ATLANTIC 10 QUARTERFINAL #3:
837/838 Dayton/Xavier UN 134'
838 Xavier (-2') (-111)
Dayton "needs the win" as a bubble team. Xavier's guards are just that much better than Dayton's guards.
C-USA SEMIFINAL #2:
861/862 Houston/Southern Miss UN 132
862 Southern Miss (+2)
Memphis is still considered king of Conference USA, even though that's not the case this year. Houston beat them late in the game yesterday. Even though this is a tournament game, this is a letdown spot. Southern Miss is much better defensively. Like I said yesterday, Eustachy is a very good coach on short prep. Southern Miss completely discombobulated UAB and they can do the same against a team that has poor shot selection like Houston.
BIG 10 QUARTERFINAL #3:
846 Purdue (-8) (-104)
Northwestern the public doggie like Penn State yesterday. Northwestern's win over Indiana was not the 15 point blowout that the final score indicated. Indiana made 13 of their 19 turnovers in the 2nd half and most of them were unforced errors. Carmody talked about the fact that Conseco is a tough shooting gym for outside shooting (Cats shot 7-31 yesterday). I would expect Northwestern to go inside a little more, but Purdue plays really good defense and forces you to take outside shots. Bruce Weber had a really good observation about the Purdue defense. They pressure you between the "30's", meaning from the end of the coaching box on one end to the other end. That will force numerous turnovers by the Wildcats.
