NCAA tournament picks 3/12/10
What a rough day yesterday. Not a good day for favorites.
Totals for 2/27/10 thru 3/12/10: 20-17-1 +1.3 units
Season: 81-76-5 -2.6 units
Virginia +17 vs Duke (11 am) W
Virginia has been playing well and their slow style of play should easily keep this game around a 10 point margin. There haven’t been many blowouts in the tournament games so far, so taking the points is usually a good bet.
Illinois +8.5 vs Wisconsin (1:20 pm in Indianapolis) W
The teams each won on the others home court. Illinois has a lot more on the line than Wisconsin and I feel Wisconsin is only slightly better than Illinois largely in part to coaching. I think this will be a close game decided in the last few minutes, so take the points.
Tennessee -1 vs Mississippi (2 pm) W
Succinctly…the Vols are the better team and they have a game under their belt to get used to the arena settings.
Dayton/Xavier over 134 (5:30 pm) W
Based soley on the previous two meetings this year, which both went over 150 points.
Massachusetts +9.5 vs Richmond (8 pm) W
UMass is playing well with two upset wins to end the season. Richmond doens’t need to win to make the field of 64, so take the points.
Akron -4.5 vs Western Michigan (6 pm) L
Class of the MAC against a first round surprise. This is an awfully low line, but I’m still taking it.
Record: 5-1
