Why Arizona and Kentucky Will Make the Final Four

I realize it's not very shocking to say that two teams, currently in the Elite Eight will end up getting to the Final Four, but this is more than just a prediction, it's an educated guess based on research!

Last night, while watching Kentucky hang with Ohio St. I thought back about other 4 seed over 1 seed upsets, and how often the team that pulls the upset ends up winning their next game and making the Final Four. So I looked into it, and as it turns out the last 10 teams to beat a 1 seed in the Sweet 16 have gone on to the Final Four. The last time it didn't happen was 1995 when (4) Virginia beat (1) Kansas but then lost to (2) Arkansas in the next round. The teams in question have always been a 4 or 5 seed and in 7 of the 10 cases they have gone on to beat higher seeds in the next round.

This year two teams fit the description, the aforementioned Arizona and Kentucky. They're facing a 3 seed and a 2 seed, respectively, but as I just explained, that shouldn't really matter.

So why does this happen? I would argue that the fragile young men that typically make up a college basketbell team ride the confidence gained from their win over a top team to another victory two days later. Plus if they get to the Final Four they get to visit awesome places like Minneapolis, St. Petersburg or Indianapolis.

Tourney talk? Next Survey? Writer's block?

Cornell lost. That blows.

Congrats to big Walt though! He's the greatest Seahawk of the decade!!!

Next survey? Greatest Mariner of the decade... Survey says...

It's Ichiro. There really isn't any other option.

And as far as the writer's block goes... just kidding. Not about the nothing to write about... but about us being writers.

I think we'll be doing Andersen pro day though... soon. In fact I think next Saturday might be the day... if I'm not in Portland.

Who's in?

GO BIG RED!!!!!!!! Tourney talk continued....

Cornell! get's it done! happiest I've been about a Tourney win that doesn't involve the Cougs!

Here's how you celebrate if you know how to party: (ignore my rapidly receding hairline and bald spots)



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Well... the Cougs didn't make the tourney this year. And since we hate Gonzaga... and we're from Seattle... well... I guess we gotta do the right thing and throw our support behind...



CORNELL!!!!



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HCM's Tourney Pick

Be sure to check out the matchup profiles below this post... and hopefully the surveys are finally up... but onto the task at hand...


Well, it's the moment you've all been waiting for. Time for the crew at henrycottosmustache.com to pick our tourney team. With the state's best battling it out in the NIT, it was sort of up in the air this season. There were two "local" teams we could look at:








UW - there's no way these guys make it past the first weekend. Sorry it's true. Mississippi State is the kind of team that only elite schools will beat, and UW isn't one. Let's say for argument's sake they DO beat Miss. St. Well... no chance in hell they beat Purdue. Sorry UW. You lose.












"The Zags" - If you're not from Spokane or didn't attend Gonzaga... don't root for them. There's no way you have any ties to the team. So just shut up. Rooting for Gonzaga just tells everyone out there that you jumped on a bandwagon a few years back and you're just too chicken shit to jump back off.

There's only one natural choice. It's the SMARTEST pick to make. A division champion so strong that the rest of the league was too scared to even play them in a conference tournament. I give you
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CORNELL!!!!!!!

Jump on now before it's too late. Look how mad that bear is. WOW!