Here we go with 16 Thoughts, Facts, Stats, Ideas, And Ramblings For The Sweet 16 .
I’ve nailed some stuff in the first two chapters of these blogs.
They are easy to get behind.
Especially when they do cool shit all the time.
Big guards will force Nowell to have to give the ball up and disrupt the K St offense.
That’s a start, maybe even the exact recipe to limiting the Wildcats from really getting going.
Have it at a restaurant, or a buddy’s house.
4- I think UCONN needs to verify Adama Sanogo gets going early and often.
In two tournament games he’s had 16 and 17 field goal attempts.
In a Big East Semi loss to Marquette he took just 11 shots.
In fact in UCONN’s last three losses, his FG attempts are 11, 10 and 6.
Advice to Danny Hurley … Feed the big man.
5- In Arkansas’s last 3 games they are shooting 23.9% from 3pt range.
They shoot just 31.3% on the year.
I lean Tennessee in this one.
7- I may love Gonzaga too much tonight.
+2 seems like they are doing me a favor.
I really struggle to get behind a UCLA team stopping this Gonzaga attack without Jaylen Clark.
8- Do we really need to see Hep Cronin 6-700 times tonight on cutaways?
9- San Diego St is super stingy on defense, especially defending the 3pt line.
They hold opponents to 28.7% from deep.
The Aztecs allow teams to attempt 40% of their shots from deep.
The Aztecs will allow a ton of attempts which is a big + for Alabama.
The rest of the nation should take notice.
12- We’re going to know in 5 minutes if Miami can beat Houston.
Especially against Houston who wakes up in the morning dreaming of offensive rebounds.
But I really think we’ll know very fast which way it’s going to go.
13- Princeton can cover and I hope we get an entertaining game.
But at this point in the year, I want dream Elite 8 matchups and Creighton-Alabama is just that.
Keep it close Princeton, but do us all a favor and lose.
14- Sean Miller has 3 Elite 8’s.
Rodney Terry is an interim coach.
In his last head coaching stint at UTEP, Terry was 11 games under .500 .
15- In the NCAA Tournament, Xavier has allowed 89.7 points per 100 possessions.
In the same time frame Texas is allowing 90.4 points per 100 possessions.
Doesn’t it seem like we’re not talking about Xavier enough?
16- My full predictions for the Elite 8.
Bama, Creighton, Tennessee, K State, Houston, Xavier, UConn, Gonzaga.
Plays ATS onthe Barstool Sportsbook:
K ST +2
ZAGA +2
Bama -7.5
