Final Friday Picks

This will (by default) be my final picks on Friday for the season.

With a record of 26-17, it would be really great to improve a lot this weekend. Since I like a lot of numbers (I know, I'm weird, but just deal with it) I will give you an 8 pack of picks today and try to get to a win pct of .666!

I think the time slot thing worked, so let's go with that again.

Sat.
12Et: UConn @ Pitt. Pitt won the last matchup in Connecticut's house. I think they will win this one too in a very physical game. Short and sweet.

2ET: Syracuse @ Marquette. Marquette has struggled (but atleast showed up) since they lost their leader in senior point guard Damion James. Syracuse has hung around the edge of the Top 25 rankings and not made a huge splash the whole year. The 'Cuse is a tournament team, Big East or NCAA, and looks to peak late in the year.
Despite that fact, I think Marquette has figured out like sans-James and gets a big win for their seeding in the NCAA tourney.

4ET: Texas @ Kansas. KU got beat down in Lubbock (Bill Self has yet to win their with the 'Hawks) by a 3 point attack that looked like a game of H-O-R-S-E according Coach because of a complete lack of defense and effort.
Side Note: When asked about the officiating in the game this columnist had no comment. However, all Big 12 games have been terribly officiated this year, so the same columnist was not surprised.
Texas looks to cement itself in the Big Dance with a W in Allen Fieldhouse.
The last meeting between to two teams in Lawrence ended with with KU celebrating an outright Big 12 championship with a 90-86 victory.
Matt Kleinmann, KU's redheaded walk-on and redshirt senoir from Overland Park, KS, got a ring for the thumb as KU won its fifth straight Big 12 title when Oklahoma lost on Wednesday. This year's championship will be an outright title as the Jayhawks finish an astounding 14-2 in conference play and beat the Longhorns with help from the Phog.

9ET: Louisville @ West Virginia: Teams that are known better for their coaches (Pitino and Huggy Bear, respectively) meet in ESPN's primetime matchup on Saturday. A regular in this post the Fighting Pitinos (I don't know why, they just show up for all the big games) take out the Mountaineers and leave Huggins longing for a hug as they steal the Big East title coupled with a UConn loss.

Sunday
Just as great as last Sunday's matchups, make sure you get your couch ready!

12 ET: Purdue @ Michigan State: State has already claimed the Great Lakes 11 title and look to add another game of seperation. The Boilermakers have been all over the place lately and the Spartans take advantage winning on Senior day.

2ET: Virginia Tech @ Florida State: Bubble teams in the ACC meet to figure out who gets locked and who needs a couple more W's. This late in the season, it is important to defend home court and Florida State has figured that out. Their only home losses have come at the hands of Duke, Pitt and UNC. Not a bad set of 3 to lose to. FSU wins. Va Tech needs to at least get to the ACC finals to make the Dance.

4ET: Duke @ UNC.























Is the Drama built up enough for ya?


No?

















Ok. Enough. UNC wins @ home.

Duke isn't that good or big to compete with the Tar Heels. Right now, they are my pick for winning it all, as much as it hurts.


6ET: Clemson @ Wake Forest: I picked Clemson last week against all reason and lost. I will not make the same mistake twice. Wake is a very good team who will find a way to win and gain some momentum for the ACC Tourney.

Keep your eyes peeled this weekend for all of the conference tourney results (the MVC is my pick for good weekend drama). There will be a bunch of Automatic picks and it will get you more excited for the Major Conference Tourneys next week.

It's March!! Wooo Hoo!!

Something that I learned from my bro Mark, I will close with exclamation points after my name to add some drama. Monday brings a lot of fun and some picks for the conference tourneys.


DDSF!!!

(!!! = Excitement!!!)

PS. I tried 4 exclamation points and it so did not work. Just an FYI for all y'all following.