Baylor +2.5 over Iowa ***
Iowa has the better defense,better FT%,better rebounding and an ATS record of 23-6 ,9-0,20-7 in different trends...Marble has been on fire in the tourney avg 23 pts,the 7'1 frosh Woodbury did a number on the Terps Lin...and after watching Texas beat Baylor 79-70 a few weeks ago I'm going to take the Bears....trying to get the Bears-Longhorn game out of my mind..Jackson shooting 3's from all over .Austin at 7'1 taking 3's,and 6'9 Jefferson not showing up. Walton a turn over machine...but Baylor has been on a role...blowing Long Beach out by 50,beating Zona St,and Providence...and recently BYU....if they play like they have been they should handle Iowa..Iowa mean while has been on the same streak knocking off everyone..Iowa will play a zone to stop Jackson from getting dribble penetration..their strength has been stopping good gd play...and rebounding...Fran {MAAC Coach at Siena} will throw that match up zone 2-3 or his 1-1-3 that he ran at Siena...if he goes man/man I think Iowa will have trouble....Heslip can shoot for the Bears from the outside.At least I think he can because the nite I saw him, Texas didn't give him room to shoot...think he had 0 pts
Think Baylor can beat Iowa despite all the trends in favor of the Hawkeyes....Baylor is 5-1 ats in last 5...but Jackson is the stud...now Austin who is the softest 7'0 in the nation needs to get a little physical..this is his last game because some people think he is a lottery pick...really a lottery project...
Have to say something about Rutgers and Rice...watching that as a coach for many years is disturbing...the verbal part was just as bad...don't want to get into it but lets not forget the Clemente kid who jumped off the GW Bridge...the trial and media attention that got in the NY-NJ area was unreal...for Rutgers...and it seems everyone forgot the Imus story..when he called the Rutgers girls team " nappy hair,etc". Rutgers got him fired from WFAN...The AD and President should go...if they watched that tape and came out with their 3 game punishment,etc....they need to pack their bags...don't want to get in a debate here about this....Baylor beats Iowa by 6-10 pts...Go bears...
Iowa has the better defense,better FT%,better rebounding and an ATS record of 23-6 ,9-0,20-7 in different trends...Marble has been on fire in the tourney avg 23 pts,the 7'1 frosh Woodbury did a number on the Terps Lin...and after watching Texas beat Baylor 79-70 a few weeks ago I'm going to take the Bears....trying to get the Bears-Longhorn game out of my mind..Jackson shooting 3's from all over .Austin at 7'1 taking 3's,and 6'9 Jefferson not showing up. Walton a turn over machine...but Baylor has been on a role...blowing Long Beach out by 50,beating Zona St,and Providence...and recently BYU....if they play like they have been they should handle Iowa..Iowa mean while has been on the same streak knocking off everyone..Iowa will play a zone to stop Jackson from getting dribble penetration..their strength has been stopping good gd play...and rebounding...Fran {MAAC Coach at Siena} will throw that match up zone 2-3 or his 1-1-3 that he ran at Siena...if he goes man/man I think Iowa will have trouble....Heslip can shoot for the Bears from the outside.At least I think he can because the nite I saw him, Texas didn't give him room to shoot...think he had 0 pts
Think Baylor can beat Iowa despite all the trends in favor of the Hawkeyes....Baylor is 5-1 ats in last 5...but Jackson is the stud...now Austin who is the softest 7'0 in the nation needs to get a little physical..this is his last game because some people think he is a lottery pick...really a lottery project...
Have to say something about Rutgers and Rice...watching that as a coach for many years is disturbing...the verbal part was just as bad...don't want to get into it but lets not forget the Clemente kid who jumped off the GW Bridge...the trial and media attention that got in the NY-NJ area was unreal...for Rutgers...and it seems everyone forgot the Imus story..when he called the Rutgers girls team " nappy hair,etc". Rutgers got him fired from WFAN...The AD and President should go...if they watched that tape and came out with their 3 game punishment,etc....they need to pack their bags...don't want to get in a debate here about this....Baylor beats Iowa by 6-10 pts...Go bears...
