Today is Selection Sunday. Tuesday the opening four games start. Thursday the whole sha-bang begins. We decided to get you ready for the tournament by creating four brackets deciding who the best players are in our standards, culminating in a final four. That is, swagger, skills, ESPN under hype and greatness. We selected the 16 best players from each of the four major sports and put them into a bracket and determined them by these four attributes. Each will be graded on a ten point scale.
Swagger:
The way in which the individual holds themselves, dresses, acts in public, celebrates and simply swags it up. 10 being the owner of the swagger supermarket, 1 being the bag boy.
Skills:
How damn good they are. 10 being god of skills and 1 means I don't understand why he's a professional athlete.
ESPN Underhype:
How much air time this individual DOESN'T get on ESPN even though they clearly deserve it. A 10, means you are still sorely underrated(I corrected it for hockey, cause we all know no one talks about hockey), even if you are considered a "superstar." 1 means you're probably somewhere between Brett Favre, Danica Patrick and Freddy Adu.
Greatness Factor:
The killer instinct. How this player translate their skills into greatness. 10 is MJ, 1 is Ryan Leaf.
Matchup Breakdown:
1. Albert Pujols vs. 16. Paul Pierce
Swagger: 7-9
Skills: 10-7
ESPN Underhype: 3-3
Greatness Factor: 9-7
2. Tim Lincecum vs. 15. Steve Nash
Swagger: 7-3
Skills: 10-9
ESPN Underhype: 3-3
Greatness Factor: 9-7
3. Justin Verlander vs. 14 Chris Bosh
Swagger: 5-3
Skills: 9-6
ESPN Underhype: 7-6
Greatness Factor: 6-4
4. CC Sabathia vs. 13. Carmelo Anthony
Swagger: 8-10
Skills: 9-10
ESPN Underhype: 7-3
Greatness Factor: 9-5
5. Patty Kane vs. 12. Wes Welker
Swagger: 10-5
Skills: 9-8
ESPN Underhype: 3-2
Greatness Factor: 8-7
6 vs. Shea Weber vs. 11. Patrick Willis
Swagger: 8-10
Skills: 8-9
ESPN Underhype: 9-7
Greatness Factor: 4-8
7. vs. Daniel Sedin vs. 10. Frank Gore
Swagger: 4-9
Skills: 9-7
ESPN Underhype: 4-4
Greatness Factor: 5-5
8. Ryan Miller vs. Ray Lewis
Swagger: 8-10
Skills: 10-10
ESPN Underhype: 4-5
Greatness Factor 8-10
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