Final 4..Sat nite

[Box and one]

Zaga -6.5 over SC ****
So much info on this game..won't bore anybody..Zaga has the aircraft carrier,and a back up one in Collins who sometimes is better...Goss,Mathews,Williams,etc...they play great defense..What can you say about SC..unreal defense...and with Sidarius as your stud no wonder why they are where they are today..think Zaga really hounds him...shooting in this staduim is going to be tough enough with the depth perception..Zaga's defense is really good and they can take more chances when you have the 7th fleet behind you...see a double digit win with the Zags pulling away late in the game...

Oregon +4.5 over NC ***
NC is more balanced,big advantage inside,depth,and was there last yr..really should of won vs Nova if they had a plan at the end of the game...but Ducks are so dangerous ....Brooks reminds me of Carmelo when he was at the Cuse...Dorsey hopefully will be able to shoot like he has...Ennis is tough with the ball...Bell is among the giants today...but think everyone talks about the size advantage of NC,,Ducks are quicker.. Jackson is a monster,Meeks,etc..Barry is such a weapon....think this game goes down to the end...I'll grab the points because the Ducks could win this out right...

I made about 10 prop bets before I left Vegas 2 weeks ago..
Phiilies +12,500 to win the WS
NY giants +1800 to win the Super Bowl...Speith to win the masters,and Gonzaga and Oregon to win the NCAA's...so at least I'm in different brackets and if both win today will be looking real good...

Watched the UConn-Miss St game yesterday..what a game...I;m kinda glad to see Miss St win...when the final buzzer went off Geno kinda smiled....after 4 years he earned that smile...

 

[TouchdownJesus]

I worry about Dorsey a lot.

This is definitely coming from a UNC fan so bear with it. The last play of the Villanova game last year...I said this out loud. Just don't get close enough to let the ref's call a foul.

That game, esp the 1st half was horrible. There was a stretch where they called Carolina for about 7 fouls in a row with almost no contact....it just looked like an agenda and it kept Nova in it and really changed the way the game was played. Meanwhile that little point guard for Nova looks like the Heisman Trophy the way he uses his off arm on every single play.

Great comeback by Carolina and if it goes to OT, Paige's shot may be looked at as one of the greatest shot in college basketball history....I mean, just to get possession and then double clutch 3.

Definitely not great defense on the last play but I really thought Nova would drive and I'd rather have a 25-footer at the buzzer than 2 free throws with a second left.

The first half was called so tight...even a couple phantom fouls during that stretch...Nova got in the bonus early and it just completely changed the way Carolina had to play defense. If the Gonzaga game is ref'd like that today, SC won't have 5 guys left to play the 2nd half. But yeah, sorry to bitch but just one of the most disappointing losses I've ever seen and god I love Paige and Johnson.

Going back to last week....that KY/UNC game was great but the ref's...esp 1st half....were atrocious. Bad calls on both sides but it really hurt KY a lot more. Just no consistency with the ref's most games and I'm tired of seeing teams get down..esp good teams...and then they go into panic mode and start full court hacking and holding and ref's won't call it, and lets the teams come back w/o earning it. Ok, just some random rambling...I could talk rules and strategy and stuff all day and I know you like that stuff too.

Good luck Box...I'm on Gonzaga and also on UNC ML...took UNC before tourney began at 6-1 I believe