East Region NCAA Tournament Analysis: Key Matchups

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00:00the East Region. We'll start there and take a look at the

00:02matchups. As Duke, of course, is the number one seed. We'll see,

00:07you know, again, who is the 16 here. It won't matter. Duke's

00:09going to win, I would assume. Then you have Alabama, Robert

00:11Morris. Oregon takes on Montana, followed by Oregon,

00:16Wisconsin, Montana, Oregon, and Liberty here. A lot of big

00:19spreads as we would expect in the first round with these

00:21teams, Coach.

00:23Yeah, I think that the draw really is favorable for Duke

00:25and at that top half, Craig, if you look at the fact of

00:29Mississippi State overachieving this year, Baylor

00:31underachieving. I think this Liberty versus Oregon match

00:34with the 12-5 has upsets written all over it, possibly.

00:38Arizona at the 4 seed, you don't know what you're going

00:40to get out of Caleb Love. He can shoot you in a game

00:43and he can shoot you right out of a tournament. It really

00:45depends on what Caleb Love you're going to get. Go to

00:48that bottom half of the draw where you can see some other

00:51upsets. VCU is a popular pick. Ryan Odom is going to be

00:54probably in his last year. He'll probably be moving on

00:56to a Power 5 job. Look at possibly Villanova or Virginia.

01:00St. Mary's tough-minded defensive team. With Coach

01:03Bennett, they will grind it down. Will be an intriguing

01:06matchup in that 2-15, that 2 versus 7 matchup in the

01:10second round as they play Alabama. Contrasting styles.

01:13Nato's fastest team in the country. Up-tempo, up and down

01:17versus the St. Mary's team. If they get by Vanderbilt,

01:20a team that's going to walk it up the floor and make you

01:23play at their pace.