Tourny Time!

The brackets are out and the tournament kicks off with the opening round games tomorrow. And while it sucked to watch the Dawgs get knocked out in the first round last year, not being in the tournament sucks even more. I watched the selection show last night, but it is definitely more fun when you have a dog in the fight (no pun intended). Here are my thoughts on this year's tournament:

• I'm picking Kentucky to win the whole thing. They are too good. Losing in the SEC Tournament championship game may actually help them play better. Coach Cal has never won the national championship, that ends this year.
• My other Final Four teams: Syracuse, Kansas, and Missouri. That's right, I am predicting future SEC rival Missouri to take down #1 seed Michigan State.
  
• Watch out for West Virginia. Huggy Bear always seems to have his team playing well in March. I've got them knocking out Ohio State.
• Florida deserved better than a 7 seed. Losing to Georgia near the end of the season may have had something to do with it.
  
• You lose to Georgia twice, you're not making the tourney. Sorry Miss State.
• Washington got screwed. I know the Pac 12 sucked, but if you win the regular season championship, you should be in the tournament. Who cares about Iona. And they definitely deserved it more than Texas.
• Its weird not seeing Butler there to pull upsets all over the place.
• Murray State...watch out.
• Who's smarter? Vandy or Harvard?

Let the madness begin!

The Dawgs are Dancing as a 10

Screw the experts! Georgia made the tournament with eases, securing a #10 seed in the East regional. And while getting a 10 seed is great, the Dawgs do have to take on a Washington team that just won the Pac-10 conference tournament.

I would love the see the Dawgs pick up a win Friday and take on the North Carolina Tar Heels for a shot at the sweet 16. Either way, getting the Dawgs back to the tournament in only his second season was quite an accomplishment for Coach Fox. I congratulate the team and wish them the best of luck in Charlotte on Friday.

GO DAWGS!!!