madness

Cuse lol mich state was miserable.  Shoot

25% and only lose by 2, my lord.  Gotta think duke puts an end to this.

And leonard hamilton still in it, what a terrible job by xavier.  

Utah has a pretty decent vet team and I dont see much reason to think they wont be real competitive here.  Gael's just had a lights out shooting game and barely won, we'll see

gl

sweet 16

This is the game I feel a bit better about than the others so doubled down.  Feel confident backing this team, very impressed how they move the ball and get good looks.  I think nevada's length could effect them a bit but the pack really arent a great defensive team, ramblers are patient enough to still get good looks I would think.  Being able to go inside to Krutwig makes them a bit more balanced.   

And while nevada are freakin gamers for sure, they've now fallen down by double digits in 5 straight games. Clearly they've been hitting a rough patch in these recent games where they fail to get easy buckets for an extended stretch.  Just a very dangerous trend against a team so patient and methodical, think Loyola would be real tough to come back on should this continue.  

The superior coach, the team more likely to shoot well, and the less sloppy team.  Mich has been solid on the D boards and protects the ball, should be able to keep tex am out of transition unlike unc.  That said, aggies size and athletiscm is certainly a wildcard.  Just dont see them executing as well, assuming michigan plays more the like the team they were entering the tourney.   

Just can't see nova struggling too bad with the press, and I'll pay to see west v execute well enough to win, so take my chances with the number.  West V showed too many times a failure to execute down the stretch against the mentally tougher teams.  Kansas had these dudes bent over 3 different times down the stretch, and nova is damn mentally tough.

enough already lol.  What happens when a team actually hits some damn shots and gets cuse on the ropes?  Once cuse cant rely on a mucked up brickfest to keep them in range, gotta think they wont have the horses to catch up.  

Duke with plenty of prep for a zone they've already seen.  Bigs to do work on the o boards and get cuse in foul trouble.  Granted it was at cameron, but they beat cuse by 16 while only going 2 for 18 from 3.  What happens if they make some.   See upside for a 20+ handling if duke hits shots reasonably in addition to the bigs doing work.  I also like that cuse likely wont get to the line near as effectively here as duke doesnt foul much.  

I'm pretty much resigned to the fact that cuse will stick it to me one or another, probably of the backdoor variety this time.  

gl bros

you know, if cuse wasnt such a cot damn gaggle of utterly cusey bastar.ds I'd be having a much better tourney.  Freakin cuse man 

way I see it, this will be probably the last time I feel pretty damn confident in a game this year, with only a handful left.  So doubled down again on the 'blers

kansas state is clearly a pretty good team and they've stepped it up on D, really mucking these games up.  That said, loyola has pretty much proven they'll get their looks against a tough D.  

Only 2 games ago Kansas st only managed 4 assists vs umbc.  In the tourney, loyola has 51 assists in the 3 games compared to kansas st's 28.  Based off the numbers and the eye test, loyola moves the ball damn well in a very villanova-ish manner, and should consistently generate better looks than k st in this game.  

Also tho, I've seen kansas st crap the bed a few too many times, and just generally not come thru in their tougher games (0-7 vs the top 3 in big12 (kan, west v, t tech)).  Kentucky was probably their best win of the year, and one could argue the kentucky freshmen did in fact "drink that poison", given they fell down 13-1 to start game.  Dont want to take too much away from that win tho, kan st are clearly playing tough D right now.

With a healthy wade, I wouldnt double down but would still play loyola.  It'll be a pretty bad look if kansas state is in the final 4 this year, to me at least.  Not feeling that.  

In theory, a team that gives up plenty of 3's and needs to run to be most effective, is not a bad matchup for michigan.  

The thing with fsu, they are such a wildcard.  It's possible mich hits a stretch where the fsu press does damage.  Texas a&m was freakin horrible, and fsu will be much more dangerous.  

Ultimately, it's beilein vs hamilton, and michigan has shown to protect the ball and clean the D boards sufficiently which would help keep fsu in the half court more.  Take my chances with the number since I see mich winning the game.  

gl bros

This is such a tough game, nearly just sat it out.  Def sitting out the nova game.  

Ultimately, I dont see reason to think the ramblers wont be competitive in a low possession type game.  And while michigan is kind of scary to go against, they really have only looked scary good in 1 out of 4 tourney games, and that was against a terribly unprepared and poorly coached texas a&m team.  So take my chances the points will hold up in a competitive game.  

gl

No interest in betting on the champ game, or frankly even watching.   It sets up kind of bitterly for me, as I took nova in my office pool bracket as I've done for like 6 years in a rrow, but have no chance to win the pool this time.  And michigan hasnt looked good enough in the tourney really for me to respect them as champs,, not that it matters, just how I feel about their easy path and not looking great doing it.