Final Four Bracket - March 19, 2008
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Today's NCAA Basketball Picks:
Game: Morgan State at Virginia Tech (7:00 PM Eastern)
Pick: 4 units on Morgan State +17 (-110) (risk 4 to win 3.6)
The Hokies may be feeling snubbed by NCAA committee and find themselves in the NIT (Not In Tournament). Morgan State had a 15-1 run stopped in their conference final, as an even hotter Coppin State team spoiled their dreams. The Bears may be unknown by most, but they can play! Look no further than their 15-2 finish and early season road games where they lost by just 4 at Miami Fla, and 4 on the road at UConn. They beat American U and LaSalle, and dropped a game at Seton Hall by just 8. Connecticut and Miami scored 69 and 55, respectively, against them and it's going to be difficult for Tech to pull away and cover this exceedlingly large number. The Bears are better than they appear, and we will ride them here.
Game: New Mexico at California (11:00 PM Eastern)Pick: 3 units on New Mexico +160 (moneyline) (risk 3 to win 4.8)
Does momentum matter? Cal has lost eight of their last ten while New Mexico in contrast has won eight of their last ten! The Lobos missed out on the MWC Title by just one bucket, losing to Utah 82-80. This team can play. They won on average this season by 12 ppg. They feature the MWC co-Player of the Year in J.R. Giddens who led the league in scoring and rebounding. He's the second player (and first guard) to accomplish that (first was Andrew Bogut). Over their last five games, the Lobos are giving up 64 ppg while Cal is allowing 86 per game. This season the Bears were 7-14 vs. winning teams including 0-6 in the last six. Teams like New Mexico that move the ball well (16+ assists per game) gave Cal fits as the Bears went 1-6 against such teams. Cal lost by 22 points last game and they are just 4-12 the past three seasons off a double-digit loss (1-7 if the loss was by 15+). Sure, the level of competition is different, but we are going to back the hot teams vs. the cold one here.
NCAA Basketball Picks Resources:
Check out the last five NCAA Basketball Picks Newsletters:
NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-18-2008
This game kicks off the College Basketball Invitational - a new single elimination tournament to be held on the home courts of the higher seeds. This is Rider's first tournament game since th...
NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-17-2008
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NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-16-2008
These teams have played very competitive against each other with both games going to OT. These games saw 196 and 178 points scored, but more importantly 164 and 162 before OT. The Tar Heels are puttin...
NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-15-2008
Hartford? UMBC? Who the heck are they? Exactly. We think there's value on this game, in part due to the lack of attention to this America East Conference title game. We think the dog has a good sh...
NCAA-Basketball-Picks-March-14-2008
The Buckeyes played in the National Championship game last season. Now they are fighting for a birth to into the tournament. They beat the Spartans on Sunday by 9 points but that was a home game for t...
