Notre dame -6 over West Vir ****
WV on a big time skid.Lost 4 in a row before beating a weak Miami team.Has lost 7 of last 8 and is 0-6 in BE tourney games.They can't shoot the ball,have weak gds and there defense is a little above avg.They have a decent frontline with D'or F who is a big time shot blocker,Pittnogle and Sally.No depth,no gd pt gd thast can create.WV needs to play ball control and slow the ball down vs ND's explosive offense.
ND has Thomas at the pt who is playing great the past few weeks.Quinn is "automatic" when he gets his open jumpers.ND beat the Hall,Conn and UCLA recently.They play better defense and despite WV's frontline ND rebounds better.
WV offense will struggle and Thomas takes ND to the promise land.
Plus ND had shooting practice a few days ago vs the Johnnies at MSG.There used to the rims after the Johnnies game.I think they hit 13 or 14 tre's.ND wins by 10 or more.
Seton hall -4.5 over Nova ***
Nova ended its season losing 5 games and 8 of last 10.What the hell is going on.Ray,Sumpter,Foyle ,Frazier and Nardi are pretty solid.Most of those losses were in close games that went down to the wire.But this team makes more bonehead moves then Niagara.Nova has a few players from NYC and they will play well in the 1st half but...Barrett is from Rice HS
Hall is loaded.Whitney inside,Barrett at the pt and then all those greyhounds.Sweet,Toney-el,Allen and instant O off the bench in Morris.
Hall rebounds better,shoots better,plays better defense and has Barrett at the pt.He stirs the drink with his penetration and passing.Nardi is a frosh at the pt for Nova and is good.But Nova still has problems with TO's.
Like Hall to win this in a close game,maybe up by 4 or 5 with 3 minuts and then barrett takes over.Whitney inside is so much stronger then Frazier.Hall has won 4 of last 5 games and on a roll.Could be a sleeper team here in BE tourney.With Johnnies out of tourney the NYC metro area only has the Hall left.
Central Conn +6 over Monmouth ***
CC is a dangerous team here.Love Monmouth the way they play.It's Princeton style offense with backdoors,etc.But CC is a tough team.Outstanding coach in Howie Dickenman.Possible upset over the favorite.CC has Ron Robinson one of the NEC's top players.He's avg 18 pt and 9 bds a game.Monmouth has Hamilton who is avg 16 pts and 6 bds.Both teams split during the season.CC has won 9 of last 12.
This game goes down to the last shot..Close all the way despite CC playing at Monmouth
