Matchup: Defense? Anyone play any defense? Neither team knows how to play quick-strike defense and both teams have dribble-drive scorers. Both Michigan and Tennessee lack players that average more than one steal or one block per game (save Tennessee’s Melvin […]
Matchup: Duke is Duke, they’re on TV more than “Leave it to Beaver” reruns. Hampton is Hampton they’ve played fewer ranked teams than “Leave it to Beaver” reruns. Oh, and Duke just won the ACC tournament. And, no No. 16 […]
Matchup: UNC is habitually ranked in the Top 25. Long Island hasn’t even played a team in the Top 25 since 1997 – their last trip to the Big Dance. It’s Big vs. Small, here. And worse for the Blackbirds […]
Matchup: Pac-10 vs. SEC – this is why people watch… football! Too bad this is a basketball game. In reality, Washington is either really good (read: Pac-10 tourney) or really bad (read: February 2011). Georgia, hit the same type of […]
Matchup: Xavier likes to slash and dash and Marquette defenders have quick hands. When the Musketeers have the ball – it’ll be interesting. On the flip-side, the Golden Eagles might score most of their points in transition. In their last […]
Matchup: Kentucky can shoot the lights out and Princeton can run the half-court like a well-coached, well, Princeton team. This should be a slower paced game with a fair amount of scoring – both teams shoot above 40-percent from the […]
Special Contributor // Ian Harmand THE MATCHUP: This is one of the toughest first-round games to gauge. The Bulldogs have turned it on lately, but the rejuvenation of the Red Storm may be the story of the college basketball season […]
The Matchup: Two “running” teams square-off in what should be a high-percentage shooting, high-scoring affair. George Mason The Patriots watched a 13-game winning streak come to an end with a loss to VCU in the semifinals of the CAA tournament. […]
Special Contributor // Ian Harmand THE MATCHUP: Taking simple math into account, it seems that Bucknell’s ten-game winning streak trumps Uconn’s five-game sprint through the Big East Tournament. Things won’t be twice as nice for the Bisons, however, as the […]
The Matchup: Big against small, fast against slow. This game is about as mismatched as Craig Sager’s wardrobe. The Buckeyes will use their strength to overpower the (Random Play-In Team) and put them away early and score often. Ohio State: […]