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12:10 PM: #4 Virginia vs. #5 Tennessee
40 MINUTE GAME OF HORSE. Both of these teams played great on offense and poor on defense in the first round. The reason the scores look so different is all about the tempo and opponent. Both teams are likely to improve their defensive performance a bit, […]

1:10 PM: #1 Ohio St. vs. #9 Xavier
Both teams played well, but not spectacular, in their first round games. Xavier’s only player over 6′9″ averages less than 2 minutes per game, so Greg Oden should be able to control the game. All the numbers say this should be a fairly low scoring, close […]




    Game Previews

  • Florida - Ohio St. Preview

    • Florida enters the National Championship game off of a terrifically impressive offensive performance against UCLA. The Bruins reached the Final ...

  • Florida - UCLA Preview

    • UCLA will have a more difficult defensive task facing Florida than they did in the regional final against Kansas. Florida, ...

  • Ohio St. - Georgetown Preview

    • Per Ken Pomeroy’s HD boxscores (and barring errors in my calculations), in the NCAA Tournament Ohio ...

  • Florida - Oregon Preview

    • Over the last 7 games, Oregon has averaged an eFG% of 59.5%, while holding their opponents to 45.2%. Compare ...

  • North Carolina - Georgetown Preview

    • The first thing that jumps out at me about this matchup is the difference in tempos - UNC is the ...

  • Ohio St. - Memphis Preview

    • There’s a very good chance that this game (though it will likely be played at a faster pace, and thus, ...

  • Kansas - UCLA Preview

    • This should look a whole lot like the previous round games for these teams. UCLA is playing the best ...

  • Georgetown - Vanderbilt Preview

    • These two teams played way back on November 15th. It was the first game of the season for Vanderbilt, ...

  • North Carolina - USC Preview

    • So far USC has been the most impressive team in the tournament. Their offense has been on par with ...

  • Florida - Butler Preview

    • There are a lot of parallels between the Florida - Butler matchup and the Kansas - Southern Illinois matchup. ...

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