Tourney Tots: 18-6 Overall
Large Plays: 2-0
Medium Plays: 5-4
RegularPlays: 9-1
Small Plays: 2-1
St.Josephs -2(buy) Regular Play
St.Joe -1.5 1st Half Regular Play
As a member of the St.Joe Doubters Club, it appears I'm taking leave of my senses, but upon further review of seasons numbers, and tourney numbers(which all say tight ending), gonna go St.Joe, despite originally leaning ACC pedigree.
All the angles and analysis on this game is about Nelson-Paul, rebounding margin, & interior size edge, but upon further review, I am gonna take leap of faith on "Lil Engine That Could", as they lost how many times & to whom?..Xavier,and they're still playing!
St.Joe has moxy & a heart, that Wake hasn't shown defensively, as the Deacs play up or down to teams(quite well I must say), yet are always in it to win it.
St.Joe won their two tourney games more comfortably than the scores, while Wake lived on the edge twice.
If I look at all the stats any longer I may change my mind, as they're close, and WF wipes the glass better, yet allows a fat FG%, so I am gonna trust what I watched last week, and try to put Wake's wins over Duke, GT, NC, Md, and Cincy out of my mind..rather noticing that St.Joe took out Gonzo early, Xavier on road, and sits on a mere loss(revenger on neutral) for the year.
As a chalk team all year, and more vet savvy, I look for them to also be more focused on leading at the half, as Wake seems to be content to play slightly off pace at times.
"I think I can, I think I can,.."
UConn -4.5 1st Half Regular Play
UConn -2.5(-20)1st 10 Mins Small Play
SEC fan, but after today, it's back to Spring football talk down south, as Dores, too soft inside, too reliant on arc, and too slow if Calhoun lets his team loose to counter.
Have too much respect for the backdoor w/ this number, and really respect Vandy's heart in comeback versus NCS, but Wolfpack looked queer in both tourney games, and yet had Vandy in worse shape late than they did ULL, but didn't close it out.
Lock up Frieje and Moore, and you may have a Vandy-UF SEC Tourneyesque score here, despite UConn's late season slumber, it really comes down to whether Calhoun lets his guys loose.
Syracuse -1.5 Large Play
Syr -.5 & 1 1st Half Medium Play
Bama begged to be put out in both games thus far, yet faced a soft two foes thus far in tourney, and Stanford had eight point bulge until rally.
Bama lost to LSU twice this year, and finished 8-8 in their weak division, they rallied in the end by winning scant, to eke way into Dance.
Bama lives and dies by the arc, the same arc that they don't guard much at the other end of the floor, saving their energy for offense.
Syracuse, plays the meanest 2-3 zone in the land, which will really hurt the Tide's reliance on 3's, and Bama's big guys are going to find getting fed on the blocks into Warrick's wingspan..the same horror they experienced by Ky's Hayes, LSU's Lloreda & MSU's Roberts.
Cuse often lives dangerously for sure, yet is sitting on 7 L's, from a Conference that still has two beasts playing elsewhere, while Tide is 19-12 versus RPI #1 schedule, from conference that has shown it's @ss as expected this March.
Gonna back legendary coach and team of big game savvy!
Ok St -1.5 Regular Play
Pitt-OSU Un 59.5 1st Half Medium Play
McSorley and Domi one-on-one in the driveway for ten dimes
Love Pitt's D, but they've really struggled on the other end for three weeks now, and a decided edge in shooters goes to Sutton, a veteran coach that is an HOFer vs. great young talent, and may have his best chance to get something he has laid the groundwork for at Arkansas and Kentucky, before leaving..as he & Big Country's OSU were just window dressing in '96's O'Bannon Bros run to reestablish UCLA & West coast.
Foul trouble and ref's game calling could mean everything here, but lean to awkward start for both, and will go from there at HT for 2nd Half call on total?
GL!
