, who was a
prospect to make it into the final four or further. Connecticut, the winner of the Eastern region
of the tournament, will take on Florida in a tough match up to proceed to the
championship. Wisconsin, without any surprises,
was the winner of the Western region, and makes it into the final four. Lastly, Kentucky, the winner of the
tournament two years ago, makes it to the final four after a long and tough
journey, beating number one ranked and undefeated Wichita state, then beating
number four ranked Louisville in the sweet 16, and the number two ranked
Michigan in the elite eight. Kentucky
will face Wisconsin in a close match up on Saturday night.
Now that I have
established that Florida, Connecticut, Wisconsin, and Kentucky will advance to
the final four, the only question that remains is, who will win each of the
three games remaining? Let’s start with
the first game that will be played Saturday night, Connecticut and Florida. Now Connecticut is a seven seed coming into
the tournament, and despite all odds, has made it to the final four to face
Florida, who has had an easier pathway of getting to the final four. The line of the game has Florida winning by
6.5, but I think it will be a way closer game than that. Connecticut has beaten several great teams to
make it to the final four and if they preform to the best of their ability, I believe
that they can beat Florida in their game on Saturday. Now this game can be anyone’s game, and we
have found that out earlier on in the tournament. If both teams go out and give everything they
have, the score will be very close going into the final few minutes of the
game. Despite the odds that have been
given, I believe that Uconn will outplay Florida in the last minutes of the
game and will advance to the championship.
Now that leaves Wisconsin
and Kentucky, who will play in the second game on Saturday night, in a battle
to make the championship. Both teams are
extremely talented and have the potential to not only win this game in the
final four, but win the whole championship.
The game’s outcome will come to whoever simply outplays the other. I think that this game will be a close one into
the last minute where Wisconsin will start to pull away.
Lastly there is the championship
game, which any team has the potential to make, but I have chosen Connecticut
and Wisconsin to proceed to the championship.
I think that this game may not be the closest game that we have seen in
the tournament, as several teams have only won by one or two points. I believe
that Wisconsin will come out with a lot of fire, as they have done all year,
and defeat Connecticut in the championship game next Monday night.
"College
Basketball." Bleacher Report. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Apr. 2014.
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