I'm not a fan of North Carolina or anything, but I have to disagree with that part of your statement.
For this tournament, the team with the easy bracket is definitely UCLA. Their 2 seed was a weak Duke (weakest two seed i think) and a struggling Xavier was their 3 seed. They had UConn as their 4th. Nobody expected UConn to do much and that is what happened.
North Carolina has to contend with Washington State, the third best Pac-10 team. Probably the best 4th seed in the tournament (either them or Pittsburgh). They have Louisville, who was tied for second in the Big East with Notre Dame (who was also in this bracket), and Tennessee who some considered got screwed out of a number 1 seed. That is a pretty tough bracket.
Also, look at the last two times they were a Number 1 seed.
Last year: 2. Georgetown (final four team), 3. Washington State, 4. Texas, 5. USC
Those were 4 very good teams
2005: 2. UConn (a number 1 seed the next year), 3. Kansas (knocked out by Bucknell), 4. Florida (champions the next two years with virtually the same team as 2005), 5. Villanova (a 1 seed the next year)
they don't get easy rides to the final four. although i guess its not as bad as memphis, considering they consistently get games against teams that are playing on what is essentially a home court in the second weekend (UCLA two years ago, Texas A&M last year, Texas this year)
And, well done Davidson. That Stephen Curry is one hell of a player. Not too pleased that Georgetown is out though.
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