It’s time for the annual March tradition of crafting confident brackets, only to have them crumble by the end of the first weekend of play. At Swish Appeal, we’re participating in the madness, offering up predictions that are sure to age poorly.
Here is the breakdown of three bold(ish) scenarios from my bracket.
Click here to see Cat’s bracket.
Bruin ruin
There’s absolutely no reason to predict that UCLA, the tournament’s No. 1 overall seed that only lost to one team (inter-city rivals and fellow No. 1-seed USC) over the course of the regular season, will fall before the Final Four—except for the madness of March!
Could No. 9-seed Georgia Tech be the Cinderella that spoils the Bruins’ championship ambitions in the round of 32?
After beginning the season 15-0, the Yellow Jackets went 6-9 down the stretch of the regular season before losing by a point to NC State in the second round of the ACC Tournament. That’s not a resume that inspires much confidence. Tech also is not a team with great size, which doesn’t bode well for containing the Bruins’ 6-foot-7 Lauren Betts.
Yet, as a guard-heavy team with multiple players capable of getting hot and splashing in jumpers, Tech could shoot…
