What if the Final 4 in 2013 consists of Indiana, Michigan, Duke and Miami Fla?
Miami is playing really well, but the program doesn't carry that "Deep Tournament Run" Pedigree, Larranaga on the other hand, does. My dislike for Hurricane football, spills over to the whole University.
Indiana is playing really well. Oladipo is pretty tough, but you have deal with Tom Crean's hair.
Michigan is streaky and maybe tailing off a bit, and their Michigan.
Duke, well I haven't ever been a fan of watching them play, only watching them lose. Coach K cries to the refs quite a bit.
Would you watch, and who would you pull for?
I would definitely watch as I am a big basketball fan. In order of who I would root for, it would be: Duke, TTUN, Miami, and IU. I've always liked Coach K, so that is why I'd root for them. Although I can't stand TTUN, I like the fact that Burke is from Columbus and I've always liked Beilein. With Miami, I like the fact they have a bunch of upperclassmen. I would much rather pull for Miami with seniors and juniors than UK with freshmen. And that leaves me with IU. I can't stand Tom Crean, Dan Dakich, Jordan Hulls and Cody Zeller. So, that makes the decision easy for me.
My sentiments, almost exactly to a 'T' here when talking about each team, except for the liking Coach K part. I'm opposed to that, ha!
I want anyone but IU to win. If IU and Michigan were to play in the championship game, I'd cheer on Michigan without hesitation. Crean is a first-class squirrel, and I cannot stand the IU fanbase. I also would not mind if Trey Burke got a ring. Seems like a great kid from a great family who was a late bloomer, but is fulfilling his dreams now.
I'd probably go Miami, Duke, Michigan, and then much further down the list... Indiana.
"What we do in life echoes in eternity"
I would have to pull for Indiana. Definitely going to root for the B1G, especially out of those teams.
Honestly I wouldn't care. If that were the Final Four I'd like to see the matchups of Indiana/Miami and Duke/Michigan. If I had to choose a National Champion, it would be Miami simply b/c I hate the other 3 and Larranaga is a very underrated coach.
I think Miami will be lucky to get past the sweet 16..
In my opinion, IU is the only of those 3 that I think will make it to the final 4. Like OSU, Duke has only one or two guys who score (Plumlee and Curry) and then occasionally one of the others will put up a good game. Any team with a solid defensive big man and a decent offense (see, Alex Len, Maryland) can handle Duke. Miami is getting close wins against bad teams (outside of Duke) and that's a recipe for a high seed early exit during the tourney. Michigan is just way too inconsistent and rely far too much on the three ball and I don't see Burke carrying them to the final 4. Perhaps Elite 8 (although outside of IU they have the best shot of these 4 to get there).
On topic though: I would pull for IU, several buddies that go there and gotta root for the B1G
Damn I just can't wait for March Madness
Sorry Urban, Woody is still my favorite
Won't watch. But that won't happen.
Man.. Good question.
Is there a scenario where all 4 of them lose?
I don't know about the rest of you but I would be pulling for a 4 way forfeit.