Sunday, March 22, 2009

On to Sunday...

Sunday's coming...BUT FIRST! (lol) some Saturday recaps...
  • Nova pounds UCLA...that's the Nova team everyone expected...and the home crowd didn't hurt...they dominated from the tip and looked quite impressive...UCLA was overmatched in every way and it'll get even worse next year minus Collison and Shipp...yikes
  • Same story with Memphis over Maryland...the Terps were at no point competitive and without the favorable round 1 matchup of Cal (who was hideous) they wouldn't have been there...on a positive note, Memphis redeemed themselves (and possibly lent itself to the fact that Cal State Northridge was actually good)
  • Okay....same story again....but that was the theme of the early games....UConn absolutely took it to Texas A&M....like worse than the first 2 games....As I was saying in previous days about the Aggies they are a hit or miss team....and they missed badly today....UConn clearly wins the award for most dominant team of the first 2 rounds...
  • My Final Four is broken....Washington lost a close battle with Purdue today to maybe cause me to toss my bracket away....a valiant effort from Isiah Thomas and Jon Brockman...but too many bad shots early, and some game free throw shooting/ball control by Purdue down the stretch....I like them against UConn...but I don't know how much yet
  • UNC over LSU...standard "close for a while" game....LSU battled but weren't as talented, as deep, or as well coached....typical....The thing of note is Ty Lawson's return and he looks full strength on top of it....they're scary with him
  • My Wolverines are gone too....expected....but what do you do when Blake Griffin goes for 33 and 16 on you? Nothing it seems...oh well, was nice to be relevant for the first time since Robert "Tractor" Traylor and Maurice Taylor were manning the post....
  • What a game between Gonzaga and the Hilltoppers of Western Kentucky....Gonzaga blows a double digit lead in the last 2 minutes...only to see backup guard Dmitri Goodson go the length for a leaner for the win....the guards from WKY played out of their minds and almost pulled off the upset....total bracket collapse averted lol
  • Duke narrowly avoids the upset against Texas to end the night....A weird sequence at the end cultivated by a long behind the back save of an errand steal by Jon Scheyer coupled with a dumb foul by Texas...and they sneak away despite Elliot Williams bricking both FT's when he only needed one to seal it...Gerald Henderson was huge for Duke...
To Sunday's games.....First to the lines...YTD 6-6-1 after an ugly 0-2 Saturday
  • Arizona -3 over Cleveland State....I know how good they looked....but I think it was more Wake laying the egg, and they'll have the hangover...wayyyyy too much talent on that Arizona squad and with Nic Wise playing good ball, they'll be a tough out for anybody
  • Missouri -3.5 over Marquette...Missouri presses...Marquette is without their point guard...that's enough....
  • Michigan State -4 over USC.....virtual homecourt in Minneapolis....far more talent...and a HUGE, I repeat HUGE coaching advantage with Tom Izzo vs. under-the-radar Tim Floyd (in his ineptness of course)
  • Wisconsin +4 over Xavier...I think they win outright...but it'll be low-scoring and tight either way...take the 4 and bank it
Other games not covered yet such as above....
  • Dayton/Kansas....I like Kansas here...I wasn't high on them (still not) but I'm not high on Dayton's ability to play at that high of a level in back to back games....Sherron Collins takes this one over
  • Louisville/Siena....Louisville by 15....Not enough talent...they'll wear them down with the press....and fast
  • Pittsburgh/OK State....Pitt gets off the lull they were in the other night....OK State hangs around but Pitt distances late...Fields and/or Young rebounds from the stinker...
  • Zona State/Syracuse....Love this game...best game of the day IMO...I really like Arizona State....no matchup for Pendergraft...and James Harden isn't going 1-8 for 4 points again....

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