Current Video: Hoops Hysteria: Top Seeds
Which four teams were rewarded with top seeds? Marques Johnson breaks down the top seeds and shares his thoughts on who has the easiest path to the Final Four.
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" Welcome to -- to Gary Bryan Webber joined by market -- to the brackets are set we're going to break it down region by region markets you -- tired is always great -- another -- about commitment to boogie man it's brilliant as we can still Pratt and united -- for the top seeds in the turning it seemed like three of these teams were locks to be on the top like some doubt about the fourteenth. Here's nothing's broke down Louisville gets -- top overall seed they won the Big East regular season title the Big East tournament. North Carolina the top seed in the south region. Kissed the top seed in the east region you've got the third Big East team to get a number one seed instead of Memphis both in the west region so let's start in that region markets with the debate between you kind of met this which would you have chosen to be a top."
" What it was a tough but I felt that there were five teams that were deserving of that number one seed and the fact that Memphis plays in the copper to proceed to be so weak that I think is the biggest thing against them. I like the way Memphis came on especially after -- Evans all of sudden John Calipari figured out that he was a point guard -- the starting lineup as the point guard and the team took off from there but when you look at the Big East not to put that that the league was all season long. I don't think you could fault you -- and number ones that I interviewed John fell apart this weekend he was passionate thing this team has not received enough credit. Can we blame them for playing in conference US and that's not their choice coverage they play well they've -- they had them some losses early going to play the top teams this season but hasn't lost immediately if they -- Georgetown and -- Syracuse without -- even going to begin -- and that gets along and really it would -- signature win but but but but still if they didn't really start to come on strong until. After January -- Evans in to the starting lineup so. You gotta match I just can't argue with that yet based on the strength of the Big East. Probably hitting that history was made this year let's talk about another Big -- he paid Jamie Dixon's team that any season what stands -- to you the most when you look at the can't look with this team of the yet the look at their deep pits and and and how good of a -- it's a unit they are and how physical this basketball team is -- been how much kind of got the ball rolling. When he was head -- here before UCLA Jamie Dixon as assistant kind of picked it up. From where he left off and and DeJuan Blair you that you -- hit hit matchup between these women and let people from UConn and he just. Demolished for the -- and and -- it wanted it to the going to have a chance to do a -- game last year against Washington in Seattle you see an up close and personal. TV doesn't do them justice -- how physical the CBS and the Mansfield when he's healthy he's one of the -- best point guards in the country but he's a clutch clutch player and you -- guys Sam Young won the best all around all purpose guys in terms of office at the -- in the country kind of underrated at stake and got to do that he deserves so. This team's toughness and an and the players. Right now this is really tough as anybody that he has under achieve the bid in the -- in recent years anyway they benefited from losing early in the Big East tournament New York and the rest. Well that's deal with oodles and their rules and hated the the pac ten full season turn him just because he thought it would you play eighteen games -- regular season you don't would you go through -- we gave it to -- that scenario. I think it could help this team especially considering what they had to go through for the entire season the Big East okay let's move on North Carolina arguably the most talented team in the country does that run to the final four come down to -- lost it's tough. Yes it does that are what I Ty Lawson this team is going to be a big big trouble and then for the things we're here now that he should be ready to play. Come the first game of the NCAA tournament. But that he is together makes them go in terms of just handling the basketball at the top assist to turnover ratio in -- in theaters because the Ty Lawson without him -- nowhere near as efficient offensively so he's going to have to be healthy for them -- it took it -- questions about north Carolina's defense they've had a lot of trouble with athletic golf club what they do what would you look at this team get out of look at points allowed because as the team gets about seventy points -- game which is terrible but on the on on the face of it. But when you look at the that the temple that they play at -- score about nine points a game. I look at the pits -- finished around fifth in the ACC better than do better than Clinton been a lot of teams during the tournament so. I think overall they're deep into solid but as -- in the wings can be a problem or belittle the top overall seed and you look at the numbers almost in beatable this year and yet edited I love the global team I had a mid December 20. When they lost the Minnesota in Phoenix on a neutral court. They weren't the saint -- that they are now Terrence Williams -- Obama favored players in the country because he does so many things rebound the basketball. As a great depth depth this the best but he's even got the LeBron James like. Resin bag thing to do with the now all he did it -- when we had on the net in Phoenix so I'm like as it is this elect tomorrow standards has a load inside the -- start for the bottle of a better. And then Rick pitino has been -- so many -- he understands what it takes to get his team prepared for the moment the Cardinals will take on the play in winner but potentially -- NCAA tournament team so you can't overlook them but but it. I don't think so I just think we move on as planned right now to think to do what they did in the Big East it took to win the Big East tournament on top of that. You just can't fight that you have to understand is this team's plane are on all cylinders and I don't think early round -- to be a problem boosting."
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