Montana State makes a comeback to win on Weber State’s court, Quinnipiac can’t win on their home court and South Florida is coached by Stan Heath; all of these things combined to make a perfect storm for an 0-fer day for me yesterday, but I shall bounce back. 14 ranked games in action today so I’ll give one reason per game why that team will win.
Game One: No. 1 Kansas v. Texas Tech – 12:30 p.m.: Sherron Collins, Xavier Henry, Cole Aldrich, Morris Twins; thats why they win, Kansas 74-65.
Game Two: No. 22 G-Town vs. No. 3 Syracuse – 12 p.m.: The Cuse rarely loses early in the Garden during Big East Tourney especially with white guards; see Gerry McNamara, Eric Devendorf. I’m looking at you, Andy Rautins, Cuse wins 76-64.
Game Three: No. 10 Villanova v. Marquette – 2 p.m.: Scottie Reynolds won’t let Nova drop this one despite Nova finishing the season 4-5, Nova 73-70.
Game Four: No. 8 New Mexico v. Air Force – 3 p.m.: New Mexico has won more consecutive games (14) than Air Force has won all seaosn (10). I’ll take the Lobos, 81-65.
Game Five: Nebraska vs. No. 24 Texas A&M – 3p.m.: The Cornhuskers pulled off their March Madness yesterday by beating Mizzuo and today is where it ends, Texas A&M: 67-56.
Game Six: No. 13 Tennessee v. LSU - 3:15 p.m.: LSU has been horrendous this year and the Vols have been pretty good after the Tyler Smith debacle, Vols 70-62.
Game Seven: Notre Dame v. No. 16 Pittsburgh – 7 p.m.: The Golden Domers have been playing great since Harangody got hurt and have slowly been integrating him back into the offense. The power forward played great last night and will do the same again against Pitt. Notre Dame, 68-60.
Game Eight: Oklahoma State v. No. 9 Kansas State – 7 p.m.: James Anderson went off for 30 last time against KSU in a win. He will have to do the same again if the Cowboys want to upset the Wildcats. I say he doesn’t and K-State wins 76-68.
Game Nine: No. 15 BYU v. TCU - 9 p.m.: In a battle of the abbreviations, BYU should beat TCU like they did by 30 five days ago. They’ll beat the Horned Frogs again by only by 13, BYU 82-69.
Game Ten: Cincy v. No. 6 West Virginia – 9 p.m.: If WVU wins the Big East they could get the final one seed and since Cincy got lucky to face an inconsistent Louisville team last night they won’t have the same outcome tonight against a solid Mountaineer squad. WVU 76-64.
Game Eleven: No. 20 Baylor v. Texas – 9 p.m.: Baylor has beaten Texas twice already this season and I see it happening again as Texas’ last quality win came on Feb. 24th against Oklahoma State. Baylor 66-60.
Game Twelve: No. 21 UTEP v. UCF - 10 p.m.: The day’s nightcap features the #21 Miners who have a bid wrapped up and are playing for a 5-seed or 6-seed, IMO. They should roll in this game easily, UTEP 84-61.


