Let The Madness Begin!

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UPDATE - 2 of 8 - Elite 8!

Mike's Original Picks: Kentucky and Florida Still it it.

Michigan is the favorite. Mike Likes Arizona and Florida at This Stage


I know Nothing and would bet a 2 Team Moneyline on Uconn and Dayton. Just for this Round - because They won by the Largest Margins and and Offer the best Parlay Odds.

UPDATE - 4 of Five - Still Alive!

Bring out your dead.  Now only 16 out of 68 remain and four of those 16 were on my must watch list.

Kentucky plays Louisville so one of them has to go in this cataclysmic match between intrastate powerhouses.  I would like to see Kentucky win it, but I can only anticipate a great game that goes down to the final seconds.

Iowa State had a key injury in its last game putting star forward Georges Niang on the sidelines the rest of the way.

For some reason I see several people feeling that Florida will get upset by UCLA, but I am not buying it.

My only casualty is Duke which shocked just about everyone with its immediate exit.

Have fun this weekend as we pair it down to the final 4.

-Michael Lawrence 

Guest Columnist

PRE-TOURNAMENT

Experts Pick? 

It would seem that everybody’s darling is the streaking Michigan State Spartans.  Caution…when this many “experts” are on a side of a team it does not go well more often than not.

For one thing, this team has not been playing together for a large part of the season.  The red flag there is when they face a team that knows what each other is thinking on the court every second it could be the death of their title hopes.

You have to win 6 straight games against the toughest competition in America and I feel that could be the destiny of senior laden Florida.

Whatever may transpire over the next three weeks it continues to be the most exciting time of the year on the sports calendar.

Hot Commodities

Besides Florida here are four other hot commodities…Iowa State (Well coached with a veteran presence), Louisville (The defending national champs playing their best basketball of the season right now), Kentucky (Young players coming together at the right time) and, Duke (Always a factor).

Good luck with your brackets!

-Michael Lawrence 

Guest Columnist

Because I Know Nothing about Basketball. Thanks Mike!

-Rick Jansen