This one jumps out at me...

[xHeroOfTheDayx]

Marquette pulls this one out IMO.

[emv01]

Skins as a State fan I can tell you that the MSU/Marq game is going to depend on how Drew Neitzel plays. When he goes so does the rest of the team. Also MSU is a great rebounding team and should be able to control the paint and be very successful on the offensive glass against a smaller Marquette team.

[BUNK MORELAND]

North Texas +17.5

Looking at NT, they look like they matchup quite well

They have size and athleticism and Head Coach JOHNNY JONES is a great recruiter. He's actually a former Memphis assistant and was actually their interim coach for a few games in 2000. Two key contributor for them are Keith Wooden and Kendrick Davis bother transfers. Wooden is big 6'9" and has some bulk. Davis is a good guard 6'4" Arkansas Razorback transfer..

Lot of points

North Texas has been playing great . 7-3 in last 10 . 3 losses by a combined nine points..

[HiPockets]

Fascinating thread here. GM has the UNC hater snake stare trance but he knows ball and is fun to read (GM impressed me from my start with solid comments on recent NFL playoffs). Frustrating because everytime I try to read extended threads I get squat.. specifically, when there are many replys, I can't get past the first set. I thought this was punishment following being temporarily banned for a quck rant about the Duke nose breaking mugging, but this is getting old. I want to see the rest of this thread. These two conference homers (GM and Skins) know some ball and I would like read the "rest of the story".

[Leafs3113]

Well if Michagen ST wants to beat UNC it cant turn it over 15 times as they average. They cant score anough to stay in the game if they turn it over. If Marquette is shooting well then they can atleast shoot themselves in the game against UNC. Even then they couldnt run with UNC for a full 40 min.

Either way both teams will get run out of the building against UNC if UNC comes to play.

[Skinsfan]

LOL... besides, you and I and anyone who has been watching college basketball for a while know that the ncaa tourny is a total crapshoot.... many great regular season teams play like vaginas in the ncaa tourny for reasons unknown... look at Kansas in years past...

Honestly, I'm becoming very worried about GTowns chances.... EVERYBODY is hyping them to make the Final 4.... I was much more comfortable 1 month ago when no one talked about the hoyas....

[Skinsfan]

Listen, obviously nothing is getting through to you...Just keep on thinking Virginia Tech is an up-tempo team that loves to run and Marquette would match up good with UNC. Good luck with those ideas when filling out your brackets.

LOL... you can't make a valid point so you resort to making attacks... that's a wonderful way to convince people :nuts:

I simply wanted to know if Marquette was going to cover the 1.5 against Michigan State.

[GamblinMan03]

Uhhh... no.... where did i compare unc and vatech and show their similiarities?

Listen, obviously nothing is getting through to you...Just keep on thinking Virginia Tech is an up-tempo team that loves to run and Marquette would match up good with UNC. Good luck with those ideas when filling out your brackets.

[Skinsfan]

lol, so you are basically comparing UNC and VTech? Those are two totally different teams? And you say you watched all of their games? Man o man, those teams are complete opposites of each other.

Uhhh... no.... where did i compare unc and vatech and show their similiarities?

[GamblinMan03]

ASSHAT, I watched both games with my friend... I know exactly what happened.... VaTech runs up and down the court against most of their opponents.... I know I have watched more VaTech basketball than you... I'm not braggin, because its not by choice.... I watch almost every conference game they played this year with my buddies.... You want to know what slowing down a game is? Watch Gtown... they take up the entire shot clock in over 80% of their possession... at the end of the regular season, they were #3 (i think) in the nation in points allowed.

lol, so you are basically comparing UNC and VTech? Those are two totally different teams? And you say you watched all of their games? Man o man, those teams are complete opposites of each other.

[Skinsfan]

First of all, UNC was down about 20 in the first meeting. They probably scored about 20 or 25 points in the final 4 minutes to make a magical comeback. So yes, they did slow the game down.

In the second meeting, the game went to overtime. So yes, they did slow it down. Do your research, just dont look at the final score.

ASSHAT, I watched both games with my friend... I know exactly what happened.... VaTech runs up and down the court against most of their opponents.... I know I have watched more VaTech basketball than you... I'm not braggin, because its not by choice.... I watch almost every conference game they played this year with my buddies.... You want to know what slowing down a game is? Watch Gtown... they take up the entire shot clock in over 80% of their possession... at the end of the regular season, they were #3 (i think) in the nation in points allowed.

[GamblinMan03]

I will admit I have not seen UNC enough to consider myself an expert or anything... only watched a few of their games this year... But I watched VaTech almost every week... They are somewhat local to me, and one of my best friends is an alumn.... I don't know how you can classify them as a half court team. They love to run, and it's not that often that they purposlly look to kill clock. I think you are way off base this year.... are you telling me that Va tech beat UNC 94-88 and 81-80 by playing half court basketball and slowing the game down? lol

I watched both of those games. VaTech won because they shot very well and got fouled a million times. NOT because they took UNC out of their gameplan.

First of all, UNC was down about 20 in the first meeting. They probably scored about 20 or 25 points in the final 4 minutes to make a magical comeback. So yes, they did slow the game down.

In the second meeting, the game went to overtime. So yes, they did slow it down. Do your research, just dont look at the final score.

[Skinsfan]

What are you talking about, I said Duke has a good chance to lose this Thursday. Not to mention it is our worst team in 10 years. Plenty of times this year I said Duke sucks after a game, doesnt mean I think the whole team sucks for this season.

But like I said, Marquette would play UNC and get waxed. It would be one of the more lopsided 2nd round games in the whole tournament this year. Maybe the most lopsided one.

Maybe we'll find out.

[Skinsfan]

Im sorry but you havent watched UNC this year. Teams like Michigan St who play the halfcourt offense are exactly teams that UNC struggles with. They lost to NC St, they play a half court, slow it down game. They lost to Virginia Tech twice, who also plays the halfcourt game.

I will admit I have not seen UNC enough to consider myself an expert or anything... only watched a few of their games this year... But I watched VaTech almost every week... They are somewhat local to me, and one of my best friends is an alumn.... I don't know how you can classify them as a half court team. They love to run, and it's not that often that they purposlly look to kill clock. I think you are way off base this year.... are you telling me that Va tech beat UNC 94-88 and 81-80 by playing half court basketball and slowing the game down? lol

I watched both of those games. VaTech won because they shot very well and got fouled a million times. NOT because they took UNC out of their gameplan.

[GamblinMan03]

pot, kettle, black

What are you talking about, I said Duke has a good chance to lose this Thursday. Not to mention it is our worst team in 10 years. Plenty of times this year I said Duke sucks after a game, doesnt mean I think the whole team sucks for this season.

But like I said, Marquette would play UNC and get waxed. It would be one of the more lopsided 2nd round games in the whole tournament this year. Maybe the most lopsided one.