How did you come up with Mich St -4? I would've been far less surprised with Pitt -4. Pitt is on an absolute roll, plays in the far better conference, Bobby Knight just picked them to win it all, and Mich St can't play away from home. Not saying Im picking Pitt to win, just can't believe you had MSU favored and by that much
pitt with 6th game in 11 days.
although today was a glorified scrimmage, so that helps the panthers as they werent really tested. i expected the scheduling to be factored into the line a little more.
michigan state has held a strong power rating all year, justified or not. sometimes they play up to it. other times, they just look very average.
very tough opponent for pitt given the circumstances. panthers would have been better served with a notre dame or vanderbilt type of opponent. spartans will test them physically.
technically its Pitts 6th game in 11 days but they had a four day layoff from the Georgetown game to today's walk in the park. So on from the other side you can say it will be Pitt's second game in 7 days. I can't believe fatigue will play an issue so early on in the tournament, these teams play on strict adrenaline anyways.
I'll be truly surprised if Michigan State beats Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh winning the Big East tourney was no fluke, they are the real deal. The Spartans will test them but Pittsburgh will pass through.
I'll be truly surprised if Michigan State beats Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh winning the Big East tourney was no fluke, they are the real deal. The Spartans will test them but Pittsburgh will pass through.
Everyone blindly taking Stanford consider the following:
Hard to ignore that ND, WV, Pitt, and Marq all pretty easily breezed today, while the Pac-10 once again showed weekly (USC and Zona ousted). The Pac-10 is incredibly overrated. Obviously the Lopez twins are a handful, but Marquette has the better guards
Hard to ignore that ND, WV, Pitt, and Marq all pretty easily breezed today, while the Pac-10 once again showed weekly (USC and Zona ousted). The Pac-10 is incredibly overrated. Obviously the Lopez twins are a handful, but Marquette has the better guards
if you isolate the thursday-saturday 2-in-3, thats not that tough and everyone is on a level playing field there. but throw in the 4-in-4 from last week and now you are asking pitt to lay CHALK against a good team on yet another quick turnaround. thats awfully tough. not only is the 6-in-11 tough, but theyve all been away from home.
and perhaps the BIGGEST thing working against pitt, and its an ENORMOUS red flag, is that the game is at altitude in denver.
there are pro teams who get their asses handed to them on the final part of their west coast swing against the nuggets.
pitt got fu.cked by the tourney committee here.
