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Saturday, March 29, 2025

Elite Eight is Here... It's Time for these 8 teams to win

The Elite Eight is here and it is full of perennial favorites in the NCAA Tournament. The Teams that are left vying for next weeks Final Four and Championship Game on April 7th in San Antonio are as follows:
#1 seed - Florida
#1 seed - Duke
#1 seed - Auburn

#1 seed - Houston
#2 seed - Michigan State
#2 seed - Tennessee
#2 seed - Alabama
#3 seed - Texas Tech

The NCAA Tournament started with 68 teams and we are now down to the last Eight. Gone are a most of the Dark Horses and all that remain are almost al of the highest seeded teams., More Fans Brackets should be almost fully intact heading into the Elite 8.. Players from teams eliminated already announcing for the upcoming NBA draft and some Coaches fired and others moving onto hopefully greener pastures and new teams. The Sweet 16 saw no surprises as the higher seeds won all 8 games. Florida and Alabama and Tennessee and Auburn cruised to easy wins while Duke and Michigan State battled to hard fought wins and Texas Tech and Houston eked out last second wins to advance. Any of these Eight Teams can make it into the Final Four next weekend... Joey once again is having a very successful picking of the NCAA Tournament going 8-0 in the Sweet 16 and is 54-2 overall and still has 7 of the 8 teams left in the Elite Eight. Joeys Brackets are still all in tack heading into the Elite 8.... Here are Joey the Cats picks for the Elite Eight... www.TheCupofJoeintheD.blogspot.com twitter; @TheCupofJoeintheD2 email; cupofjoeinthed@gmail.com

Elite 8 Saturday Games:

Florida and Duke

Elite 8 Sunday Games:

MSU and Tennessee

NCAA Tournament Conference Records 2025

Conference (Total NCAA Teams)		Remaining Teams
Big 12 (7)		2
Big Ten (8)		1
SEC (14)		4
ACC (4)		1
West Coast (2)		0
Big East (5)		0
Mountain West (4)		0

Joey after Making His Elite 8 Picks

Friday, March 28, 2025

NCAA Analyst Joey Boloney says Welcome to the 2nd night of the Sweet 16!!!

The NCAA Tournament started with 64 teams and now down to the last 8 Teams of the Sweet 16. Four Teams punched their tickets last night with Florida and Duke and Alabama and Texas Tech all advancing to the Elite 8. Tonight 8 more teams playing with all having Hopes of also making it to the Elite 8. Michigan State and Ole Miss, and Tennessee and Kentucky, Auburn and Michigan, and Purdue and Houston...

March Madness is in full swing! This NCAA Tournament had only one team that wasn't a 6th seed or higher for the First time ever. Brackets should be alive and well going into tonight. Wishing Everyone Good Luck to Your Teams and also on Your Brackets. The NCAA Tourney Record here right now stands at for Joey Boloney the NCAA Cat Analyst at 52-2 w/6 upsets picked so far and his Brackets are in Great shape heading into the the 2nd night of the Sweet 16. I will be updating throughout the Tourney how Joey the Cat is doing in the NCAA Tournament. www.CupofJoeintheD.blogspot.com twitter: @CupofJoeintheD2 email: CupofJoeintheD@gmail.com

Sweet 16 Thursday Games:

Florida, Alabama, Duke, Texas Tech

Joey went 4-0 in Thursday's Games

Sweet 16 Friday Games:

MSU, Tennessee, Auburn, Houston

Joey went 4-0 in Friday's Games

NCAA Tournament Conference Records 2025

Conference (Total NCAA Teams)	2025 Record	Remaining Teams
Big 12 (7)	11-5 (.688)	1
Big Ten (8)	12-5 (.706)	3
SEC (14)	15-8 (.652)	7
ACC (4)	4-3 ( .571)	1
West Coast (2)	2-2 (.500)	0
Big East (5)	4-5 (.444)	0
Mountain West (4)	2-2 (.500)	0

Joey after Making His Sweet 16 March Madness Picks

Thursday, March 20, 2025

It's March Madness Weekend in the NCAA... 8 Teams already onto the Sweet 16, 8 more will move on today..

The Big Dance has entered the last day of the First weekend of March Madness. Eight Teams have already advanced to the Sweet 16 with 8 more punching their ticket today.. Day 4 of March Madness begins today! I am sure everyone has their Final Four intact even after 40 teams have been eliminated. On Saturday we watched another SEC team go down in flames (Texas A&M) joined Miss St, Vanderbilt,Georgia, Mizzou and Texas which lost in a play in game. Once again the NCAA Selection Committee came under fire when they put 14 Teams in from the SEC and screwed over Indiana and Boise State and the Mid Major Conferences were Royally screwed over again.. A North Carolina team who had a 1-12 record in Quad 1 was selected and booted on Friday. And even more questions arise as the Chair person is the AD of UNC. I am sure many will be rooting for their Team and watching their Brackets and seeing who will win and who will lose and what will be the Major Upsets this weekend. Will this be another year of early round upsets or will the Power 5 Conferences finally show their prowess. Everyone Good Luck to Your Teams and also on Your Brackets. The NCAA needs to address in both Basketball and Football the Issues of Teams being able to go after Head Coaches of Teams playing in the NCAA Tournament or the CFB Playoffs.. A Moratorium needs to be put in place for this as well as Players entering the Transfer Portal. NCSU is the latest to go after a Head Coach of a Team currently playing in the NCAA Tournament.. Joey Boloney the NCAA CAT Analyst is back for His 10 season of Picking the NCAA Tournament and went 15-1 on Thursday and 15-1 on Friday and 8-0n Saturday and is 38-2 so far in the NCAA Tournament. ..Joey the Cat will be updating throughout the NCAA Tourney!!! Joey will send out his Tourney picks every Thursday morning. www.CupofJoeintheD.blogspot.com twitter: @CupofJoeintheD2 email: CupofJoeintheD@gmail.com

NCAA First Round Picks:
Thursday: First Round

Creighton, Purdue, Wisconsin, Houston, Auburn, McNeese, BYU, Gonzaga, Tennessee, Kansas, Texas A&M, Drake, UCLA, St John's, Michigan, Texas Tech

Joey went 15-1 on Day 1 with upset picks of Creighton,McNeese,Drake. Lone loss was Arkansas beating Kansas

Friday: First Round

Baylor, Alabama, Iowa St, Memphis, Duke, Ole Miss, Maryland, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, UCONN, Illinois, Mich St, Oregon, St. Mary's, Kentucky

Joey went 15-1 on Friday with the lone loss being Colorado State beating Memphis.

Saturday: Second Round

Arkansas, Purdue, Michigan, Texas Tech, Auburn, BYU, Houston, Tennessee

Joey went 8-0 on Saturday

Sunday: Second Round

Florida, Duke, Kentucky, Alabama, Maryland, Ole Miss, Michigan State, Arizona

Joey went 8-0 on Sunday

Sweet 16

Thursday

Florida, Alabama, Duke, Texas Tech

NCAA Tournament Conference Records 2025

Conference (Total NCAA Teams)	2025 Record	Remaining Teams
Big 12 (7)	11-3 (.786)	4
Big Ten (8)	12-4 (.750)	4
SEC (14)	15-7 (.682)	7
ACC (4)	3-3 (.500)	1
West Coast (2)	2-2 (.500)	0
Big East (5)	4-5 (.444)	0
Mountain West (4)	2-2 (.333)	0

Joey Boloney after making His selections for the Weekend Games

Sunday, February 9, 2025

NFL Super Bowl LVIX is Here.. My Pick and Thoughts

It is Super Bowl LVIX Sunday of the 2024 Season!!! Cooper the NFL Analyst just completed another great Season Picking Games! NFL Super Bowl LVIX pits the NFC Philadephia Eagles against the Kansas City Chiefs.. The NFL must change the way they seed teams going into the Playoffs for both the Lions and Vikings are 14-2 and the Winner gets to the #1 seed and the Loser drops all the way to the #5 seed and have to play on the road in the playoffs right away... Injuries especially Concussions have been a huge issue throughout the season with many star players out with numerous ailments and injuries.

The NFL made 3 huge changes to the game this year. first they changed the kickoff to a stupid format which is a joke, second they outlawed the way players have tackled for decades and third teams can only try on on sides kick in the 4th quarter and only after they let the other team know they are going to try an on sides kick.. The NFL once again also screwed over its Fans by now putting Games only on Netflix and Amazon Prime and Peacock and now ESPN+ just so the Owners can make more money at the expense of the Fans! And a Round 1 Wildcard Game is only available on Amazon Prime..

Officiating has been poor at best the past few seasons and it seems that replay is being used on almost every other play. Will this be the Season where the NFL Officials get it right or will we continue down the slippery slope of Officials costing teams games like they have the past few seasons? Why have the Officials once again played favorites in these Playoffs...

A Huge Shout Out to My Surgeon, Dr. Daniel Sullivan, who is a Great Guy and the Biggest Bills Mafia and Buffalo Bills Fan.....

Cooper has picked the Super Bowl Champion the last 3 years in a row.

Cooper Picks the Eagles 32 Chiefs 27

Here are this weeks Questions:

Will the Chiefs be 3peat Super Bowl Winners?
Who will be the Better QB tonight, Patrick Mahomes or Jalen Hurts?
Will the Chiefs be able to contain Saquaon Barkley?
Now that the season is over, the NFL needs to look at changing how teams can interview Coaches during the Playoffs..
NFL also need to stop playing favorites during the Playoffs...
Will there ever be another Division in the NFL like the NFC North where 3 of the teams finished 15-2 (Lions) and 14-3 (Vikings) and 11-6 (Packers)?

Cooper is 11-1 in His NFL Playoff Picks after finishing the Regular Season 244-4... We will pick the games each week and post the previous weeks records and recap as we go forward.. Enjoy the NFL Playoffs !!! Cooper says are ready for some Football..... twitter; @CupofJoeintheD2 email; cupofjoeinthed@gmail.com www.cupofjoeinthed.blogspot.com

Cooper NFL Analyst with His NFL Super Bowl Pick

	NFL Super Bowl
		Cooper	CupofJoe
PHI at KC		PHI	KC

Saturday, January 18, 2025

NFL Divisional Round Weekend Picks by Cooper the Analyst and Cup of Joe in the D...

It is the NFL Divisional Games Weekend of the 2024 Season!!! Thoughts and Prayers to All who have been affected by the Wildfires that Devastated the State of California. Cooper the NFL Analyst just completed another great Season Picking Games! NFL Divisional weekend opens up with 2 games on Saturday as the Houston Texas visit the Chiefs in Kansas City and the Detroit Lions host the Washington Commanders. Wildcard weekend saw the Commanders go into Tampa Bar and come out with a hard fought win. The Commanders were the only road team to win. Buffalo and Philadelphia and the Rams and Ravens all won their games easily. The NFL must change the way they seed teams going into the Playoffs for both the Lions and Vikings are 14-2 and the Winner gets to the #1 seed and the Loser drops all the way to the #5 seed and have to play on the road in the playoffs right away... Injuries especially Concussions have been a huge issue in the first 17 weeks of the season with many star players out with numerous ailments and injuries.

A Huge Shout Out to My Surgeon, Dr. Daniel Sullivan, who is a Great Guy and the Biggest Bills Mafia and Buffalo Bills Fan.....

Cooper has picked the Super Bowl Champion the last 3 years in a row.

Each year, every team and their fans are optimistic that this will be their year to win the Super Bowl. There are the contenders, the so so's and the pretenders. Contenders at the end of the season are: will be in the AFC; Chiefs, Bills and Ravens. In the NFC; Lions, Vikings and Eagles. Up and Coming Teams were the Vikings, Commanders, Packers, Rams, Chargers and Broncos. The pretenders were: Jaguars, Panthers, Colts, Raiders, Patriots, Browns, Saints and Giants. Biggest Disappointments are the Falcons, Cowboys, 49ers, Bengals

Here are this weeks Questions:

Can the Rams pull off the upset in Philadelphia on Sunday?
Will the Chiefs be 3peat Super Bowl Winners?
Are the Bills or Chiefs or Ravens the best team in the AFC Right Now?
Which Playoff favorites will make it to the Super Bowl and who will exit the Playoff early?
Was the 3 game suspension by the NFL to Texans Al-Shaair for His illegal hit on Jags QB Trevor Lawrence enough?
Is there a Team more Decimated with Injuries than the Detroit Lions?
Is this the year the Detroit Lions win their first Super Bowl?
What is the real reason why the Jets fired Robert Saleh?
Whose Ownership is the Biggest Joke in the NFL? Giants or Bears or Browns or Colts or Cowboys?
Are the Jaguars or Giants or Browns the worst team in the NFL?
Have the Bengals and Cowboys become below average NFL Teams?
Which MVP Candidate will lead their team to victory on Sunday, J Allen of L. Jackson?
DeShawn Watson torn His Achilles Tendon again and could miss the entire 2025 season after restructuring His Contract. Has Watson played his last game in Cleveland?
Who will be the NFL MVP this year?
Will Christian McCaffrey be able to return to His MVP from His Injuries next year?
Which Head Coaches are on the Hot Seat and Who will be fired next?
Is Sam Darnold sill the answer in Minnesota?
Will Russell Wilson be the Steelers starting QB next season?
Which teams have the most explosive Offenses and stingiest Defense in the NFL?
Which is the Strongest Division in the NFC and the AFC?
Which is the Worst Division in the AFC and NFC?
Why does every receiver think their should be DPI in every pass nowadays?
Are the Commandeers and Jayden Daniels for real this season?
The Browns & Raiders are back into rebuild mode again will the current players accept this?
Why would anyone want the HC opening in Dallas with Jerry Jones micromanaging everything?
Has Falcons QB Cousins played his last game in Atlanta?
Why would anyone want to be the HC in Dallas or New England or LV right now with meddlesome Owners?
Will there ever be another Division in the NFL like the NFC North where 3 of the teams finished 15-2 (Lions) and 14-3 (Vikings) and 11-6 (Packers)?

Cooper was 6-0 in His NFL Wildcard Picks after finishing the Regular Season 244-44 and looks forward to the upcoming Playoffs starting in January. We will pick the games each week and post the previous weeks records and recap as we go forward.. Enjoy the NFL Playoffs !!! Cooper says are ready for some Football..... twitter; @CupofJoeintheD2 email; cupofjoeinthed@gmail.com www.cupofjoeinthed.blogspot.com

Cooper NFL Analyst with His NFL Divisional Round Picks

	NFL Divisional Round
		Cooper	CupofJoe
HOU at KC		KC	KC
WAS at DET		DET	DET
LAR at PHI		PHI	LAR
BAL at BUF		BUF	BUF