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  Thursday, March 24, 2005

Sweet Sixteen Analysis and Predictions
By Drew Barnette

THURSDAY, href=/profile//> MARCH href=/profile//> 24TH:

-#4 href=/profile//> LOUISVILLE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> WASHINGTON. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> interesting href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> up-tempo. href=/profile//> We href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> score href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> 90s. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> thing href=/profile//> is, href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> Albuquerque href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> elevation href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> used href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> fatigue href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> factor, href=/profile//> possibly href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> deciding href=/profile//> factor. href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> little href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> depth href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> so href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> gives href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> advantage. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> coming href=/profile//> off href=/profile//> what href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> perhaps href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> showing href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Georgia href=/profile//> Tech. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Cardinals href=/profile//> stayed href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> foul href=/profile//> trouble, href=/profile//> which href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> weakness href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> past. href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> blew href=/profile//> passed href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> Pacific href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> way, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> wear href=/profile//> Louisville href=/profile//> down. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Washington)

-#12 href=/profile//> UW href=/profile//> MILWAUKEE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> ILLINOIS. href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> shot href=/profile//> poorly href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> managed href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> away. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> dominant href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> about href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> aspect href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> except href=/profile//> inside, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> match href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> UWM href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> glass. href=/profile//> Milwaukee href=/profile//> loves href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> force href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tempo href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> create href=/profile//> open href=/profile//> shots href=/profile//> within href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> harder href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> opponents href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> faced. href=/profile//> To href=/profile//> pull href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> upset, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> need href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> shoot href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> play href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> easier href=/profile//> said href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> done. href=/profile//> Illinois href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> talent. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Illinois)

-#7 href=/profile//> WEST href=/profile//> VIRGINIA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #6 href=/profile//> TEXAS href=/profile//> TECH. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> these href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> bring href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> lot href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> momentum href=/profile//> into href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Both href=/profile//> finished href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> season href=/profile//> strong href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> conference href=/profile//> tournaments. href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> fashion href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> Creighton href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest. href=/profile//> Their href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Creighton href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Wake href=/profile//> Forest href=/profile//> was href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> exciting href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round, href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> whole href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> There href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> no href=/profile//> reason href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> won't href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> great href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> controlled href=/profile//> half href=/profile//> court href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> passes href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> any href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> country. href=/profile//> West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> offensive href=/profile//> end href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> lately. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> toss href=/profile//> up, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> done. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech)

-#3 href=/profile//> ARIZONA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> OKLAHOMA href=/profile//> STATE. href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> blowing href=/profile//> past href=/profile//> everyone href=/profile//> lately href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> exception href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> Washington href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Pac href=/profile//> Ten href=/profile//> championship href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> been href=/profile//> winning, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> quite href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> impressively href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> Arizona. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> struggle href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> inside href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> may href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> defending href=/profile//> Arizona's href=/profile//> outside href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> stopping href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> should href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> exciting, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Arizona href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> advantage. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Arizona)



FRIDAY, href=/profile//> MARCH href=/profile//> 25TH:

-#5 href=/profile//> MICHIGAN href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> DUKE. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> met href=/profile//> earlier href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> year href=/profile//> during href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Big href=/profile//> Ten/ACC href=/profile//> challenge. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> final href=/profile//> minutes, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> pulled href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> at href=/profile//> home. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> Stakes href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> time href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> Duke href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> more href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> expect href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> opening href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Delaware href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> then href=/profile//> had href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> hard href=/profile//> fought href=/profile//> victory href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Mississippi href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round. href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> struggled href=/profile//> with href=/profile//> Old href=/profile//> Dominion href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Vermont. href=/profile//> Still, href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> teams href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> capable href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> basketball. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State's href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ability href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> rebound href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> stop href=/profile//> Duke's href=/profile//> shooting href=/profile//> attack. href=/profile//> It href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> close, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Spartans href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> get href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> transition href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> Duke. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Michigan href=/profile//> State)

-#10 href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA href=/profile//> STATE href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #6 href=/profile//> WISCONSIN. href=/profile//> Some href=/profile//> would href=/profile//> say href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> advanced href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> game href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> upset. href=/profile//> Instead href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> facing href=/profile//> Kansas href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round, href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> faced href=/profile//> Bucknell. href=/profile//> That href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> not href=/profile//> make href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> less href=/profile//> deserving href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> being href=/profile//> here, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> yet href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> face href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> high href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> In href=/profile//> fact, href=/profile//> even href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> #10 href=/profile//> seed, href=/profile//> it href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> highest href=/profile//> seeded href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> they've href=/profile//> faced. href=/profile//> NC href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> behind href=/profile//> early href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> game, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> came href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> behind href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> fantastic href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> first href=/profile//> 37 href=/profile//> minutes href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Connecticut, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> almost href=/profile//> fell href=/profile//> apart href=/profile//> down href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> stretch. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> still href=/profile//> held href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> playing href=/profile//> extremely href=/profile//> well. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> look href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> beat href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> advance href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Elite href=/profile//> Eight. href=/profile//> Julius href=/profile//> Hodge href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> key href=/profile//> factor href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> They href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> some href=/profile//> trouble href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> boards href=/profile//> underneath, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> match href=/profile//> up href=/profile//> pretty href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> because href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> multidimensional href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> State)

-#6 href=/profile//> UTAH href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #2 href=/profile//> KENTUCKY. href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> fanstastic href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> round href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Oklahoma. href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> really href=/profile//> jumped href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> lead href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Cincinnati href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> played href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> rest href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> way, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> know href=/profile//> if href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> answer href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> Utah's href=/profile//> Andrew href=/profile//> Bogut href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> not. href=/profile//> He href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> greatest href=/profile//> passers href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> enormous href=/profile//> inside href=/profile//> presence. href=/profile//> Utah href=/profile//> also href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> excellent href=/profile//> defense href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> problematic href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> Wildcats. href=/profile//> This href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> competitive href=/profile//> game. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> two href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> met href=/profile//> many href=/profile//> times href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> years href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> NCAA href=/profile//> tournament href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> Kentucky href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> won href=/profile//> practically href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> meeting. href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> don't href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> they href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> win href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> one href=/profile//> though. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> Utah)

-#5 href=/profile//> VILLANOVA href=/profile//> VS href=/profile//> #1 href=/profile//> NORTH href=/profile//> CAROLINA. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> absolutely href=/profile//> awesome href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> both href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> their href=/profile//> games, href=/profile//> probably href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> most href=/profile//> impressive href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tournament. href=/profile//> Vanderbilt href=/profile//> looked href=/profile//> very href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> against href=/profile//> Florida href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> does href=/profile//> have href=/profile//> several href=/profile//> big href=/profile//> wins href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> season, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> tarheels href=/profile//> are href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> too href=/profile//> much href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> them. href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> transition, href=/profile//> shoots href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> rebounds href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> passes href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> plays href=/profile//> good href=/profile//> defense. href=/profile//> Villanova href=/profile//> shoots href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> ball href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well, href=/profile//> but href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> just href=/profile//> think href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> team. href=/profile//> (pick href=/profile//> – href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina)




As href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> stated href=/profile//> yesterday, href=/profile//> all href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> games href=/profile//> from href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> point href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> can href=/profile//> go href=/profile//> either href=/profile//> way, href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> someone href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> picking href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> winners href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> flipping href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> coin href=/profile//> could href=/profile//> easily href=/profile//> do href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> well href=/profile//> or href=/profile//> better href=/profile//> than href=/profile//> an href=/profile//> expert href=/profile//> analyst href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> has href=/profile//> examined href=/profile//> every href=/profile//> team href=/profile//> in href=/profile//> depth. href=/profile//> For href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> reason, href=/profile//> I'm href=/profile//> going href=/profile//> to href=/profile//> give href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> second href=/profile//> set href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> picks href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> will href=/profile//> be href=/profile//> determined href=/profile//> by href=/profile//> a href=/profile//> coin href=/profile//> flip. href=/profile//> The href=/profile//> way href=/profile//> this href=/profile//> works href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> that href=/profile//> heads href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> higher href=/profile//> seed href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> tails href=/profile//> is href=/profile//> for href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> lower href=/profile//> seed. href=/profile//>

Louisville href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Washington
Illinois href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Wisconsin href=/profile//> Milwaukee
West href=/profile//> Virginia href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Texas href=/profile//> Tech
Arizona href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Oklahoma href=/profile//> State

Michigan href=/profile//> State href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Duke
Wisconsin href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> State
Kentucky href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Utah
North href=/profile//> Carolina href=/profile//> over href=/profile//> Villanova

-It href=/profile//> looks href=/profile//> as href=/profile//> though href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> coin href=/profile//> and href=/profile//> I href=/profile//> only href=/profile//> differed href=/profile//> on href=/profile//> three href=/profile//> of href=/profile//> the href=/profile//> eight href=/profile//> games. href=/profile//> We'll href=/profile//> see href=/profile//> who href=/profile//> comes href=/profile//> out href=/profile//> ahead.

 
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