Who Can Make It To Detroit?

Making it to the college basketball final four takes talent and some luck in terms of bracket matchups and even (sometimes) some game luck. Here are the teams I think might be able to make it to Detroit, and the 1 big flaw each team has which could keep them out. The teams are listed alphabetically, so I don't give away my "favorites" at this time.
  • Connecticut - lost their 2nd best player and team leader
  • Duke - relies heavily on outside shooting and sometimes forgets to play defense
  • Kansas - extremely young team and is playing above their level right now (advanced scouting in the NCAA tournament exposes stuff like that)
  • Louisville - shoots free throws poorly, sometimes plays down to the level of their competition, and sometimes has long lapses during a game where they play down to the level of the competition
  • LSU - is playing above their skill level with a first year (at this team) coach
  • Memphis - is relying on a freshman point guard leader who, although good, isn't as good as Rose was last year and doesn't have the other players around him
  • Michigan State - team is actually still learning how to play together and can sometimes play down to the level of competition
  • North Carolina - they rely on their offense too much sometimes and forget to play defense
  • Oklahoma - although they are more than Blake Griffin, if he gets hurt or into foul trouble, the talent level goes down significantly
  • Pittsburgh - coach has never made it to the second weekend of the tournament, let alone all the way to final four, with some teams that had quite a bit of talent
  • Wake Forest - sometimes relies on the outside shot and forgets that they need to drive to be effective

As you can see, there are a lot of teams that I think could win 4 games in the NCAA tournament. And this year wouldn't surprise me if there is another true Cinderella the way George Mason was a couple years ago. As long as that Cinderella is Illinois, that would be fine with me...

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