Best First Round Game of the Tourney

• wes_mantooth

  

  Which game looks like the best matchup or which game are you looking forward to on Thurs or Fri?
  
  I am going with the Richmond/St Mary's game...It should be a good one.
• wildcats20

  

  Gonzaga/FSU
  Cornell/Temple
  Maryland/Houston
  Ga Tech/Okie St.
• darbypitcher22

  

  Temple/Cornell
  Richmond/St. Mary's
  Murray St./Vanderbilt
• wes_mantooth

  

  I think Cornell is going to roll Temple.
• CinciX12

  

  Part of me wants Temple to lose to Cornell so X can pretty much just flip them off and say don't worry A10, we'll carry your sorry asses again.
  
  But I wont be able to do that because Richmond will win by 20 against St. Mary's. For those of you who haven't seen this team play yet, watch this game. They have two guards in Anderson (A10 POY over Jordan Crawford) and Gonzalvez that are hands down awesome. Anything less than the Sweet 16 is a disappointment for them.
• trackandccrunner

  I'll just name some games that havent been said yet but I really think the Texas A&M/Utah State game is going to be a great one, also UNLV/UNI could be good too then there is Vandy/Murray State that I can't wait to watch.
• Laley23

  

  Temple/Cornell
  A&M/Utah St
  Purdue/Siena
  ND/Old Dominion
  Richmond/St. Marys
  Butler/UTEP
  Vandy/Murray St
  
  
  The 8/9 match-ups are always good, but I dont think any of them really have a ton of appeal this year.
• Laley23

  

  CinciX12 wrote: Part of me wants Temple to lose to Cornell so X can pretty much just flip them off and say don't worry A10, we'll carry your sorry asses again.
  
  But I wont be able to do that because Richmond will win by 20 against St. Mary's. For those of you who haven't seen this team play yet, watch this game. They have two guards in Anderson (A10 POY over Jordan Crawford) and Gonzalvez that are hands down awesome. Anything less than the Sweet 16 is a disappointment for them.

  Thats insane. First, I doubt they beat St Marys by 20. Have you seen St Marys play???
  
  Then to say losing to Nova would be a disappointment is just wrong.
• CinciX12

  

  Laley23 wrote: Temple/Cornell
  A&M/Utah St
  Purdue/Siena
  ND/Old Dominion
  Richmond/St. Marys
  Butler/UTEP
  Vandy/Murray St
  
  
  The 8/9 match-ups are always good, but I dont think any of them really have a ton of appeal this year.

  You don't want to watch Gonzaga lose? It will be so sad for the media that their 'mid-major' favorite got beat in the first round.
• CinciX12

  

  Laley23 wrote:

  CinciX12 wrote: Part of me wants Temple to lose to Cornell so X can pretty much just flip them off and say don't worry A10, we'll carry your sorry asses again.
  
  But I wont be able to do that because Richmond will win by 20 against St. Mary's. For those of you who haven't seen this team play yet, watch this game. They have two guards in Anderson (A10 POY over Jordan Crawford) and Gonzalvez that are hands down awesome. Anything less than the Sweet 16 is a disappointment for them.

  Thats insane. First, I doubt they beat St Marys by 20. Have you seen St Marys play???
  
  Then to say losing to Nova would be a disappointment is just wrong.

  I have and I think they will give Nova the game of their lives and not quite get the job done. I'm telling you, Richmond will beat the crap out of St. Mary's.
• september63

  

  Neither Gonzaga or Temple will lose in the 1st round. Utah State will lose right away.
• Laley23

  

  CinciX12 wrote:
  
  I have and I think they will give Nova the game of their lives and not quite get the job done. I'm telling you, Richmond will beat the crap out of St. Mary's.

  I dont doubt that Richmond will win. But rarely is a tourney game won by 20 pts, especially a 7-10 match-up.
  
  Now, they will give Nova a game sure. But I dont see how losing is a disappointment.
• wes_mantooth

  

  ccrunner609 wrote: Purdue and Siena will be a good game.

  Someone on espn thought that Siena would be favored in Vegas because of all of Purdue's injuries. I wonder what the line will be?
• Laley23

  

  wes_mantooth wrote:

  ccrunner609 wrote: Purdue and Siena will be a good game.

  Someone on espn thought that Siena would be favored in Vegas because of all of Purdue's injuries. I wonder what the line will be?

  Id guess Purdue -1.5
  
  I have Siena in my brackets...but im biased
• wghfan

  Tennessee vs. San Diego St.
• Leonardo

  

  Oklahoma State vs. Georgia Tech
  Gonzaga vs. Florida State
  Xavier vs. Minnesota
  BYU vs. Florida
  Texas vs. Wake Forest
  Marquette vs. Washington
  California vs. Louisville
  Purdue vs. Siena
• devil1197

  Minnesota over Xavier
  
  Gonzaga over Florida State
  
  Georgia Tech over Okie State
  
  Siena over Purdue
• mattinctown

  Murray State over Vandy, might be a tight one no matter who wins
• Azubuike24

  

  I'm pissed it's Vanderbilt against Murray State. 2 of my 5 favorite teams in this tournament have to play early. Very disappointed.
• Laley23

  

  I got Murray State in the sweet 16. Pissed cause I was about to take Vandy pretty far and get Beal on my team for the players challenge, lol.
• CinciX12

  

  I haven't seen Murray State play yet this year. Whats the reason you guys are picking them?
• Laley23

  

  CinciX12 wrote: I haven't seen Murray State play yet this year. Whats the reason you guys are picking them?

  Very good team. Seen them 4 times. I picked a TON of mid-majors though this year....so it isnt like I think this is THE mid major to make a run. For some reason I really like a lot of their draws this year.
• Laley23

  

  BTW, it isnt like they play a grueling schedule. But ANYTIME you win 30 games before the NCAA you are a damn good team. They also have 6 guys who average double digits (of so the 6th is at 9.5)
• FairwoodKing

  I'm rooting for all the underdogs. I hope this is the year when a #16 beats a #1.
• hoops23

  

  UNLV/Northern Iowa - contrast in styles.. should be good (going with UNLV)
  Houston/Tennessee - Houston caught fire and I could see this going either way (going with Tenn)
  Gonzaga/FSU - I'm picking the Zags, but FSU has some athletes that could pose problems.
  Butler/UTEP - UTEP has the bigs to give Butler big problems. (picked UTEP)
  Murray St./Vandy - Love what I saw from the Racers this year, going with them..
  Texas/Wake - Texas wins, but it should be a good game
  Clemson/Missouri - two quick paced teams, should be up and down all day (picking mizzou)
  Siena/Purdue (picking Siena)
  Richmond/St. Marys (going with richmond)