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My sleeper pick, Syracuse. They have won 5 in a row, including a win at Pitt and a win over UConn. I think the defending champs have enough horses back, even without Anthony, to make a run. Warrick is awesome. I thought he was every bit as important last year as Anthony.
UNC is another team nobody wants to see in their bracket. They have 3-4 solid NBA prospects on the floor at any time. I look for both UNC and the Cuse to be 4 seeds, very dangerous 4 seeds. I'd take either one over St Joes or Gonzaga in a heartbeat.
I give credit to St Joes with that great backcourt, but come tourney time they are going to have a really hard time adjusting to the competition once they get into the Sweet 16. Teams like Duke, UNC, UConn, and Kentucky are used to playing top 20 teams damn near every game. It won't phase them in the least to play other tourney teams while St Joe's and Gonzaga will be sucking wind trying to keep up with the heightened tempo. I'm not saying they don't match up well with tourney teams, but they will not be used to the grind of tourney level competition.
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