Originally posted by: ReelC00L
I am going to guess Kentucky, Arizona for 2 of the final 4 spots. Then I have to pick Florida (and I really feel they could if they all click and play their roles). For the fourth, I'm not sure who is going to step up. I guess it depends on the bracketing, but I would say probably Texas, Kansas, or Oklahoma. ESPN is saying Kentucky, Arizona, Texas, Louisville as their top picks, but I am not big on Louisville. I don't think they have the schedule strength to correspond to their ranking.
Not only do they not have the schedule strength, but after their LUCKY 17 game winning streak (which everyone praised even though they only played 1 or 2 worthy opponents), they've lost 3 of their last 4. What does that say? I think it proves what I've said all along. Even with their record, they don't deserve to be as high as they are ranked. Maybe around 10, but not 3rd or 4th.
If Kentucky keeps up their play, which we'll find out today when they play Miss St, they'll go far in the tournament. Arizona is a great team this year, though, and it'll be good to see how everything pans out.
EDIT: Just an added note about the remaining schedule of Kentucky. They play Miss St, ranked 19th, today at 2pm. This is a home game for UK. Then they play Tennessee, a home game. They aren't ranked, but have arguably the best player in the SEC, Slay. UT also beat Florida a couple weeks ago, UF ranked 3rd or 4th at the time. Then they play Georgia at Georgia. That'll be a tough game, as Georgia is ranked 22nd. After a quick stint with Vanderbilt, it's off to Gainseville to play Florida again in their arena.
So we'll see how these last 2 weeks pan out.