The officiating in yesterday's games was an embarrassment to the NCAA tournament. The Syracuse-Luckeye$ game was especially egregious. I'm not sure what game they were watching and credit to both teams for playing a fairly good game despite unpredictable and wrong whistles. But, the highlight was Rick Pitino getting teed up in the Louisville-Florida game for yelling at Peyton Siva for getting a silly foul 30' from the rim. Good job, zebras. You've been terrible all year. Why stop now?
Congratulations to the Luckeye$. That $126.5 million athletic budget paid off.
Baylor can probably give Kentucky some fits today. They're long and if Heslip is hitting his three's, they can keep it close but eventually Baylor will go Baylor and disappear for at least a few minutes and that's when Kentucky buries teams. Kentucky 78 Baylor 68
North Carolina-Kansas should be good. I'm going to assume Huckleberry Roy is so scared of losing to Kansas, he's going to start Marshall. Who knows how effective he can be. He practiced on Saturday but one would have to assume catching the ball has to be somewhat akward and painful.
If he doesn't play and UNC turns it over 20+ times, Kansas should be better suited to take advantage of it. I doubt Carolina outrebounds Kansas by 30 like they did to THE Ohio. Carolina survived THE Ohio by getting great play out of Reggie Bullock and Tyler Zeller and overcoming atrocious play by Harrison Barnes.
Kansas was just as baffling on Friday night doing everything they could to lose the game but survived and advanced like they did against Purdue. Can't do that today. Tyshawn Taylor has been shooting the ball about as bad as he can and he'll need to bounce back. He says he'll keep firing away. Thomas Robinson was the second best player in America this year. Today, he needs to show it and take over.
If Marshall plays and plays semi-effectively, I like UNC 75 KU 71. If not, I still like UNC in a grinder by about the same 4 point margin but lower scoring.
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