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Breaking down Kelley Ford's power rankings on the final four in the March Madness Tournament · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Kelly Ford Segment two k Ford Ratings on x also k Ford Ratings dot Com.
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  Hey, Kelly, let me ask you about a couple of these teams
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  that's kind of stuck in the middle here, Marquette being one three percent chance
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  to win the whole thing based on your numbers, nine percent chance to make
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  the National Championship game, and then Illinois. And I've noticed some people,
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  you know, they look at brackets and stuff around the country have picked Illinois.
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  You look at Marquette, Illinois, Alabama, maybe even Creighton, any
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  of those teams that you like more than others that we could look up at
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  the end of the weekend and they're in the final four. Yeah, Jake,
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  I think Illinois is probably the best team out of that group that you
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  just mentioned. Now it's tough because they got Yukon in their bracket and it
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  have to go through them in the Elite eight round there to make it to
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  the final four. I think Illinois is the best team. I think Alabama
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  and I've talked about this. I've talked about this with you before, Jake.
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  Their upside, I think is incredible, Perhaps the Alabama upside better than
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  any of these other teams. Upside, but they can lay an absolute thinker
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  on any given night, and we've seen that as well. I don't think
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  Marquette they've got the best chance out of this group to win their Sweet sixteen
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  game because they're playing NC State and NC State is clearly, by my numbers,
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  the worst team from a power rating standpoint remaining in this tournament. Yes,
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  I know they won the ACT Championship, but they are the worst team
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  from a power rating standpoint, so you have to like their odds to make
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  it to the Elite eight. But Marquette is probably the worst team out of
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  that group you just mentioned in terms of their own raw power rating, and
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  the winner of that game, Marketnessee State has to go up against Houston,
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  who I still have power rated number one. I know it got close there
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  in their Round A thirty two game, but they did pull it out even
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  with the foul troubles, So I think Alabama's got the high upside. Illinois
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  is probably the best out of the group. Marquette probably has the best chance
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  out of any of them to make it to the Elite eight.