which team not considered a powerhouse will shock everyone by making the final four?
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Ivory Coast or Portugal seem to be the possible suprise teams of the World Cup.
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I agree 100% with cshskool! I honestly can't see the Spurs losing; them playing at the level they're playing. Detroit is good--but they haven't been dealt any REAL challenges this year. They haven't had any injuries to work through, and the GOOD teams they played were injured themselves, or coming out of a back-to-back. San Antonio has grown these past few months and I've watched them get better (if that's humanly possible..!). Ginobili, Parker and Duncan are at the top of their game; the bench is the deepest it's ever been; and Bowen can "legally harass" the best of them with his defense! My tuition says Spurs in 6!
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Can't say they will. There is just too much talent elsewhere. Duke, UCONN, Florida, etc.
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They have been playing great with some hard fought victories over three great teams (Mich St, UNC, and UCONN).  I don't think they have a chance of winning the tournament though, as they do not match up well against Florida, LSU, or UCLA.  These are three physical teams with great defensive skills.  GMU is a quick team, but I don't think they have the physical players to win a slug-fest with any of these teams.
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Bradley has to be the most impressive.  They've beaten Kansas, who I thought would make the Sweet 16, and they've beaten Pitt who was a top ten team for the entire regular season.  For more insight visit the source.  (My site)
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Broncos, Hawks(not pro), Buffaloes(CU), Rams (CSU), Titans, Colorado Spring Flames, Boulder Saints, Colorado Wildcats, Mile high Grizzlies, Northern Colorado Wolfpack, Colorado Crush\n\nEnjoy!!
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Florida is the sleeper but won't get in becuase of that almsot loss against FSU. If USc wins against UCLA there in. UCLA can be the spoiler here.
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it will be an exciting season! we can never tell who will gonna win the title this year, and  with the old-fat o'neal, miami can't defend their title! and there's a lot of sleeper teams in the west, utah, lakers, houston!  \n\nwho's gonna win the scoring title? kobe? ai? lbj? we can never tell?\n\nhow about mvp? my vote goes to kb24!
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No, ND'S is a long way from being a Big 10 team. They did dominate in NCAA Div 2, but they are going to have a much harder time of it as a NCAA Div 1 team. Notre Dame would be a much better candidate for the Big 10.
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The winner of the NBA Eastern Confrence is going to be the Detroit Pistons. The Pistons are one of the greatest TEAMs in the history of the NBA. I have never seen such great teamwork and underrated talent on one roster before.\n\nDetroit can match up and beat anybody in the NBA. Hamilton, Billups are playing smart, terrific basketball while Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace are owning the paint. Antonio McDyess is also a good big man off the bench. \n\nMark my words, The Detroit Pistons are going to win the NBA Championship this year unless either Rip Hamilton or Chauncey Billups gets injured.
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Memphis, Duke, Uconn, Villanova
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No, there are too many other good teams out there (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Miami, Vermont, etc.) for them to make it to the Frozen Four.  However, I have to admit they will definately play spoiler in the tournement, just as they have been doing all season.  They lack the great talent and consistency to make it to Milwaukee this year.  Keep up the good work though.
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GONZAGA RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Morrison should be the first pick overall. They got robbed against ucla. But the zags are still the best
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Of course they will.  Sure it's a tough group, but they have a good team and I think they are really gonna surprise everyone.  Italy and the Czech Republic will be tough, but they can handle it.
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I think they will get some where from a 2-4 seed. I think they will definitely make it to the Sweet 16, maybe even the Final 4.
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You forgot to mention Senegal as surprise team in 2002.\nThe US team will surprise many people because they are very talented and managed to stay out of the radar; they will be the surprise because few are expecting them to make it out the tough group they are in
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I looks like there'll be no surprizes and it will be Brazil again. However, there're few promicing teams in Europe, and Germany was surprizing last time. My guess is that the final will be between Argentina and Brazil, but the last few world and european cups were FULL of surprizes.