You can go to any major sports website like ESPN or CBS Sports and get tons of in-depth analysis on the Final Four.\u00a0 You can get player profiles, you can get cool stories about how awesome this player’s journey has been to make the team and then help lead them to the Final Four, you can get silly re-rankings of the Final Four teams,\u00a0 If you go to ESPN’s website, you can even see Zion Williamson make his mark on the Final Four by giving “scouting reports” on each team – since Duke actually played all 4 of them this season.\u00a0 (SPOILER ALERT – he doesn’t even predict who will win each game – BORING!!!!)<\/p>\n
You can get so much more here at the Lunatic Blog – we have our own expert panel ready to give you analysis on the Final Four that you simply can not get anywhere else.\u00a0 \u00a0It has been difficult this year to get the expert panel together – between my travel for work and the rest of the panel’s complete disinterest in doing this, we decided to wait until the Final Four games.<\/p>\n
As I asked if everyone would give me their picks this year, here were the reactions.\u00a0 Elizabeth sighed and said, “I guess we can do that.”\u00a0 Charlie didn’t even look up from his basketball game on his I-pad \u2013 guess I should be happy that he was at least interested in some type of basketball.\u00a0 And Katie said, “I don’t want the Patriots to win – I don’t like them.”\u00a0 Well, Katie will get her wish – the New England Patriots will not be winning the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament this year.<\/p>\n
So, without further ado (and before I lose my expert panel and can’t write this post), here are the Lunatic’s expert panel picks for the Final Four – you really can’t find this type of expert analysis anywhere else.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n 6:09 pm – #1 Virginia vs #5 Auburn<\/strong><\/p>\n Charlie – Virginia<\/strong> – because my friend Nathan likes Virginia<\/p>\n Katie – Virginia<\/strong> – because we live in Virginia and I have no clue who Auburn is<\/p>\n Mrs. Lunatic – Auburn<\/strong> – everyone loves a Cinderella story<\/p>\n Crazed Lunatic \u2013 Virginia<\/strong> \u2013 everyone knows about Virginia\u2019s incredible defense.\u00a0 But this Virginia team also demonstrated that they have enough offense that they can keep pace with a team that has a hot shooter \u2013 as they did against Purdue\u2019s Carsen Edwards.\u00a0 Auburn also had a brilliant run to the Final Four \u2013 but their offense it very reliant on pushing the tempo and hitting three-pointers.\u00a0 Virginia\u2019s defense is very good at stopping this type of team \u2013 and so you have to go with the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8:49 pm EST – #2 Michigan State vs #3 Texas Tech<\/strong><\/p>\n Charlie \u2013 Michigan State \u2013 <\/strong>because Purdue is in the Big 10 \u2013 and MSU was able to beat Purdue \u2013 so they have to be good.<\/p>\n Katie \u2013 Texas Tech <\/strong>\u2013 because our friends Bridget and Alex live in Texas<\/p>\n Mrs. Lunatic \u2013 Texas Tech <\/strong>– everyone loves a Cinderella story \u2013 Part II.<\/p>\n Crazed Lunatic \u2013 Michigan State<\/strong> \u2013 Cassius Winston has just been amazing in this tournament for Michigan State \u2013 I did not think anyone would be able to beat Duke, but Winston led the Spartans past the Blue Devils.\u00a0 Texas Tech has the best defense remaining in the tournament (which is saying something since Virginia is also in the Final Four) \u2013 but their style of play is the type of game Michigan State likes to play.\u00a0 Not to mention, I have learned that you never bet against Tom Izzo in March.<\/p>\n So, there you have it, analysis from the Lunatic\u2019s experts.\u00a0 Enjoy tonight\u2019s Final Four!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You can go to any major sports website like ESPN or CBS Sports and get tons of in-depth analysis on the Final Four.\u00a0 You can get player profiles, you can get cool stories about how awesome this player’s journey has been to make the team and then help lead them to the Final Four, you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1656,"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}