It's reached the point in the season where I've watched enough college basketball that I should not be going 4-4 every week... at least that's what you would think. Time to put all those hours in front of the TV to good use. The goal is 6-2 or better each week for the rest of the year:Marquette at Georgetown
Georgetown. Let's start the ball rolling by choosing the Hoyas to win Saturday's matinee against a very good Marquette team. I do love Dominic James and his other backcourt cohorts, but I'm giving JT3's team the edge at home tomorrow. Hibbert, Green and a few timely bombs from Wallace or Sapp should do it.
UCLA at West Virginia
UCLA. Has anyone noticed the two teams from last year's Finals also just happen to be the two best teams this year as well? (yes, I am putting UCLA and Florida above Wisconsin and North Carolina) That doesn't happen too much anymore. By the way, this is not the WVU team you remember - yes, they still take a ton of threes, run precise offensive sets and have goofy white dudes, but it's mainly underclassman and they're terribly inconsistent.
Illinois at Indiana
Indiana. The Hoosiers are a perfect 12-0 at home, Illinois is 2-4 on the road, and most importantly Indiana wants to avenge their 51-43 loss two weeks ago to the Illini. Indiana wins this game and the schedule really opens up for a strong February.
Creighton at Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois. MVC powers clash...and since I still don't know enough about a conference that might send 4 or 5 teams to the Dance, I'll take the home team (who apparently have a 6 game winning streak...niiiiiice). Go Salukis.
Texas Tech at Oklahoma State
Oklahoma State. Time for JamesOn to get the Cowboys back OnTrack. As with any Texas Tech game, there is always a possibility Bob Knight will go insane and potentially punch someone in the face, in this case poor Sean Sutton.
Florida at Kentucky
Florida. See love for UCLA above. Who cares if the Gators are on the road, they have the better team. Randolph Morris is going to get battered and abused by Noah and Horford. By the way, Lee Humphrey is making 70% of his threes in conference play. That is not a typo.
Xavier at Gheorghe Washington
GW. I don't know why I'm taking Gheorghe Washington in this "battle" for (sucky) conference supremacy. Let's see...GW is 9-0 at home, Xavier is 2-5 on the road. Good enough for me.
Duke at Maryland
Maryland. My lack of love for Duke has me taking the tumbling Terps. If this game is at Cameron I have Duke winning by double digits, but I'm taking a chance here that Gary finally gets through to his kids prior to this season-defining game. It's time for the seniors to step up (Strawberry, Ibekwe and Jones).
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i'm with you everywhere except xavier and duke. i have zero faith in gary.
And the faith in the X comes from where?
the lack of faith in gw.
Karl Hobbs will hunt you down.
Dave Littlefield, GM of the Pittsburgh Pirates and crack smoker:
"I really believe the Pittsburgh Pirates are on the upswing and better days are just around the corner." - Bucs general manager Dave Littlefield. The Pirates are coming off back-to-back 95-loss seasons and haven't had a winning record since 1992.
can you imagine rooting for a team that's gone 15 years w/o a winning record?
insert w&m hoops and redskins jokes here.
America East Game of the Year on Sunday - Vermont at Albany, first place on the line. Albany went to the Dance last year, Vermont owned the Am-East prior to that in the Coppenrath Era.
c'mon catamounts
I'm feeling Kentucky tomorrow
Yeah, Seth Davis took them as well...
Fuck Kentucky. They're perenially overrated, just like Ashley Judd. yeah, I said it.
OK, GW did indeed bite me in the ass, as did the 3,000 mile road trip for the Bruins. HOWEVAH, I just need Gary to pull this one off tonight and I go the desired 6-2.
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