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NCAA Tournament Midwest Region: Friday First Round Picks and Previews PDF Print
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Friday, 16 March 2007

NCAA Tournament Midwest Region: Friday First Round Picks and Previews

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (20-11) vs. UNLV Runnin’ Rebels (28-6), 12:25 p.m. ET, Line GT -1 ½ (141 total). The UNLV Runnin’ Rebels have not received much respect since the  Jerry “Tark the Shark” Tarkanian era ended in the 90’s but current coach Lon Kruger has found the right ingredient and has the school back in the Big Dance for the first time in 16 years. The Runnin’Rebels, a veteran team led by Kruger’s son Kevin along with fellow seniors guard Wendell White and post man Joel Anthony, could slap the Yellow Jackets nest. Georgia Tech of the powerful ACC is a very young team as evidenced in starting freshman Javaris Crittenton and forward Thaddeus Young, both guards averaging over 14 points per game. This game is almost a dead even match up between two schools who like to get up and down the court. Point-Spreads.com pick: OVER 141.

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NCAA Tournament South Region:Nevada vs. Creighton best Friday Matchup PDF Print
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Friday, 16 March 2007

NCAA Tournament South Region:Nevada vs. Creighton best Frihup day MatcOn Thursday the NCAA Tournament South Region was dominated by the favorites with the only lower seed winning was No 9 Xavier topping eight-seed BYU by a bucket 79-77. The win by the Musketeers can hardly be considered an upset since the Atlantic-10 co-champion was favored to win the game by oddsmakers by a -2.0 chalk. The 3 p.m. match up between seventh-seed Nevada and No. 10 Creighton appears to be the better Friday game in the region. Memphis, Tennessee and Virginia will probably be safe. Of course this is the Big Dance and anything can happen. 

Virginia Cavaliers (20-10) vs. Albany Great Danes (23-9), 12:15 p.m. ET, Line UVA -8 ½ (135) . The Great Danes, who came close to the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history against UCONN last year, will not sneak up on the Cavaliers. The ACC regular season co-champs have plenty of weapons in store for Albany including an experienced back court in junior Sean Singletary and senior J.R. Reynolds. Albany counters with shooting guard Jamar Wilson (18.5 p.p.g.) and a stingy defense. Albany has little chance of pulling an upset but if they hit on all cylinders could give UVA a scare. Point-Spreads.com pick: UVA -8.

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Badgers Long Road to BIG DANCE started in South Texas PDF Print
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Thursday, 15 March 2007
Badgers Long Road to BIG DANCE started in South TexasThe road to the 2007 "Big Dance" for the Wisconsin Badgers began in the sand and sun of South Padre Island, Texas just outside of Corpus Christi in "The South Padre Island Invitational Tournament" (Nov. 24, 2006) . Too much sun and a Missouri State upset win turned out to be just the slap that got the Badgers attention in the early season tourney there.

Bo’s (Ryan) boys , with a stifling defense allowing only 58.3 points per game and featuring Alando Tucker the Big 10 Player of the year, rolled to a 29 win season. Three tough Big Ten road losses (Indiana, Michigan State, Ohio State) the only other  blemishes on a season that even featured a  quick  pit stop at No.One in the nation.  Some writers called the  tourney a "Road to Redemption" but again it turned to another road bump from those dreaded "The Ohio State University" Buckeyes in the championship game. (66-49)

Now, it is time to get  in the fast lane, and playing in Chicago’s United Center, the game is just a few red lights down the road from Madison.  Tucker, who is from the Chicago suburb of Lockport, thinks this will be the first time his parents get to see him play in the tourney.   The expected road kill are the Southland  conference champions (tournament and regular season) Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders. (26-6)   They are taking a road never traveled. 
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