2006 NCAA Mens Championship

Who's going to win?

[goingincircles]

I have exactly zero knowledge on this - I had never heard of it until this morning, but I have been offered a free £20 bet on the winner.

Any tips?

:-)

[Dayo_UK]

What is NCAA? Never heard of it either.

[goingincircles]

The UK at the end of your name explains why!

It's something to do with basketball in the USA.

[mfishy]

ucla or uconn

[duckhunter]

What a great time of year! I eat the stuff up and my LSU Tigers (Class of '89) are marching through March. Gonna knock off the #1 seeded Duke on Thursday.

If you are a basketball fan, then this tournament is about as good as it gets. Barn-burning games that usually go down to the wire. The top 64 teams in the country playing winner takes all. Nobody has to know who you are, no BCS computer ranking systems making the determination. The winning team must win 6 games straight.

Then the greatest part, unknown/unranked Northwestern State took down top seeded Iowa yesterday. Wow! Watching David take down Goliath is always fun.

Geaux Tigers!

[tstaheli]

Memphis

[woop01]

I just don't think anybody can knock off Duke until the Final Four. There's just WAY too much talent on that team.

Regarding LSU knocking them off, Big Baby will answer McRoberts or Williams but not both. Even if the inside game goes slightly in favor of LSU, I don't see LSU stopping Redick. Don't forget, they had to depend on a blown defensive assignment (slow Euro-Center against a guard on the permiter) and clutch/miracle three pointer against 12th seeded A&M to even get the shot.

Gonna knock off the #1 seeded Duke on Thursday.

And as evidenced by Acie Law on the last inbound pass, LSU can certainly knock people off their feet....[just kidding]

[duckhunter]

Tough call for sure but it was the proverbial 'way the ball bounces' situation that happens alot. I was worried the neighbors were going to call the Police after the 3 pointer dropped with 3 seconds to go. I went beserk.

How bout Bradley and George Mason today? David made an appearance a few times this weekend. I love pulling for the underdog.

Villanova is looking a little more on their game than anyone else right now, IMO. Duke has been strong but with only two players averaging over 10 pts/game (Williams/Reddick), if one of them has an off night, it's over. If they are hot, you're right, gonna be tough to beat.

Don't get me wrong. I'm actually a Duke fan as I live in N. Carolina now but my blood runs Purple and Gold. One of my sons is actually pulling for Duke! Gonna have to work harder to get him converted ;)

[woop01]

Even as an A&M fan, I love the games like that LSU-A&M match up. It's not as big a story since it was the #4 knocking out the #12 but watching a player like Mitchell do what he has to do because he refuses to lose is truly an honor to watch.

[Vampyre]

ucla or uconn

Not gonna happen. UCLA has to get past Gonzaga, and UCONN has to get past Washington.

[JerryOdom]

LSU

[duckhunter]

BUMP

Geaux Tigers!

LSU Downs Duke [sports.yahoo.com]

[JerryOdom]

yet another bump

LSU downs Texas