And Pitt goes to…
the East Bracket as the #1 seed.
That means Pitt goes to Dayton then Boston
Louisville took the overall #1 for the Midwest.
UConn #1 in the West
UNC #1 in the South
Wow. Big East with 3 #1
they usually put out times in a day or so….probably tomorrow afternoon……
GO PITT!
Pitt is it, we’re playing in Dayton.
We play in Dayton which is 40 miles closer and at least 1/2 drive less than Philly
The Big 11 getting the same amount of teams in as the Big East has less to do with the Big 11 being good than it does with Beg East teams playing their way out. Georgetown and Notre Dame cost the Big East more teams by sucking so bad. There were no real bubble teams from the Big East left out.
I was wondering what, if any, impact it would have had if Pitt was in West playing in Arizona …as far as Coach being lured
I think I like Pitt’s draw. There might be more overall depth in terms of good teams in the East, but Duke and Nova and Xavier are not the scariest 2-4 seed matchups for Pitt. Blair can have his way inside with those teams and I think Pitt would play Nova better this time around. Certainly better than seeing a Memphis or an Oklahoma or even a Wake Forest lurking in your region….
Can’t recall a tournament that hinged so much on one player’s toe. Healthy Lawson….they’re still the favorite. No Lawson…..it’s wide open.
Also, all the controversy about UConn and Memphis and #1 seeding was total hot air also. Once Mich State took themselves out of the running, it was obvious that Memphis and UConn were ending up in the same region, probably out west. Didn’t matter a bit who was #1 and who was #2.
But Sweet 16 game will probably be vs Fl St or Xavier — two defesnive oriented teams in which we match up better. We already won at FSU althoug pretty close, but I think we will have easier time than OSU or Tenn
It’s all right before them…yes, they will have to earn it but there is not a single team out there they cannot beat. I think OK St comes out of the Tenn matchup and I have watched them all year (7x actually). They are a big physical team who goes thru scoring droughts (sound familiar) and is playing at the top of their game right now.
Pitt needs to regain there poise and that top level of focus or it will not matter who they play.
Making my SW Air resv. to Boston now. Plan on seeing Pitt in Detroit!
Our second game scares me the most…OSU with fast guards, and tennesse could get on fire from the outside and we’re dead…
Hail
With OSU, you just have to stop Eaton from penetrating and they’ll hoist a ton of bad threes. I think they’ll beat Tenn, though.
NC got the toughest potential 8-9 matchup. LSU has a tough, long, senior-laden team and if Lawson isn’t healthy, that will be a game.
The Friday, March 20 afternoon First Round games for the 2009 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship at UD Arena feature the No. 9 seed Tennessee against No. 8 seed Oklahoma State at 12:25 p.m. ET. The No. 1 seed of the East Region, Pittsburgh, will take on 16th-seeded East Tennessee State 30 minutes following the Oklahoma State/Tennessee game.
Times for the Second Round on Sunday, March 22 are 2:50 and 5:20 p.m. ET.
