This is the third of our four all haiku regional previews. (here is the midwest and here is the west). Today, we tackle the South.
1. Florida
Great on O and D
With no weakness, they hope to
Chomp their opponents
16. Albany
Danes win play-in game
Bonus for all those who like
Those weird looking shorts
8. Colorado
Caught worst break of year?
Final four sleeper early
Not sans Dinwiddie
9. Pitt
Pitt, KenPom darlings
They could test Florida, but
Probably lose to Buffs
5. VCU
Rams struggle on O
They’ll need to speed things up, and
Introduce Havoc
12. Stephen F. Austin
This game is unfair
How can you pit a whole team
Against one person?
4. UCLA
Bruins can bomb from three
Learn about Kyle Anderson
Breakout star of March
13. Tulsa
Improvements on D:
137th last year,
26th this year.
6. Ohio State
Buckeyes great on D
But do they have enough O?
Need three pointer luck
11. Dayton
Have tried to play Bucks
forever. What are their thoughts?
“You can’t duck us now.”
3. Syracuse
No team’s won title
Sub .500 last 5 games
Cuse went 2-3
14. Western Michigan
Broncos hockey team
Struggled in new league this year
Hoopsters picked up slack
7. New Mexico
Are underseeded.
Cameron Bairstow, breakout star
10. Stanford
Shocked they got a 10
10-8 in Pac 12 and
Who have they beaten?
2. Kansas
Lingering questions:
When will Embiid come back, and
How will they defend?
15. Eastern Kentucky
KU fans’ nightmare:
Colonels shoot tons of threes and
Force turnovers. Gulp.
