Here's how DShulman_ESPN sees MarchMadness playing out this year.
SN: Since we’re in the East region right now, does anything jump out to you in terms of upset potential?I’m interested in Belmont. A mid-major team that got an at-large bid, which doesn’t happen all that often but they had a really good season and I think they’ve got a chance to be dangerous.
People forget they didn’t have De’Andre Hunter last year. He was hurt and didn’t play in the ACC nor NCAA Tournament and he’s a great player — one of the 10 or 15 best players in the country, possibly. Wisconsin is a good team, not a great team, and Oregon’s got a lot of talent, some older players and even though it says five-12, I think it’s a pretty close game, and I think Oregon’s got a real chance to beat Wisconsin.
It’s not a great Kansas team, so I’m not even counting Kansas, really, as why I think this bracket is so tough, but Iowa State at No. 6 I love because they can really score and they’re healthier now — they weren’t healthy at the beginning of the season — so I think Iowa State at No. 6 is a really good team.
I know they got beat by St. Mary’s in their conference tournament and that’s got to be a little bit of a concern for Mark Few, but they just blew people away in their conference all year and I think they’re as good as any team in the country. The other team that interests me, and it wouldn’t be a first-round upset, but I want to see how good Buffalo is on this stage. They beat Arizona in the tournament last year, they’re better this year, they went to Syracuse during the regular season and won this year and assuming they get by their first-round game, I want to see what they do.
At Florida is Andrew Nembhard, who I think has had a really good season as a freshman point guard. Florida’s kind of underachieved this season, at least until the SEC Tournament, but Nembhard makes them go. He’s a great decision-maker, he’s got good vision, he can knock down an open shot and I think he’s got a really bright future. He plays with the maturity of a much older player.
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