This one would be an upset.
My sense against going into the games against Louisville and UConn was that MSU would probably win. Not probably as in ‘no problem,’ but probably as in ‘the chance is slightly greater than 50 percent.’ Tonight I’m putting the odds at below fifty-fifty, but they’re not infinitesimal, either, and I [...]

Final Four day! Here’s my brief analysis. I’m in st louis and typing on a phone, so sorry in advance for misspellings etc.
I like this matchup for state. The key is depth, not just of rotation guys but offensive threats. But the key is raymar Morgan. He doesn’t need to score twenty, but he [...]

Some hope for Spartan fans heading into the Louisville matchup:
I’ve heard several college basketball analysts call this a bad matchup for Michigan State for a couple of reasons that I dispute: style of play and home court advantage. As for style of play, the theory goes that Louisville is a pressing, trapping type of team [...]

Nevermind.

I feel like rambling.
The Big East had a great record last weekend at the NCAAs, but don’t forget how highly those teams were seeded. When you’ve got three #1s and two #2’s, all you did so far was avoid being upset — something that those teams did by some fairly narrow margins. I’m not calling [...]

Have you noticed that the non-Big Ten powerhouse teams seem to win their opening round NCAA games by approximately 50,000 points each? I don’t mean Villanova, obviously, but I’m talking about Carolina winning by 43 yesterday, Connecticut by 56, Oklahoma by 28, and other similar results down through the years. I love and respect the [...]