First NCAA Tournament Bracket of 2008-2009

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First NCAA Tournament Bracket of 2008-2009

Posted on 13 November 2008
Tags: NCAA basketball, kansas city

Thanks to the good folks at ESPN, we can begin engaging in NCAA tournament speculation in November. KU comes in as a #6 seed, which will probably be about right…although if the young (very young) Jayhawks win some games down the road, their “national champion” braggin’ rights could pull them higher.

In the current bracket, KU opens the tournament against MU (#11). Which would be, quite simply, a regional grudge match on a national stage, culminating in an MU slaughter. Not as fun as shocking North Carolina, but not a bad opening round prospect…

In this bracket, KU would have to beat UCLA and win the West before they could play the Tarheels and fluster Tyler Hansborough again.

X-posted on BitterSweetLife: 2008-2009 Tournament Bracket.

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Tags: Kansas Jayhawks, NCAA basketball

Lanz Franco Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

I wouldn’t put too much stock into this preview - they have Gonzaga as a number two. Now, Gonzaga might make the tourney, but they are not a number two by any stretch of the imagination and they’ve been getting worse in a tougher conference. If they do finish number two, I’m betting against them.

Heck, Kansas could take Gonzaga right now and have their way with them.