DukeWarhead
02-27-2009, 10:20 AM
Do you ever see highlights from other teams playing throughout the season and just get that sneeky feeling that Duke is destined to meet them in the tournament? No real reason, just a hunch? This season, for weeks, I have been getting this gut feeling that Duke will meet UCLA in the second round, which will make headlines for two blue-blood programs playing in the first weekend. It's funny, because when you get that gut feeling about another team, you start paying more attention to how they are playing at the end of the year...
I think a matchup with UCLA will be possible, because I think Duke has a great shot to be a 2 seed, and at worst a 3. UCLA will hover in the 7 seed range (unless they win out, which would put them at a 5 or even a 4). But even if the numbers don't add up, I just feel it will happen.
I realize its a pointless exercise to try to predict where teams will be seeded before selection sunday, but this is more of a vision than a prediction.
I was almost right last year, when I had the same gut feeling about Arizona. Had they beaten WVU in the first round, things might have been different for Duke in the 2nd....
If Duke does end up with UCLA in the 2nd round, it will be tough, but I think the days of easy second round match-ups are gone. Parity reigns now, and we aren't likely to see the likes of Central Michigan or Mississippi State in Round 2 again - baring upsets of course, which can always happen.
Curious to know if anyboldy else gets those premonitions about meeting other teams in the tourney. Or maybe I'm just weird...
I think a matchup with UCLA will be possible, because I think Duke has a great shot to be a 2 seed, and at worst a 3. UCLA will hover in the 7 seed range (unless they win out, which would put them at a 5 or even a 4). But even if the numbers don't add up, I just feel it will happen.
I realize its a pointless exercise to try to predict where teams will be seeded before selection sunday, but this is more of a vision than a prediction.
I was almost right last year, when I had the same gut feeling about Arizona. Had they beaten WVU in the first round, things might have been different for Duke in the 2nd....
If Duke does end up with UCLA in the 2nd round, it will be tough, but I think the days of easy second round match-ups are gone. Parity reigns now, and we aren't likely to see the likes of Central Michigan or Mississippi State in Round 2 again - baring upsets of course, which can always happen.
Curious to know if anyboldy else gets those premonitions about meeting other teams in the tourney. Or maybe I'm just weird...