Baylor -14 over Wagner *****
Love the Bears here in Waco tonite..being the last 4 teams left out of the Big Dance leaves you to believe "disappointment,shock,upset,etc...what is the mental state of Baylor tonite....this is a good team and dangerous..my racquetball partner who has season tickets and offered them to me since he couldn't go has changed his mind..he and his wife are going..that is good news...although there might be only 4-5000 at the game..Bears have one of the best pt gds in the B-12 in Lecomte.he can shoot,dribble and pass..Lindsey is the other 6'5 2 gd that can shoot the 3..Inside ...Acruil is a 7'0 string bean who can rebound,shoot inside and block shots..got to see him twice vs Texas's Bamaba and he won one and was even on the other...runs the floor nice...Omot is another 6'9 string bean who can shoot the 3...Matson to me is there best player..6'8 big strong,physical...McClure is the 6'3 gd who also can score..but Clarke is only a freshman and at 6'9 240 will be a superstar in 2 years..raw,mean and athletic..Baylor is one of the top rebounding teams in the country..FT% excellent,. If the other team misses the shot you will never get an offensive rebound...
Now Wagner who was seeded one gets upset by LIU Brook...they shot 6-33 in the LIU game..30% FG...their tallest starter is 6'8 and he is there 6 leading scorer...the starter are 5'11,6'1,6'3,6'4 and Sumbay at 6'8 avg 6 points and 6 bds ...their defense gives up only 68 pts a game...that is their strength...but defense isn't going to help them score ..Baylor is so much more athletic,,so much faster,and inside the paint a huge mismatch....
the only thing that can happen is again the mental state or motivation of the Baylor players..but again my racquetball partner reminded that Baylor won the NITs a few years ago..so Drew might be able to elevate their game tonite...and can't see what Wagner post defense trys to stop 7'0 Jo Lual Acuill jr...
You know Wagner is just happy to be playing tonite..you can tell because all the parents and relatives of Wagner are on the same plane with the team... this morninh there visiting the Waco zoo and Magnolia the TV's Fixer Upper store..
Strong,strong play tonite..
Oregon -11.5 over Rider ****
LIU +4.5 over Radford **
Northern KU +8 over Louie **
Card players all voted not to play in NIT's..but administration accepted the invite sunday nite..this is NKU's super bowl will grab a couple points
Mid Tenn -6 over Vermont **
Hate going against the Catamonts but this MT is really a good team..they tripped and fell the other day... think they play with a vengeance...
BC +5.5 over WKU **
On a neutral court would love this line...BC is something like 2-12 on the road and WKU is even better then that at home..and WKU was only 1 pt away from the Senior prom..
Oklahoma St -10.5 over Fl Gulf ***
Think if any team should be more upset about the Senior Prom its the Cowpokes...they play good offense and are solid on D...when you beat KU twice,WV and OU ...think Gulf has some talent but there could be an Oklahoma tornado coming at you tonite..
UCLA -3 over Bonnies ****
Hate going against the Bonnies but UCLA has inside players that Bonnies cannot match up with...Bonnies have the 2 best gd tandem in the country with Mobley and Adams..their 2 tallest inside players tonite Stockyard and Ayeni are listed probable ..if they don't play UCLA wins this by double digits..Griffin is there only front court player available and he is 6'6...Bruins have Holiday who really is better then the 2 Bonnies gd..but 7' Welsh is tough to stop...he plays inside and outside...tough to defend him...UCLA also has Hands and Ali at the gds and 6'11 Goloman...Holiday avg 20 pts and has 185 assists...when Bonnies played Davidson's Alridge they had problems all day trying to stop him...Bonnies gds will keep them in this game but UCLA beat Zona recently and won 2 games in the PAC conf before losing to USC..if the 2 fds of bonnies don't play this game could get out of hand real quick..
yest 0-1-2*'s in the CIT
leaving for Vegas tomorrow,,good luck to everyone here..will post a few games tomorrow ..if someone wnat to try to hook up out there ask MJ or IE for my email
Go Bears tonite..
Love the Bears here in Waco tonite..being the last 4 teams left out of the Big Dance leaves you to believe "disappointment,shock,upset,etc...what is the mental state of Baylor tonite....this is a good team and dangerous..my racquetball partner who has season tickets and offered them to me since he couldn't go has changed his mind..he and his wife are going..that is good news...although there might be only 4-5000 at the game..Bears have one of the best pt gds in the B-12 in Lecomte.he can shoot,dribble and pass..Lindsey is the other 6'5 2 gd that can shoot the 3..Inside ...Acruil is a 7'0 string bean who can rebound,shoot inside and block shots..got to see him twice vs Texas's Bamaba and he won one and was even on the other...runs the floor nice...Omot is another 6'9 string bean who can shoot the 3...Matson to me is there best player..6'8 big strong,physical...McClure is the 6'3 gd who also can score..but Clarke is only a freshman and at 6'9 240 will be a superstar in 2 years..raw,mean and athletic..Baylor is one of the top rebounding teams in the country..FT% excellent,. If the other team misses the shot you will never get an offensive rebound...
Now Wagner who was seeded one gets upset by LIU Brook...they shot 6-33 in the LIU game..30% FG...their tallest starter is 6'8 and he is there 6 leading scorer...the starter are 5'11,6'1,6'3,6'4 and Sumbay at 6'8 avg 6 points and 6 bds ...their defense gives up only 68 pts a game...that is their strength...but defense isn't going to help them score ..Baylor is so much more athletic,,so much faster,and inside the paint a huge mismatch....
the only thing that can happen is again the mental state or motivation of the Baylor players..but again my racquetball partner reminded that Baylor won the NITs a few years ago..so Drew might be able to elevate their game tonite...and can't see what Wagner post defense trys to stop 7'0 Jo Lual Acuill jr...
You know Wagner is just happy to be playing tonite..you can tell because all the parents and relatives of Wagner are on the same plane with the team... this morninh there visiting the Waco zoo and Magnolia the TV's Fixer Upper store..
Strong,strong play tonite..
Oregon -11.5 over Rider ****
LIU +4.5 over Radford **
Northern KU +8 over Louie **
Card players all voted not to play in NIT's..but administration accepted the invite sunday nite..this is NKU's super bowl will grab a couple points
Mid Tenn -6 over Vermont **
Hate going against the Catamonts but this MT is really a good team..they tripped and fell the other day... think they play with a vengeance...
BC +5.5 over WKU **
On a neutral court would love this line...BC is something like 2-12 on the road and WKU is even better then that at home..and WKU was only 1 pt away from the Senior prom..
Oklahoma St -10.5 over Fl Gulf ***
Think if any team should be more upset about the Senior Prom its the Cowpokes...they play good offense and are solid on D...when you beat KU twice,WV and OU ...think Gulf has some talent but there could be an Oklahoma tornado coming at you tonite..
UCLA -3 over Bonnies ****
Hate going against the Bonnies but UCLA has inside players that Bonnies cannot match up with...Bonnies have the 2 best gd tandem in the country with Mobley and Adams..their 2 tallest inside players tonite Stockyard and Ayeni are listed probable ..if they don't play UCLA wins this by double digits..Griffin is there only front court player available and he is 6'6...Bruins have Holiday who really is better then the 2 Bonnies gd..but 7' Welsh is tough to stop...he plays inside and outside...tough to defend him...UCLA also has Hands and Ali at the gds and 6'11 Goloman...Holiday avg 20 pts and has 185 assists...when Bonnies played Davidson's Alridge they had problems all day trying to stop him...Bonnies gds will keep them in this game but UCLA beat Zona recently and won 2 games in the PAC conf before losing to USC..if the 2 fds of bonnies don't play this game could get out of hand real quick..
yest 0-1-2*'s in the CIT
leaving for Vegas tomorrow,,good luck to everyone here..will post a few games tomorrow ..if someone wnat to try to hook up out there ask MJ or IE for my email
Go Bears tonite..
