BC - March Madness Interterm

Florida state has a 22-11 record and they are ranked 30th in the season. Although they lost their first game in there conference tourney they are doing very well in march madness. They are doing well because they are the fastest team left meaning they get shots up fast and get down the court fast. They beat one seed and a four seed and they are a nine seed. They have three players averaging more that twelve points, Brian Angola, Terrance Mann and Phil Cofer who can shoot and post up and is a real threat. I think that with their speed and players they could beat Michigan.

Duke is in the sweet 16. They are in the conference of NCAA Atlantic coast. There regular season record was 28- 7. Duke’s best players are Marvin Bagley the third, Grayson Allen, and Gary Trent JR. Marvin is good because he has the most points and rebounds in a game. Grayson and Gary are good because they both get the most free throw points a game. Duke is good at both offense and defense. They are ranked third place for offense and 8 place in defense.

The team of Purdue is considered on of the best teams in Indiana, their conference (the Big 10), and the whole country. They defeated Butler in the round of 32 to make their way to the Sweet 16. Their offense is very efficient, ranking 2nd in the nation according the KenPom rankings. In those rankings, they were ranked 28th in defense and 5th overall. However, they may have trouble advancing as one of their best players, Isaac Haas, fractured his elbow in their first round game.

Texas A&M got to the Sweet 16 by beating North Carolina, 86-65. Throughout that game, Texas A&M had really good defense and strategy. Robert Williams, who wears number 44, has played the best defense on the team in the season, and in their North Carolina game. Tyler Davis is also a great player, averaging the most points for the team with 14. He's 6'10, one of the tallest players on the team.

Loyola is an eleven seed in this year's NCAA tournament. They are in the sweet sixteen which is pretty amazing since an eleven seed making it to the sweet sixteen is uncommon. Although, they have earned their spot in the sweet sixteen by hitting two buzzer beaters to win the games against Tennessee and Miami. Clayton Custer a former Iowa State guard hit a miracle shot with very little time left against the high ranked tennessee team to advance onward to the sweet sixteen. Loyola may have hit some lucky shots, but they are a strong team capable of doing more damage in the tourney. The ramblers finished first in their conference regular season with a 15-3 record, and won their conference tournament beating Illinois state 65-49. Their overall record at the moment is 30-5. Leading Loyola to all their success is a 6-1 185 pound junior guard Clayton Custer. Custer averages 13.3 PPG, 2.2 RPG, and 4.2 APG so far this season. Loyola is ranked 63 in offense and 27 in defense. Loyola...

Kansas, one of the number one seeds, made it to the NCAA sweet 16 tournament. It all started off by beating Penn State 76 - 60. Then they went on to beat Seton Hall to make it to the sweet 16. They got 7th the big 12 conference for the regular season and got first in the tournament. One of there best players is Devonte Graham. Some of his stats are he averages 17.4 points per game. Overall Kansas won 29 games and lost 7 in the regular season. One of their biggest rivals is Missouri except for the fact that they switched conferences so now they do not play them as much.

Kansas St. is in big 12 conference. Some of Kansas State's best wins are West Virginia, Texas Tech and Kansas. There are many more but these are just 3 best wins. Kansas State is ranked 75 in offense and 20 in defense. They are also ranked 303 in how fast they play, which means they really slow the pace of the game. Their last game played with UMBC the score was 44-41. This is the game that advanced them to the sweet 16. Kansas State's conference score is 10-8 and overall is 24-11 their home game was 14-4 and their away games are 6-5. Some of Kansas State's best players are Cartier Diarra and Dean Wade. Kansas State's biggest rival is Kansas, who is also still alive in the tournament.

Nevada has had an amazing run in the NCAA tourney. They got to the Sweet 16 by coming back in both games they played. Against Texas, they were down by 14 and came back to win in overtime. Against the no. 6 seed in the country Cincinnati, Nevada came back after losing by 22 points 16:00 minutes into the second half. But with 55 seconds left, score 70-73 Cincinnati, Caleb Martin the forward was in the corner and banged a three to tie game with 54 seconds left. Nevada still had a chance. 9 seconds left. Josh Hall got the rebound and layered it in for the win. In the regular season, Nevada play in the Mountain West conference with Boise State, New Mexico, Fresno State, San Diego State, Wyoming, UNLV, Utah State, Air Force, CO State, and San Jose State. They were number 1 with 27 wins and 7 losses. They are 23rd in the country (according to KenPom rankings) and are 6th in offense and 109th in defense. In their conference tourney they lost in the final to San Diego St. Who are thei...

Michigan got to the Sweet 16 on a buzzer beater by freshman Jordan Poole to beat Houston 64-63.  Michigan was 4th in the Big Ten Conference this season. Michigan ended the regular season with a 30-7 record, 13-5 in the conference, 15-1 at home, and 6-5 away. Some of Michigan’s best players are Moritz Wagner, Charles Matthews, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman, Duncan Robinson, and Zavier Simpson. Wagner averages 14.2 points per game, Matthews averages 12.8 points per game, Muhammad averages 12.6 points per game, Robinson averages 9.5 points per game, Simpson averages 7.3 points per game. Some of their best wins were beating Michigan St. 75-64, beating Chaminade 102-64, and beating Jacksonville 76-51. Michigan is good defense this year, ranked 3rd in the country, but usually they are good at offense. Overall, Michigan ended the season ranked no. 7 in the country by the AP poll.

Villanova got in to the sweet 16 by beating Alabama 81-53, they also beat Radfored 87-61. The first two games were fairly easy for the Wildcats as they advance to the sweet sixteen. Villanova’s best players are Mikal Bridges and Jalen Brunson. Bridges is good because he averages 18 points and  rebounds 5.4 a game. Brunson averages 19 points and gets 4.7 assists a game. Villanova  is from the big East conference, they have won the big East tournament 8 times this year. Including this year. In their  regular season they were second, first was Xavier. Villanova has been one of the most impressive teams in the tournament this year. Villanova is the slowest team out of all teams left because they slow it down and create movement. Villanova has the best offense, and are ranked 19th in the country for their defense. Villanova will play West Virginia next. West Virginia beat Marshall in the tournament. I want Villanova to bet them them.

West Virginia got to the sweet sixteen by them beating Murray State with a score of 85-68. They beat Marshall 94-71. Jevon Carter has been key, leading them to the sweet sixteen while posting a season high of 28 points. Let’s start off with their best player, Jevon Carter. He plays about 35 minutes a game. He’s not selfish, he averages 6.6 assists per game. His field goal percentage is .426 and his three point percentage is .398. He averages 4.7 rebounds a game. He averages 3 steals a game. He averages 17.4 points a game. But he does average 2.7 turnovers a game. In the game against Marshall he had a season high of 28 points along with 5 steals and 5 assists. Jevon works really hard his coach Bob Huggins saw him pressing at 8am in high school by himself. Then Bob called his assistants and said “We have got to sign this guy”. West Virginia is in the Big 12 conference. The teams that they play in the conference is Texas Tech, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma state, Oklahoma, Kansas state, Ka...

Let’s start off by talking about how Kentucky got to the sweet 16. Kentucky got to the sweet 16 by beating Davidson and also beating Buffalo in the second round. Kentucky was in the SEC which is shot for Southeastern Conference. Kentucky only placed 4th in thier conference though. But kentucky did win their conference tourney against Tennessee 77-72. Kentucky final record in the regular season was 26-10 and they were 10-8 in conference. Kentucky was really good at home only losing 2 at home and winning 16 at home too. But Kentucky was not too good on the road only winning 4 games on the road and losing 6 games on the road too. Kentucky’s best player are Kevin Knox. Kevin Know is averaging around 16 points a game and 5 rebounds a game and also gets about 2 assets a game too. Kevin Knox also is about 45% from the field and 34% from three point range, he is a 77% free throw shooter too. Kentucky is pretty good at both defense and offense too. Kentucky is ranked 21 in offense and 23 i...

Let's start off by talking about Gonzaga's best player, Jonathan Williams. Take a look at these stats: he has 13.6 points per game, 8.4 rebounds per game, and also 1.6 assists per game. That's an all-around threat. Then there is Rui Hachima, who scored 25 points against Ohio State in the round of 32. As a team, Gonzaga's biggest win in the season was the time that they beat Portland 103-57. They are ranked twelfth in offense out of the whole country. They are in the WCC or the west coast conference and won their conference tournament by beating BYU 74-54. They were ranked first in there conference and seventh in the country. The most points that they scored this year was 105 but in that game they ended up losing to Florida 111-105. I think that Gonzaga is going to beat Florida State.