Tag: Underdogs

  • Sweet Sixteen – Ranking the Favorites to Win the 2014 NCAA Tournament

    Reaching the Sweet Sixteen stage of the NCAA tournament also means a few days without basketball. This rest is also time to further analyze and try and decipher who the favorites and underdogs are from those that are left, which pretty much means separating between teams like Florida, Louisville and Arizona from the likes of Dayton and Stanford.

  • Los Angeles Lakers – Not Used to Being the Underdogs

    Los Angeles Lakers – Not Used to Being the Underdogs

    It might not be so bad after all. Expectations are far lower than they were last season from the Los Angeles Lakers, which might lead to a reverse kind of season, as Kobe Bryant won’t be expected to do everything coming off an injury, while Pau Gasol and Steve Nash feel like they have a lot to prove, just without the burden of being talked about as title or even playoff contenders.

  • Atlanta Falcons – Why Are They Such Big Underdogs

    Atlanta Falcons – Why Are They Such Big Underdogs

    The Atlanta Falcons finished the regular season with the best record in the NFC at 13-3. They host the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC title game.