Georgetown is overrated. They have Hibbert and and Ewing Jr. but with all their talent they are underachievers. I'm not too worried about them or Wisconsin. I wouldn't be surprised if K-State or USC advances to the Elite 8 honestly.

Keegan is On-The Record rooting for Georgetown! Don't let him forget it, because you know he wouldn't let us!!

Georgetown is in much the same position as we are. They went to the national semifinals last year and are back hungry. Hibbert is a senior, so this is his last go around, as are a couple of their other players. They play a slower pace and outstanding defense. Before the brackets were announced they were in a group of five teams that I thought could legitimately win the title (KU, UCLA, Tennessee and Pitt being the others). I think we can beat them, but we will have to play very efficiently against them. Hibbert will give us some trouble because of his size - until you are on the floor with someone that big, it's hard to appreciate how much space they really take up. Georgetown has top shelf talent, on par with the best 12-15 teams in the country and they really play on the defensive end. This isn't meant to sound like an endorsement of Georgetown, but I honestly believe they are substantially better than the bottom half of that bracket. USC is the only team in that half that will give them trouble.

Georgetown is overrated? Did you watch the Big East Tournament? Mentioning Hibbert (head case) and Ewing (doesn't start) as those to watch tells me you haven't followed Gtown much. Keep an eye on Mr. Sapp. Keep an eye on their LOCK DOWN defense. Should we win? Yes! Am I worried? Yes!

Players more important that Ewing on Georgetown:

Hibbert, Wallace, Summers, Sapp, Freeman and Wright

I believe Jr. has started all of the second half of the season, but he is a minor role player in this system.

Better be thinking "Clemson" that's the sleeper.

One game at a time!

With that said, I would much rather play a slow it down type team than a high scoring team. I want to see DA, DJ, Sasha, and Cole run Hibbert into the ground!

I don't much give a flying flip about Georgetown yet. I do care about Portland, then Clemson, then Vanderbilt.
There must not be any Bucknell crap happening during the first three rounds!
Every game must be viewed as if the opposition is number 1.

How much longer until the columnist swap is over? I'm sure whoever got farmed out to the Texas paper is ready to get back to Lawrence.

And as much as Keegan clearly doesn't care for KU or the Jayhawks, surely he is ready to head back to Texas. He would clearly be much happier in Texas writing about his true love. I don't know about anyone else, but I am weary of seeing his backhanded, passive-aggressive opinion of the Jayhawks in the Lawrence paper.

"Keegan is On-The Record rooting for Georgetown! Don't let him forget it, because you know he wouldn't let us!!"

??????????????

This is what Keegan said: "Georgetown will be the team on which to keep an eye, AGAINST which to root ..."

Please explain to me how, in your tortured logic, advocating to root AGAINST someone means Keegan is on the record rooting FOR them. Is that akin to bombing the village in order to save them?

Can GTown beat Wisconsin, USC or Ksuck? Clemson is the only team in upper part of the bracket that I think can give us game. The bottom half is stacked.

BC,

We can play either Vandy or Clemson, not both, since they would have to play each other in the 2nd round if both win.

I am by far more worried about a KU/Wisconsin match-up than a KU/G-Town game. Not only is Wisconsin tougher to defend, the game would be in Detroit, which will give the Badgers more of a home court advantage.

The best move was to get Sasha out of the game when he started bricking free throws. I hope he gets it together so he can stay in the game

He's never going to be a great free throw shooter, so he'll probably never be in at the end of a close game (unless others have fouled out). But he still contributes in plenty of other ways.

Sasha has improved his game and his free throw shooting this yaer. He is still the worst on the team shooting FTs, but much better than previous years.

Sasha is a niche player and he fits the KU system very well, but he is a general liability in most situations. Coach Self has used him very well this year!

Wisc goes down to USC second round

I'm not sure who scares me more out of those teams. Either one of them could give KU a battle (as we already saw when KU played at USC).