NCAA BK Picks

709 Princeton/Kentucky OVER 133 This one might get away from Princeton early and should help this one get higher than expected.

710 Kentucky -13 Hate laying big numbers, but Princeton has become a bit of a "public" dog in my opinion. I feel Kentucky will be able to dominate the style of play and also like the way Kentucky has come in to the tournament. Calipari has them playing with a bit of a chip on their shoulder, also by far the best 4 seed and probably will make a statement here.

733 2Penn St/Temple OVER 64.5 Both teams seem to be playing a bit quicker than normal. This game was supposed to be 62-60 and already 35-33.

714 ucla +1.5 Think UCLA puts together a complete game here.

851 Oakland +10.5 Feel that Oakland's offensive options along with the experience of playing Pitt last year will keep them in this game. If Texas comes focused and plays D like they are capable then this could get ugly, but Oakland should fight the whole way. Going to try and pick myself off the mat today, lost 6 straight yesterday before winning the last pick. That is hard to do. 1-6 3/17 4-10 overall

831 Tenn/Michigan OVER 128 Michigan will turn Tennessee over enough to get some quick scores.

842 Notre Dame -14 Akron will be just too over matched here and Notre Dame has been playing well; no lack of focus here and will blow out Akron early. Akron a team that has no business being here in my opinion but able to get hot and a little lucky and win the conference tourney. Big number, we will see.

835 Villanova -1.5 If I played only one game today this would probably be it. Everybody is down on Villanova right now and should be as they look as though they are lacking confidence losing 5 in a row with some bad losses. I believe that Jay Wright will get them in the right mindset to at least get past a George Mason team that the committee gave Villonova the perfect opponent giving GM a 9 seed. I know the Colonial was decent this year and schedules can be misleading, but look at GM schedule and find out of conference quality wins, or even opponents. Hopefully Villanova gets up early and plays defense which should give them confidence as the game progresses. This sees like such a "square" pick, but it has to be the right side here.

850 UofArizona -5.5 I am not buying any of the Conf USA teams this year and feel that this Memphis team has been overvalued all year. Getting 5.5 wont be enough as they will try and score with this Arizona team. Pace will favor Arizona and they have responded well after losses this year. The more aggressive team with the star that will most likely get more calls.

1st Half Plays Going to chase with some first half plays: 842 1Akron/ND UNDER 65 836 1Villanova -0.5 850 1UofArizona -3