Texas is a top 10 team and a legit threat to make it to the final 4. They play pressure defense which Villanova has not seen yet this year. I know Reynolds can handle the ball and will be effective regardless of the defense but every other position Texas has better players and far more athletic players. I have seen both teams play several times this year and really think Texas should be a bigger favorite than they are. Neutral court close to the Philadelphia area will help the Wildcats but in the end wont be enough.
Davidson has the best pure shooter in the game who has already shown he can share the rock and be unselfish. Taking Curry out of the game does not mean anything (winning by 30 earlier this season when Curry scored 0) they have good role players who played deep into the tournament last year so playing at the Garden wont be a problem for them.
Virginia Tech seems like a real easy pick. Plain and simple, V-Tech is athletic and can score and they showed their toughness in a close game against Wisconsin. Georgia on the other hand is very bad. I mean very bad, they lost by 34 to Illinois team which recently only beat Hawaii by 10 points. Tech should win this by double digits easily.
Davidson has the best pure shooter in the game who has already shown he can share the rock and be unselfish. Taking Curry out of the game does not mean anything (winning by 30 earlier this season when Curry scored 0) they have good role players who played deep into the tournament last year so playing at the Garden wont be a problem for them.
Virginia Tech seems like a real easy pick. Plain and simple, V-Tech is athletic and can score and they showed their toughness in a close game against Wisconsin. Georgia on the other hand is very bad. I mean very bad, they lost by 34 to Illinois team which recently only beat Hawaii by 10 points. Tech should win this by double digits easily.
Fyi...
I read in the Atlanta Journal Constitution today that the UGA team had some sort of intense players meeting regarding the way the team's been playing. Then Felton came in and had a 45 minute meeting with the team as well. From what I understand it got pretty heated.
I originally like VT as well, but decided to lay off only because I think UGA may come out pretty fired up for this game. Here's the link to the article...
http://www.ajc.com/uga/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/12/08/georgia_basketball_news.html
I read in the Atlanta Journal Constitution today that the UGA team had some sort of intense players meeting regarding the way the team's been playing. Then Felton came in and had a 45 minute meeting with the team as well. From what I understand it got pretty heated.
I originally like VT as well, but decided to lay off only because I think UGA may come out pretty fired up for this game. Here's the link to the article...
http://www.ajc.com/uga/content/sports/uga/stories/2008/12/08/georgia_basketball_news.html
Outsmart thanks for the heads up i deff appreciate it a lot, however im gonna stick by my pick. I have played and coached basketball my entire life and you can gain a slight advantage by pumping your team up, however no matter how hard you play without the talent it means nothing and i just dont feel that Georgia has the talent this year to contend. hope im right. GL
Guard Gosselin is out for Davidson and the line went from Dav-1.5 to WVU-2
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3756746
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3756746
Check out my thread and my Game Ratings for these two teams. I disagree with this whole heartedly!
http://www.therxforum.com/showthread.php?t=642328
