My Lock-it 1st round big upset

**Biggin** · March 15th, 2009, 09:54 PM

have you seen villanova play unchained? obviously not, because stripes is right. great guards, cunningham is playing well, good coach, tough, tested, etc..

i almost guaranteed ETSU would at least a 15, but 16 is crazy.

they dont have a shot against pitt, etsu has no one inside, blair will kill them.

my first round upset?
mississippi state over washington
washington has great guards, but msu is playing great, and vernardo can change a lot of shots inside.

**Unchained** · March 15th, 2009, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by Biggin

have you seen villanova play unchained? obviously not, because stripes is right. great guards, cunningham is playing well, good coach, tough, tested, etc..

i almost guaranteed ETSU would at least a 15, but 16 is crazy.

they dont have a shot against pitt, etsu has no one inside, blair will kill them.

my first round upset?
mississippi state over washington
washington has great guards, but msu is playing great, and vernardo can change a lot of shots inside.

I have seen Nova play. They are just another solid team in a great conference,but there have been better than that bite the dust over the years. Instead of you all dissing on my pick,hows about doing what I actually wanted from this thread and giving me you all's first round shocker?

**pvfan** · March 15th, 2009, 10:12 PM

Maryland #10 vs. #7 California

Wow, thats really all I can say. My boys were picked 11th out of 12 acc teams in some preseason publications yet here they are. I've been to several Maryland games in my life but I've never been happier than I was Friday Night (and I was at the 04 Duke Game), being in the dome when they took down Wake with that team was great. Wake had twice the talent Maryland did but Gary got the win. It's all gravy from this point forward, I just hope they play at 9 or later on Thursday so I can see it.

This might be the most interest I've given to round one in quite some time, obviously Maryland is in but several other teams I deeply care about are in. Six other ACC teams are in, plus ETSU and Radford. I'd also like to see West Virginia and Louisville do well. The only thing that really surprised me with is Arizona getting in, I was expecting St. Mary's to get in with the return of Mills, obviously getting blown out by the Zags in the tournament hurt their cause. I think WF should've been a three seed, and I think Clemson got penalized to heavily for their loss to GT. The game was practically a home game for the Jackets.

**UTVols2** · March 15th, 2009, 10:14 PM

Mine is either going to be Western Kentucky over Illinois or North Dakota State over Kansas......One of those WILL happen.

**Unchained** · March 15th, 2009, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by UTVols2

Mine is either going to be Western Kentucky over Illinois or North Dakota State over Kansas......One of those WILL happen.

There you go-somebody else with the salt to call an actually "reach" upset instead of the ones that folks are already calling for (like AZ over Utah). BTW pvfan-Maryland over Cal would be no shocker IMO.

**Biggin** · March 15th, 2009, 10:50 PM

way to read

i posted mississippi state over washington
strictly by seeds
maryland over cal
usc over bc
utah state over marquette

**Biggin** · March 15th, 2009, 10:50 PM

maybe northern iowa over purdue, i cant decide

**1inStripes** · March 15th, 2009, 11:07 PM

VCU over UCLA
Its Christmas time at Temple. Temple over Az State.
WKU over Illinois
Portland St. over Xavier
Miss St over Washington (although that will be tough with them traveling to Portland for a Thursday game after playing 4 days in a row to win the SEC.)

And my #1, mark it down its bound to happen sooner or later so why not now.

ETSU over Pitt.

Pitt routinely chokes in the dance, and is banged up. Blair gets in early foul trouble from Tiggs drives to the hoop, and Tiggs takes over. 83-77. GO BUCS GO!!!!

*Yes I am thinking with my heart, not my head.

**Unchained** · March 15th, 2009, 11:13 PM

Originally Posted by Biggin

way to read

i posted mississippi state over washington
strictly by seeds
maryland over cal
usc over bc
utah state over marquette

MSU over Washington? That's a reach? The PAC-10 is in a down year,yet the Huskies couldn't even win the tourney while MSU is on a roll. The only 1 out of the 4 that you posted that would actually be a surprise would be Utah St over Marquette

**1inStripes** · March 15th, 2009, 11:17 PM

Its a 13 vs. a 4, yes would be considered and upset, with UDub playing pretty close to home. It wouldn't surprise me if Utah State won to. Marquette should probably be an 8 or 9 seed since they lost James for the year. They just haven't been very good since then.