NCAA first round plays
 

What is the spread on Niagara/Kansas? Niagara won't lose by more than 15 and has as good a shot at winning as any 16 has ever had. Marist just won at Oklahoma St in the NIT last night in a direct matchup between the two leagues. Take away Niagara's 1-6 start when half their team was suspended and they are 22-5 since.

I like New Mexico State and whatever the points are against Texas.

And Davidson will flat out beat whoever they are playing...Maryland I think??

Here are my lower seeded winners of the first round:

Old Dominion over Butler (ODU to the Sweet 16)
Winthrop over Notre Dame (Winthrop to the Sweet 16)
Georgia Tech over UNLV (Ga Tech to the Sweet 16)
Villanova over Kentucky
Michigan St over Marquette
Oral Roberts over Washington St (Oral Roberts to the Sweet 16)
Texas Tech over Boston College
Xavier over BYU
Creighton over Nevada

Snipe, The line I saw Kansas -19, I think Niagara also is going to
give them a very tough game.

I agree. Niagara really is a pretty good 16 seedr.

I think Texas may win it all.

What is the over/under in that game, 190?

Could happen...I just think NM State will play them pretty close.

18.5/149

Davidson may not win...but Stephen Curry can shoot the rock...he is as pure as the driven snow.

The big wiseguy bet is Winthrop +4. Ive heard it so much im takin ND.

I thought this game and Davidson/Maryland were the two best first round matchups. Davidson just wore down the last 4 minutes...they played them dead even for the most part. I took Notre Dame in my bracket as well. I thought the Georgetown/ND game was the best big conference tourney game played. I put both in the final 4. ND was my low seed to reach the final 4...there is usually at least one and I thought they were as good as any.

Curry was awesome. I agree, it looked like Davidson ran out of steam.

If I bet basketball i'd take Penn +13 against Texas A&M.

You can't be more right, It's tough to play these Ivy League
they play a different type of ball and give fits to their opponents

Well, 5-7 so far, picked upsets with ODU and Oral Roberts and they let me down...had to go with ODU out of loyalty but why I took Oral Roberts? Maybe god will call them home?

Not sure of the spread on Pitt/Wright St. game tonight but I'd go with Wright St. Pitt got hammered by Georgetown in The Big East Championship game and has a long history of not showing up in the tournament. Aaron Gray gets in foul trouble they could lose outright.

This is why I hate some of these games. Better off playing with two evenly matched teams and hit the winner. Texas ATM was far better than Penn, but the score does not reflect that the game was really closer. ATM just killed them the last 3 minutes and so the points... you got to foul and risk getting a score that looks bad to get the ball back... I hate the large point spread games.

Not a good way to compare. Oklahoma ST. completely gave up on their coach the last few games of the conference, and even though they got a big win against ATM (on cruise control, coach did not care about seed) in the Big 12 tourney, they were playing the tourney on their home floor. OK. ST. was absolutely horrible the last 10 or so games. They played as poorly as any team with talent as I have seen.

On the other hand if Niagra can play some D... Kansas is a great team against teams that want to run and play athletic with them. Hope Niagra plays the slow down game. Only team more athletic and as deep as Kansas is North Carolina. But I think Kansas plays out of control. Kansas was beaten by poised teams in conf. ATM and Texas Tech.

btw... been gone so sorry if this has already been discussed: I have not flippin idea how Texas Tech made the tourney. If you had to take another team from the Big 12 (which I would not have) it would have been Kansas St.

Holy cow...11 minutes to go in the 1st half and MARQUETTE still has not scored.

I called this one on Steve's show once I heard that MU's guard was not playing because of the thumb injury.

I didn't think they'd get smacked like this though:eek:

I'd better call Villanova and see if NARDI is going to play!

So much for that.

Wow, I continue to amaze myself. I couldn't have been more wrong if I tried. This is why I love college basketball though. Everytime you are sure of something it completely blows up in your face.

wow....Hokies outscore Ill 12-0 in the last 4+ minutes...to win.

Be thankful their not in UNC bracket, they owned them
this year

but I want revenge when it counts. I was really hoping they would lose so I could see every person that walked in the store tomorrow with their bottom lips dragging on the ground...

How did the announcer call Tubby brilliant for having the backup accidentally put in the starting lineup immediately foul after the jump ball? Is his player that terrible that you can't even sit back in a zone and try and stop the first possession before you get to make the substitution? That team foul could wind up way more costly than the difference in the expected points Nova would have got on the first possession with the different players in.

1 for 4 ...I SUCK! and so those teams who lost! :p