hey bud i know i hardly say much, if at all, past a simple but wish you BOL this postseason
my simple thoughts on your picks (and this is just my opinion, take no offense to it please just trying to be rationale):
Butler +2.5....lots of ODU love, but how quickly people forget that the Bulldogs have some talent.... - Ok, well people know they have no Gordon hayward on their team. ODU rebounds like none other and should crush Butler on the boards. However, a hot shooting Butler team wins this game, but I don't see it.
LVille/Morehead O131 ...The Ville should be able to push into the mid 70s - like the over
Penn St +3 ....pretty gutsy group - not a chance. they will be happy enough to just be in the tourney. I love Battle as a player and competititor, but Temple will methodically tear Penn St apart.
Vandy ML ....I think they have the athletism to run around the Spiders - but Richmond doesn't? This is a very tough game, and would lean Rich myself but they have had similar players, who do what? lose first round like the previous two. Food for thought as "experience"/"athleticism" means SHIT to this team
SD St -15.5 ....I expect a statement game - i like it bud, but not willing to lay the chalk
UC Santa Barbara +13 ....if Florida isnt hitting their outside shots they are very beatable....Love the points here....Florida wins it, in Tampa is key, but UCSB is a solid squad that can hang with them
Wofford +8 and O147 ...gut play - a 50/50 play in my eyes....could go either way depending on what we see from Jimmer
UConn -9.5 ...Bucknell is gonna get smoked - you say that why? because Bucknell is from a small school and UCONN is coming off a impressive tourney run? Did we not learn from GTOWN last year when they lost as a #3 to Ohio? UCONN may win but cover 10? laughable.
Belmont/Wisky O126 ....I see a lot of Belmont love, but I cant do it. Ryan is a great coach and Lauer and Taylor are a good combo. I dont see why this game doesnt get into the 60s and it should be good, so free throws at the end could be big....like the over
Mich St ML ....Izzo and March are something you just dont mess with....only reason? about the only reason why I take MSU here. I love the fact that they've been great in previous tourney's, but are a terrible, and I mean terrible team. I wouldn't trust them at all. UCLA has advantages at every position except PG, where Kalin Lucas shines. I love Lucas, but he is not enough against a great UCLA team that will literally PHYSICALLY beat them down in this game.
Zaga +2 and U134.5 ....Johnies with a key injury and an unfavorable site...Few will have these boys ready....LOVE IT, and already on it
Mizzou ML and O138 ....should be a great game, but the Mizzou press should be too much for Cincy...yessir, love it also
Kansas St ML .....very talented team sitting in a 5 seed slot....I think that KSU will be too much down low.....probably the toughest game of the first round...I really like KSU to make some noise, but for some odd reason I see Utah St pulling a shocker after last year's embarrassment...no play for me
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Oakland/Texas O153.5 .....Oakland another trendy pick, but Texas could beat them by 30+ (could lose outright too HA!)....I think Texas will hit 85 minimum and possibly 100.....no thoughts here
Michigan +1.5 ....the Vols just dont get it...they have the talent to be a 3 seed....The Wolverines have been playing better and better....that and Utah st/kst are so tough...I really like michigan here as well, but its about what tennessee team shows up. not putting my money on who shows up for them. They have the more talent, athleticism, but michigan is getting on me real quick, and have been playing some of the best ball no one talks about
Nova +1.5 ...ah yes, the team nobody wants vs the cinderella of a few years ago....tough, they got the team, but not the compatibiliaty to be a "TEAM"...g.m. gets it done
Duke/Hampton O134 ....Duke should reach 80....lots of easy baskets and Hampton wont stop trying.....no lean here
Flor St pk and U122.5 ....I have been on the Noles and under opten this year....tough game...either way here
Boston +22.5 and U136 ...gut plays....definite gut play
UNC/Liu Brook O158.......no lean for me
Marquette +2.5 ....I think that all that big east play will pay off....couldnt be more wrong here...love Xavier, and Tu makes a difference here. balanced, well coached, and EXPERIENCED is key here. sweet 16's the last 2 years is huge.
UNLV ML....The Illini are soft....super soft - absolutley love it here
Cuse -11 ....Indy St isnt ready for the Orange guards or Jackson....should be blowout