USF +8 over Smoo *
Under 127.5 **
Hate taking the Bulls here but Smoo is still hurting...Smoo beat them 79-35....but Foster and Milton who scored 22 of those pts in last game are gone ...but although Smoo is down a few players they still play decent defense...Smoo has scored 56.58,37,67,51 and 58 in last games.USF has scored 56,78,58,37,67,51 and 58 in its last games...think this is a low scoring game since both teams offense is in question..
Tulsa -2 over Temple **
Temple just beat them by 1 at home..last week..think Tulsa at home win by a few ..
Houston -14.5 over UConn **
Huskies on the rd have lost by 21,9,+25,25...Coogs have the offense to blow them away...in last 4 games they have scored 69,109,85 and 80...Conn also upset Coogs at home 74-65...Grey and co are to much for Huskies to stop.
W&Mary pk over Towson **
Hof -5 over NC Wilma ***
If Pride can bring there A game today they win by +15..unfortunately many times they leave it in Long Island..
Boston +11 over Bucknell **
Bucknell will win the Patriot Con tourneyf...they won it last yr and have everyone back.. so what is going on with them..they beat Loy Md by 5 and beat Navy by 1 in OT...these games should be blowouts..soI;m taking Boston U
Northeastern -7 over Del **
MAAC
Not sure what you call this tournament....you have the No 1,2 and 3 seed already out and driving home..in the semifinals you have 9th place vs the 4th place..Peter{14-17} vs Iona{ 18-13..in the next game you have Quinn[12-20} vs Fairfield{ 16-15}... Rider,Niagara,and Canisisus are home..
Fairfield -4 over Quinn **
In their league games Stags won 102-98..both team highs for the year..but Quinn beat Stags 75-70....so does defense show up today or its it all offense.. Fairfield just beat Niagara 90-77 but that was without Niagara top player Scott...but Stags were the pre-season favorite to win the MAAC..Quinn who just last week scored 43 points vs Peter but then scored 98 and 86 makes you wonder...I think Fairfield has the top scorer in the Conf in Nelson..he had 27 pts last nite..Flavors,Kassib can also score...but I think they have the worst coach in t
he conf...think Fairfield wins this in a high scoring game...but if they win they will not win tomorrow nite..Quinn was pre-season picked 11th out of 11 teams...but think the glass slipper doesn't fit tonite
Iona -5 over Peter **
The worst coach in the MAAC vs the best coach...Tim noCluess vs John Dunne ...Peter lost its top 3scorers last yr...they rank in the 300's on FG%,scoring,etc...but they play outstanding defense..shut you down..not comparing them to Virginia because of different talent but they shut you down..the reason they are in 9th place in the conf and 14-17 overall is the offense...but Donne has now won 4 in a row..they held Rider to 55 points when they were avg almost 80...they beat Niagara 58-52 and Scott played in that game..but Iona is always here in the semi's and finals...McGill the pts gd is terrific...if he wasn't playing would grab the + points..but if his head is in the game think Iona has to many offensive weapons..Griffin has been playing better..Crawrford,Much,the E in the middle,etc
But Dunne knows there weakspots.. iona defense is always suspect.. Griffin has been on fire for Peter..my heart loves Peter but think if Iona just plays a lick of defense and maybe shuts down Griffin then win and go to the finals
yest
3-1-4 -9*s
the day before
4-1-7 -8*'s
think that are the number the past 2 days..will check it..but pretty,pretty bad...didn't play Niagara because Scott was out...
La Laf the top team in the Sun gets beat by Ark LR in OT..wow..I had Laf at a 15 seed knocking off a Purdue or Alabama in the 1st round...guess they have to win their tourney this week..
Doglover gave me a great text during the Tex-WV game...to quote his text " I think we play{ he is a Texas
grad}at a faster pace w/o Bamba that suits us Better"... well I thank you for your insight and you were right on...but once you texted me " Bamba is in plain clothes and not dressed" you could of added the above text after I put more **'s boxes down on West Vir..." :mj07:I watched the game on TV..you and your wife and buddies must of been elated...will miss you at the games..maybe one of these days we should get together with the wives...I have seen your wife many times..mine never comes to games...lol keep in touch....and thank you for hooking me up with tickets...
