Kentucky owns the Gators of late, with the 'Cats taking six of seven SU and ATS from them. Last year, in the conference tourney, Florida lost by 16, outrebounded by seven on the offensive boards and by 12 overall. They were outmuscled, outhustled and basically outplayed. I understand the Gators are white-hot right now, but the Wildcats are tournament tough, and with the experience of Hayes and Azuibuke up front, watch them bang down low and for the 'Cats to pull away in the 2nd half posting a 79-67 win over the Gators.
Speaking of white-hot, how about Will Bynum? After being out for a decent amount of time with an injury, all he does is come back and drop 30 plus on the Tar Heels in the Jackets upset of UNC Saturday. G Tech and Duke were tied at the half in their last meeting, a game in which Duke prevailed by four in Atlanta back in late February. Tech has won and covered four of six since then, and are primed for another big upset this afternoon. Tech wins convincingly by eight and gets a better seed in the big dance as a result.
The Cowboys just have too much size and speed for the Red Raiders to handle, as evident in their first two meetings this year. Okla St won by 29 at home shooting almost 54% from the field in their last meeting, and shot almost 51% in a 10 point win in Lubbock earlier this year. The Red Raiders are going dancing, but it will be on a sour note as the Cowboys prevail by 12.
Wisconsin, on their second buzzer beater in their last few games (they beat Indiana in their final regular season game) advanced to face Illinois, who looked very, very sloppy in a win against Minnesota. Wisconsin has the outside shooting to combat the shooting from the Illini, and the inside game of Wilkinson to matchup against Augustine as well. The Badgers lost by 11, only down one at the half, back in early February at Assembly Hall against the Illini. Expect Wisconsin to hang tough and for this to go down to the wire with Illinois prevailing by two. Wisconsin, however, gets the cover.
