EAST REGION BREAKDOWN

Oh boy, this region may be the Anarchy Bracket Busting Bracket!!!

#1 VILLANOVA WILDCATS

Other than Virginia, Nova has been the 2^nd most consistenct team in the nation with the most complete team in the nation led by Outhet Player of the Year candifate, Jalen Brunson. Nova can bang in the post and shoot from downtown with the versatility of RS Fr. Post Omari Spellman. Mikal Bridges has NBA-draft pick written all over him. Donte DiVincenzo comes off the bench and spot starts with a high assist total. Head Coach Jay Wright has the next highest organized team in the country next to Michigan’s John Beilein. Tough on both sides of court. Yet they didn’t win the regular season Big East title. They still aren’t Madness proof, but nobody is other than D$’s degenerate hashtags.

#2 PURDUE BOILERMAKERS

These guys wre a top 5 team all season. They rolled over a Big Ten conference that was top heavy and not as strong as years past. 7-1 man-child post Isaac Haas is a beast in the post, but he is susceptible to shot altering double teams. The Edward-zz-ezz in Carson and Vince are solid with Cah-harsen manning the point. Matt Painter has the Boilermakers run and solid defense, but Purdue lives and dies by the three a little too much for my liking. Flip a coin on their deep run into the Madness or early exit.

#3 TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERS

These guys had a 2 game lead in the Big 12 late in the season that would have ended KU’s 13 year Big 12 regular championship run and what do they do? They lose 4 of their last 5 games. Coming into the season, columnist Jon Rothstein said that Texas Tech may have the most talented team in the nation. They are chalk full of raw talent and Chris Beard is transforming Texas Tech into a legit powerhouse. But slight injuries to top player Keenan Evans and peaking a tad too early gives T Tech a possible early exit from the Madness.

#4 WICHITA STATE SHOCKERS

They bring back close to everyone back from last years solid Madness team. PG Landry Shamet was the best PG in the tourney last year, but he hasn’t parlayed this to being a top PG this season with some turnover issues. He’s still gaw damned dangerous though. Big man Marcus McDuffie is back from injury and has had plenty of time to establish his presence on the boards and in the paint. 5^th year Sr G Connor Frankamp is just not a consistent 3-Pt shooter. There I got it off my chest. The love for Frankamp as a good home town boy gives me the heebie jeebies. I felt like we were waiting for Wichita State to make that next step all season to be a bonafide top 8 team, but if never came. Finally, when Insanity Report Coach Correspondent mentions in an Insanity Report meeting that Wichita State looks awful on D and disorganized an is destined for a 1^st or 2^nd round exit, then you look harder at the Shockers

#5 WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS

Press Virginia went of with a great start to the season, but hit a speed bump losing 7 out of 11 games. In those few wins, they still managed to beat Oklahoma who lost against everyone it seemed like. Head Coach, Bob “Huggy Bear” Huggins still runs the Press Virginia Full Court Press, but they are actually pretty lowly ranked this year defensively. 40^th ranked is pretty good but not up to Huggy’s usual standards being 4^th and 6^th best in the nation the previous 2 seasons. Sr. PG Jevon Carter is the straw that stirs West Virginia’s drink. Huggy Bear is lacking in the front court with pretty low rebounding metrics. For a team loved so much by many in previous years, West Virginia limping into the Madness could be the formula for their deep run into the Madness.

#6 FLORIDA GATORS

The jeckyl and hyde team of the whole season. They looked like the best team in country at the PK80 toutney in October with their 3 headed monster back court and lunch bucket front court bangin on the boards. After the PK80 tourney final loss to Duke the Gators lost 3 of their 4 games. All of these 5 games, including the Duke game were vs. tourney teams. I’m chalking this up to a PK80 hangover. Then they went on a 5-7 in the middle of the SEC sked. The Gators may be limping into the Madness but they are by far the lowest ranked good team of the Madness. Their capabilities can’t be overlooked.

#7 ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

A sleeper team that can score in bunches and have defensive streaks. Don’t sleep on these guys. Oh and take the over!

#8 VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES

These guys are kinda limping into the Madness, but still have a recent home win vs. Duke. Buzz Williams has rebuilt this team to a regular Madness team in just a few seasons. Watch out for possible break out tourney for super frosh Nickeil Alexander-Walker to explode onto the national scene

#9 ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

They have the necessary ingredient of to go deep with a top level PG in Freshman Collin Sexton

#10 BUTER BULLDOGS

I’m not feeling the Bulldogs with their first year Head Coach, but many metrics have Butler rated pretty high. Bracket buster?

#11 ST. BONAVENTURE BONNIES

Anyone see their play-in game vs. UCLA??? Nobody wanted to win that game. Not great shot selection and the defense was non-existent. So this is an obvious recipe for a Sweet 16 run!!! #Madness

#12  MURRAY STATE

Know nothing of these guys.

#13 MARSHALL

Best team of a decimated Conference USA that is a low major conference now. Lowwwwww, like get that base into your voice low!!!

#14 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

People wanna take SFA, but Coach Underwood and his great 4-high sets (AKA Motion and Thumbs) are gone. Let it go Insanity Inmates, Let it go!

#15 CS FULLERTON

Big West Conference? It’s a surfing powerhouse and not hoops.

#16 RADFORD

Enter in Robert Radford pun. They are not the “Natural” and would need “All the Presidents Men” to get within 15 points of Villanova