Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Wednesday Night Games

We have two great games although one with be without of their stars.

First up is Tennessee at South Carolina for the SEC regular season title.  I'm taking a closer look at the last #1 seed and I think with a win here Tennessee will leap over Arizona and North Carolina.  The numbers are all similar but Tennessee may be slightly better.

The second big game is Connecticut at Marquette.  As mentioned above Marquette will be without Tyler Kolek so this may turn ugly again.

Last up is BYU at Iowa State.  It's last because people will flock to the first 2 games above but this is a match up 2 top 15 KenPom and NET teams.

As for the bubble we have a couple interesting matchups

1. 11 Seed Villanova at 11 seed Seton Hall.  This is a matchup of my last team in and the team 2 spots ahead of them.  Realistically, the losing team drops out and gets replaced by St. John's

2. Fresno State at First Four Out New Mexico.  Most brackets have New Mexico in but they only have 2 Q1 wins and a Non-Conference Strength of Schedule (NCSOS going forward) of 270.  I think they are out right now.

3. 10 Seed Mississippi State at Texas A&M.  A&M has been the most disappointing team in the SEC so they may want to play spoiler here.  Or they may just continue to roll over.

4. 9 Seed Northwestern at 10 Seed Michigan State.  I hope the Spartans lose.

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