Sunday
6 WVU vs 14 NSU 2:40
1 Villanova vs 8 Arizona 2:30
7 G'town vs 2 Ohio St 2:20
5 Pittsburgh vs 13 Bradley TBD
1 UConn vs 8 Kentucky TBD

Monday
Louisville hosts Clemson 7pm
Cincy hosts Minnesota 9pm
Michigan hosts Notre Dame 7pm

WVU82 Wrote:Sunday
6 WVU vs 14 NSU 2:40
1 Villanova vs 8 Arizona 2:30
7 G'town vs 2 Ohio St 2:20
5 Pittsburgh vs 13 Bradley TBD
1 UConn vs 8 Kentucky TBD

Monday
Louisville hosts Clemson 7pm
Cincy hosts Minnesota 9pm
Michigan hosts Notre Dame 7pm

Hate to say it but I see nova going down on Sunday.

Actually the Cincinnati/Minnesota game (at the Shoe) is on Tuesday. West Virginia and Pitt will cruise to the Sweet 16, and I expect Villanova to hammer Arizona. Arizona doesn't play defense and their offense isn't on par with Villanova. I expect Connecticut and Kentucky to be tight for a little bit and for Connecticut to pull away for a double-digit or near double-digit win. It would not shock me to see Connecticut jump on them early though. I expect Georgetown to control the majority of the Ohio State game and then close them out. Notre Dame/Michigan is a pick 'em game but I actually do like Notre Dame just because Michigan is up and down. But Michigan is at home and they are a solid squad so who knows. The Clemson game is a scary game for Louisville because the Tigers are much better then people realize. They finished 7-9 in a strong ACC and had 18 wins, now 19 wins with their NIT 2nd round win.

CatsClaw Wrote:The Clemson game is a scary game for Louisville because the Tigers are much better then people realize. They finished 7-9 in a strong ACC and had 18 wins, now 19 wins with their NIT 2nd round win.

Not that UofL is to the level of BC, Duke, or UNC this season, but there are some telling numbers about Clemson. They had what was basically the easiest ACC schedule of anyone. They managed to play the 4 ACC NCAA teams only once apiece, & played the bottom 3 teams home & home.

In the ACC they were:

0-4 against the 4 NCAA teams
3-4 against the teams that finished 8-8 or 7-9 in the ACC
4-2 against the 3 teams that finished 4-12 or worse

Plus they went 2-6 on the road, beating only Virginia Tech & Georgia Tech. They have zero Top 100 road wins (UofL is 71st). UofL on the other hand is 17-3 at home and the 3 losses were to UConn, Nova, & Pitt, who are all a ton better than the Tigers.

Clemson is mediocre at best. UofL is inconsistent enough that a win is far from assured, but there is no way the Cards lose and it's anyway positive. It'd be the first time since 2001 that we lost in Freedom Hall to a team that finished with a losing record in their conference that year.