QotD: Hoop Dreams

nobody@vox.com(Pete) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 15:35:02 +0000

Who's going to be in the Final Four?

As Vox is an international website, and not just American, I can only assume that this question refers to the final four that is of most international significance over the coming month. I'm sure no American would be naive enough to assume the rest of the world gave one jot about the NCAA Final Four, and the question can only refer to the Cricket world cup, which is watched and listened to daily by more people than even know what the NCAA is.

I'd say it's gonna be Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. It could well be Murali's year, probably his last world cup, they've got good depth bowling so if their bowling attack performs well they'll not need the batsmen to raise any totals that are too big.

That said, if I were to put a punt on an outsider, Bangladesh have a young team that are capable of causing an upset or two in the super eights and progressing to the semi's. They may have been beaten by Sri Lanka, but put in a fantastic performance against India, and Tamim Iqbal has the potential to be a truly great batsmen, anyone who waltzes down the crease to paste the Indian attack round the boundaries with such confidence has to be a danger.

(as for the NCAA - who cares, Notre Dame are out)

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QotD: Hoop Dreams