U.S. NOOLer's: Who do you think will win the 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship?

Start firing away.

Gators v LSU....Gators

gators win i win my poll

so go gators

I think you're just trying to start another thread, young lady :p

Anyway, not a big basketball guy but I did get some satisfaction out of Duke falling to LSU. They're like the Yankees of college basketball, and it's always more fun to see them fall than it is for them to win.

Is George Mason still in the running? That would be an upset on the scale of Villanova in '85 (thank you, Sports Center!), if they managed to get to the finals.

I plan on betting in a pool next year, I didn't have any money and I like my chances of picking the teams that might come out of nowhere

I am pulling for the underdogs, Mason, and if they win it would be in the same magnitude of US Hockey team's "miracle on ice"-- they are capable of winning but I don't think they will....

Florida over UCLA in the finals.

LSU

I'm thinking that LSU and George Mason will make it into the finals.

i'm going with LSU.

In order of preference:

George Mason UCLA Florida LSU

No team I dislike at all, if LSU takes it, I won't be disappointed in the least; after all, they already beat Duke to earn it....;)

where is george mason, anyway? never heard of it. it must be a real underdog to make it this far.

Ed replied in your Duke/nervous thread that it's in DC. thought I heard on the radio today that it used to be part of the U of VA, could be wrong on that part though.

I don't care for basketball.

Are you ready for this weekend, you Yanks?

GO GATORS! 73-58 final!

OMG!

Oh, forgot that the hoops were on, I've had the TV tuned to the battle of the Blues, Birmingham v. Chelsea.

I need to get something for dinner anyway, so I'm outta here for the night.

OK, next question: LSU or UCLA?

UCLA won.

...and I'm a BRUIN!!!

so it's UCLA v Gators?

go baby-bears!

Brother in law is a Bruin................so I'll root for them.

UCLA. merciful zeus, let UCLA win.

I go for UCLA.

My money is on the Harlem Globetrotters. Top basketball wizards and entertainers to boot.

Burt Reynolds wrote: My money is on the Harlem Globetrotters. Top basketball wizards and entertainers to boot.

don't forget their funkadelic theme song.

And I always liked their headbands...

Today is the day, Yanks!

I can see the enthusiasm here, cozzie, as you drag another thread upwards..

Bruins will impose their Big East style of play on the baby Gators. Bruins will win in a low scoring game...could be very ugly.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that one of the two teams in the finals will win...

Don't prove me wrong, now!

The Gators won!

And it wasn't low scoring or even close.

GO GATORS

dav-O wrote: And it wasn't low scoring or even close.

GO GATORS

Congrats to the Gators for a job well done. Didn't watch much of the second half, I got the sense that the Bruins didn't have any answer for Florida's great defense.

Glad it was a blowout, so I wouldn't feel any regret for watching Twin Peaks:Fire Walk With Me on Cinemax instead. What a twisted, but great, film.

Glad I didn't go jetting down to see the slaughter, then.. especially since I'm not into basketball! :p

As a Bruin I just want to say 2 things:

1. I'm very proud of my team and the way that they played and grew as a team throughout the year...and, although I wanted a different outcome, am not too dissapointed in the loss because:

2. My hat is off to Florida who were dominant in every aspect of the game. Noah was fantastic and the whole Florida team played at a different level last night...good for them!

Congrats to the Florida supporters.