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The Madness: One Day in

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Ja Morant – Murray State PG

The tournament is now in full swing and everyone is loving it. We haven’t yet seen a huge upset, but there have been many close games and great basketball. A big story of yesterday’s games was the performance of Murray State PG Ja Morant. He dropped a triple double and led his team over Markus Howard and Marquette, who I believed would win that game (for some reason I had them in the Final 4). Honestly, I had never seen Morant play, so I thought there was a chance Murray State was all hype and he was the only solid player on his team, but I was proved wrong along with many others. It would be super interesting to see if Murray State can go on a run and Ja Morant can further prove he is the real deal against the best of the best. In other tournament news, Syracuse lost to Baylor, which I was really upset about as I am a huge fan and watched the whole game. It was a very frustrating game and it really hurt that Syracuse PG Frank Howard got suspended indefinitely because of a failed drug test, talk about letting your team down.  I really wanted to see Syracuse match up with Gonzaga, but unfortunately we wont see that for a while. Speaking of Gonzaga, they looked like the strongest team that played yesterday and I think it will be interesting to how they fair in the rest of the tournament. As for who I am rooting for now that ‘Cuse is out, I want to see Buffalo do some damage because my dad went there, but realistically I want to see either Tennessee or Gonzaga win. Only teams I’m rooting against are the Blue Bloods (UK, Duke, UNC), although I think Duke has the best chance. But the unexpected always seems to happen in March and we all know he rest of the tournament is going to only get better. Nonetheless, let’s hope to see some madness.

ACC Tournament

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Duke PF Zion Williamson (returns tonight against SU)

Syracuse, NC State, Louisville, and Syracuse all won last night and now face the top 4 teams in the ACC tonight. Syracuse plays an almost fully healthy Duke team, with Syracuse unfortunately missing their star player Tyus Battle, so the game will be really hard to pull out for the Orange. NC State pulled off a huge comeback last night against a good Clemson team that is now facing missing the tournament. NC State is now playing UVA, and they are playing right now as I am typing this. UVA will pull that came out after struggling in the first half but once again dominating in the second. VT also plays tonight in a matchup versus FSU, and they are two pretty evenly matched teams, although VT has been down one of their top players in Justin Robinson. UNC goes up against Louisville, which in my opinion will be an easy victory for UNC. So there is 8 teams remaining in the ACC, and they really do all deserve to be in the big dance, even Clemson should get consideration. The ACC Tournament will be exciting to see play out, but this is only the beginning for what will be an amazing March. Go ‘Cuse!

March Madness Incoming

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2019 March Madness

One of the best times of the year for a sport fan. March Madness. With Selection Sunday coming up this weekend, I really hope Syracuse gets in. Most people have them projected as around a 9 seed, and a win tonight against Pitt will improve their case. If they do beat Pitt they have Duke (with Zion) on Thursday. Syracuse did just fall to Clemson on the road which was pretty upsetting but their resume is good enough to secure them a spot in the Tournament. As for the other teams, Saint Mary’s just won the WCC in a win over Gonzaga, which means Gonzaga will be in as an at-large team now, kicking out what will probably be a middle of the pack Power 5 team on the bubble. As for the rest of the ACC, in my opinion 7 teams will be in the dance. Those teams being UVA, Duke, UNC, FSU, VT, SU, and either NC State or Clemson, depending on how their game goes today. From what I have saw, Clemson is a very solid team and I see them making the tournament and making a run with their experience. (EDIT: I was wrong) Most would say UVA has the greatest chance to win the whole thing, but others contradict that point by saying UVA isn’t a good tournament team. In my opinion, whoever wins the ACC tournament will win it all as well. Other non-ACC threats that I can think of are Gonzaga, Kentucky, and Tennessee. I see Kentucky as a bigger threat than some people think, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they make a solid run as they have really figured it out since the start of the season. Another team a lot of people are excited to see is OVC Champion Murray State, with electric guard Ja Morant leading the team. All in all, I can’t wait for the tournament and I think it will be super exciting to watch.