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Message: [QUOTE="Bronx23, post: 2654337, member: 8501"] Yes they have done quite well, which was no surprise to me, as I am fortunate to get most of the PAC 12 games in NYC. I was shocked to see so many thought CMU would beat Oregon. My thoughts are as follows as to which of the teams are least likely to most likely to get to the final four. I think UCLA has a very minimal chance against MS. There's a significant coaching imbalance in this game with Vic vs Close. I find UCLA a very helter / skelter type of team. It won't be close with MS winning by twenty plus points. I think OS has a little bit better chance of beating Louisville as I think in the last few years and especially this post season Rueck has had very good game plan and gets his players to execute it well. While I think Walz is a good coach with better players in this game and will likely win, I can though see an upset here. I hate betting against Tara whose probably the 2nd best coach now and amongst the top three all time, I think the Oregon coach Graves may be the best of the up and comers. In this game Oregon actually has better talent. The big issue is the psychological / emotional hump they need to get through or over to actually beat a ND and Tara to get to the final four. They need to do this as they are have a very young but highly skilled team and in the next few years with what they have and are bringing in, can become a real threat to U Conn. I think they will beat ND but it could go the other way. They likely at best will get one team in but might get shut out of FF, but it is a very strong conference, maybe the best in the country this year. Bronx23 [/QUOTE]

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