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  Saturday, March 19, 2005

Second Round Breakdown and Picks
By Drew Barnette

-I href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> 12-4 href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> yesterday href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> my href=/profile//> picks. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> 25-8 href=/profile//> overall href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> include href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> perhaps href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> person href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> country href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion href=/profile//> winning. href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> Syracuse href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> throughout href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> few href=/profile//> short href=/profile//> seconds href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> thought href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> genius. href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion href=/profile//> ran href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> gas href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done. href=/profile//> Imagine href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> odd href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been. href=/profile//> Had href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> upset, href=/profile//> we href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> seen href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> matchup href=/profile//> between href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> regular href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> network href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> laugh href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> idea href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> putting href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> TV. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> goes href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> catapult href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> national href=/profile//> spotlight href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> cannot href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> otherwise.

I href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> state href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> record href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> use href=/profile//> performance href=/profile//> enhancing href=/profile//> drugs href=/profile//> while href=/profile//> picking href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> When href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> happening href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court/field href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> shadowing href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> happening href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> it, href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> sport href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> issues. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> focus href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happens href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> court, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> article href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> you. href=/profile//>


-Bucknell href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> surprisingly href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> attention href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> paid href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Vermont's href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Syracuse. href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Bucknell. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> throughout, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> led href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> way. href=/profile//> Toward href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> end, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> chance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> put href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> away, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> turned href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> breakaway href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> followed href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> whistled href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> intentional href=/profile//> foul. href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> freethrows href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> converted href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> possession href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> gave href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> lead, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> scored href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> possession href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lowest href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> 2001 href=/profile//> when href=/profile//> #15 href=/profile//> Hampton href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> What href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Bucknell. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Pittsburgh href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> 25. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Navy, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Bottom href=/profile//> 25. href=/profile//>


-Billy href=/profile//> Packer href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> thoroughly href=/profile//> impressed href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina's href=/profile//> dominance href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Oakland. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> honestly href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> expecting, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> kept href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> comments href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> come href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> making href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> statement href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Oakland href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #16 href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> losing href=/profile//> record href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> safe href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> there href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> 128 href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> tournament, href=/profile//> Oakland href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #32 href=/profile//> seed, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> why href=/profile//> Billy href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> anything href=/profile//> other href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> happened. href=/profile//> It's href=/profile//> hardly href=/profile//> shocking. href=/profile//> What href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> shocking href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> Oakland href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> close. href=/profile//> #16 href=/profile//> seeds href=/profile//> now href=/profile//> fall href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> 0-84 href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//>


-The href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> honestly href=/profile//> wasn't href=/profile//> Bucknell, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> halftime href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> guess href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> varsity href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> locker href=/profile//> room href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> onto href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> floor href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> simply href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> show href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> were href=/profile//> blown href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> focused href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> others, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> hammered. href=/profile//> Congrats href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> dominant href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> caliber href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//>




SECOND href=/profile//> ROUND href=/profile//> PICKS:

SATURDAY, href=/profile//> MARCH href=/profile//> 19TH:

-#6 href=/profile//> TEXAS href=/profile//> TECH href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #3 href=/profile//> GONZAGA. href=/profile//> These href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ton href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> pass href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> turn href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> much. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> honestly href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> way. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> made href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sweet href=/profile//> Sixteen, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> opportunity href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Zags href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Turiaf href=/profile//> gives href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> edge href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> glass. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Gonzaga)

-#8 href=/profile//> PACIFIC href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> WASHINGTON. href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> rebounding href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Pitt. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> wiped href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> out. href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> appears href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> here. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> MUCH href=/profile//> quicker href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> threats href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they'll href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> away. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Washington)

-#6 href=/profile//> UTAH href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #3 href=/profile//> OKLAHOMA. href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> compete href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> heavyweights, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> problem href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> haven't href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> heavyweight href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> time. href=/profile//> Andrew href=/profile//> Bogut href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ferocious href=/profile//> presence href=/profile//> underneath, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> men href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> guards. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Oklahoma)

-#12 href=/profile//> WISCONSIN href=/profile//> MILWAUKEE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #4 href=/profile//> BOSTON href=/profile//> COLLEGE. href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> surprised href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> I'd href=/profile//> seen href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> shoo href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> nor href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> pressure href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> kind href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> effect href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Alabama. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> style href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> Boston href=/profile//> College href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> trouble. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> UWM href=/profile//> gets href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> running, href=/profile//> pressing, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> makes href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> buckets href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> away href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee)

-#9 href=/profile//> NEVADA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> ILLINOIS. href=/profile//> Nevada href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> proud href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> themselves href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> advancing href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> straight href=/profile//> year. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> take href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> effort href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> blow href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> Gonzaga href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> surprising href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> last href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> different href=/profile//> personnel href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> coaching href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> players href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> had. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Illinois)

-#11 href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #3 href=/profile//> ARIZONA. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> didn't href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> vs href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> evidently href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> battle. href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> must href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> alert. href=/profile//> What href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> elevation href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Boise href=/profile//> Idaho. href=/profile//> UAB href=/profile//> loves href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> modern href=/profile//> day href=/profile//> forty href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> hell href=/profile//> style href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> play. href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> winded href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> worn href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> wildcats href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> me href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> all. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Arizona)

-#7 href=/profile//> WEST href=/profile//> VIRGINIA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> WAKE href=/profile//> FOREST. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> survived href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> scares, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> call href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> struggles href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> wins?? href=/profile//> A href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> aren't href=/profile//> nearly href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> road href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> friendly href=/profile//> confines href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> home href=/profile//> court. href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> places. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Creighton href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> far. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards, href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sweet href=/profile//> Sixteen. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia)

-#7 href=/profile//> CINCINNATI href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> KENTUCKY. href=/profile//> Unless href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> live href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> ever href=/profile//> lived href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Ohio/Northern href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> area href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> realize href=/profile//> how href=/profile//> highly href=/profile//> anticipated href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> matchup href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> is. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> never href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> other, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> butt href=/profile//> heads href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> time, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> war. href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> struggles href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> perimeter, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> defend href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> capitalize href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> those href=/profile//> things href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> exactly href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> happen. href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> poised href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tempo href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> problems href=/profile//> running href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Cincinnati)




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-#10 href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> CONNECTICUT. href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> finish href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> emotional href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Charlotte href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> run href=/profile//> stops href=/profile//> here href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Connecticut href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> struggle href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> UCF href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> top href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> struggle href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> usually href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> UConn href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they'll href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Sweet href=/profile//> Sixteen href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Connecticut)

-#5 href=/profile//> VILLANOVA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #4 href=/profile//> FLORIDA. href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Ohio, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> let href=/profile//> Ohio href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> lost href=/profile//> it. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> 25 href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> New href=/profile//> Mexico. href=/profile//> Nova href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> getting href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> since href=/profile//> 1999 href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> conference, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> able href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> today. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Florida)

-#7 href=/profile//> SOUTHERN href=/profile//> ILLINOIS href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> OKLAHOMA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Saint href=/profile//> Mary's, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> beating href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> City href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> easy href=/profile//> task. href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> quick href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> perimeter, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> guards href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> Southern href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> edge href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> glass href=/profile//> inside, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> own href=/profile//> back href=/profile//> yard href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> advantage. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State)

-#9 href=/profile//> IOWA href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> ironed href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> whatever href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> wrong href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ACC href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tremendous href=/profile//> effort href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Charlotte, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> backing href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> keep href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> close. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> next href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> certain href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> jump href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Iowa href=/profile//> State's href=/profile//> bandwagon href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> root href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> happening href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina)

-#13 href=/profile//> VERMONT href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #5 href=/profile//> MICHIGAN href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> huge href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> honestly href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> better. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> certainly href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> enough href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State. href=/profile//> Taylor href=/profile//> Coppenrath href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> his href=/profile//> hands href=/profile//> full href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State's href=/profile//> front href=/profile//> line href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Spartans href=/profile//> avoided href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> loss href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> where href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> got href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> glass href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> actually href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> tough href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> pick. href=/profile//> Vermont href=/profile//> matches href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> surprise href=/profile//> me, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> Statebut href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> call)

-#5 href=/profile//> GEORGIA href=/profile//> TECH href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #4 href=/profile//> LOUISVILLE. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> matchup. href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> needs href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> avoid href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> problems href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> love href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> full href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> defense, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> tendency href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> reach href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> foul href=/profile//> trouble. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> live href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> die href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defensive href=/profile//> team, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> dying href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Luke href=/profile//> Schenscher href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> George href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> uncharacteristic href=/profile//> performance href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> him. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> he href=/profile//> normally href=/profile//> does, href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> answer href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> him href=/profile//> inside. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech)

-#14 href=/profile//> BUCKNELL href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #6 href=/profile//> WISCONSIN. href=/profile//> If href=/profile//> you href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> part href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> percent href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> called href=/profile//> Bucknell's href=/profile//> upset href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Kansas, href=/profile//> congratulations. href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> controlled, href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> sort href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> doubleheader href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> stick href=/profile//> around, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> libel href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> cheer href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Bucknell, href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> miles href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> home, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> bandwagon href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> full. href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> similar href=/profile//> style href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Northern href=/profile//> Iowa, href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> stop href=/profile//> Bucknell's href=/profile//> dribble href=/profile//> penetration href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> close href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> awhile href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Bucknell href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> off, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> doesn't href=/profile//> always href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> usually href=/profile//> do. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Wisconsin)

-#9 href=/profile//> MISSISSIPPI href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> DUKE. href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> bit href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Well, href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #16 href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> did href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> such href=/profile//> thing. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> completely href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> Stanford href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Bulldogs href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> lunch href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> Friday, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> order href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> same href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> again href=/profile//> today href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> like href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> anyone href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> friendly href=/profile//> confines href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Charlotte, href=/profile//> NC, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> friendly. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> double href=/profile//> header href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> before href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Tarheel href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> fans href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> rooting href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> each href=/profile//> other. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> scare. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> ton href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Duke)

 
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