15 March 2009
Tournament Day Three
03/21/09 08:57 Filed in: College
Basketball
My overall numbers are only so-so after Thursday and
Friday games, and the disappointment of BC's falling
apart against the brain surgeons, is staggering.
Other teams that failed theHoundDawg and themselves,
include upset losers West Virginia, California and
Clemson, and lower seeds Utah St. and Tennessee that
I thought would win their openers.
It will be nasty in Philadelphia this morning if the Bruins again shoot 37% from inside the arc and if Darren Collison and others again get in foul trouble. As Eric Maynor did his best trying to lead VCU over the Bruins with Collison on the bench, today could be a repeat against Villanova and Scottie Reynolds, but given Nova's overall talent, the result is likely to be different.
It will be hard for today's games to match the excitement yesterday with those two late overtime finishes.
theHoundDawg
It will be nasty in Philadelphia this morning if the Bruins again shoot 37% from inside the arc and if Darren Collison and others again get in foul trouble. As Eric Maynor did his best trying to lead VCU over the Bruins with Collison on the bench, today could be a repeat against Villanova and Scottie Reynolds, but given Nova's overall talent, the result is likely to be different.
It will be hard for today's games to match the excitement yesterday with those two late overtime finishes.
theHoundDawg
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Thoughts on the Tourament
03/17/09 23:58 Filed in: College
Basketball
While I have been down on UCLA, especially of late,
they should get by VCU, and looking at the match-ups,
give Villanova a tough game. As good as 'Nova is,
they do not out-size the Bruin frontcourt, and Aboya
should have some measure of success guarding the
slightly shorter Wildcat top scorer, Dante
Cunningham. Scottie Reynolds is a very similar player
to Collison, but despite both being seniors, you
can't discount Collison's three final fours of
experience. The winner of this game will likely have
little chance again a Duke team that has peaked just
as the tournament begins. I think Duke will defeat
Pittsburgh for a Final Four berth.
In the West, I'm picking Missouri to upset Memphis and then Connecticut, and get to the Final Four, and to beat Louisville in the Final Four semi.
To me, the South bracket was the toughest to complete, with tough second-game match-ups between Western Kentucky and Gonzaga, and Arizona St. and Syracuse. I think a great player will carry a "surprise" team pretty far this year, the way Stephon Curry did with Davidson last year, and that player is Blake Griffin who will get Oklahoma to a Final Four match-up, and loss, to Duke.
Less surprises in the Midwest, where Louisville will defeat West Virginia in the regional final.
So, in a year where every commentator says the Big East is the greatest conference ever, my Final Four has one Big East team, Louisville, and they will lose to Missouri. Duke will take Oklahoma, and defeat Missouri for the title.
theHoundDawg
In the West, I'm picking Missouri to upset Memphis and then Connecticut, and get to the Final Four, and to beat Louisville in the Final Four semi.
To me, the South bracket was the toughest to complete, with tough second-game match-ups between Western Kentucky and Gonzaga, and Arizona St. and Syracuse. I think a great player will carry a "surprise" team pretty far this year, the way Stephon Curry did with Davidson last year, and that player is Blake Griffin who will get Oklahoma to a Final Four match-up, and loss, to Duke.
Less surprises in the Midwest, where Louisville will defeat West Virginia in the regional final.
So, in a year where every commentator says the Big East is the greatest conference ever, my Final Four has one Big East team, Louisville, and they will lose to Missouri. Duke will take Oklahoma, and defeat Missouri for the title.
theHoundDawg
