[BrUno0]

hahaha


"I love unc -3


but why does this feel like the biggest trap?"

-post by me last night.

[EaglesPhan36]

KU ML for me. Hoping they put ole Roy Boy in his place.

[diogee]

traps possible...square possible....I respect your opinions hands down but I almost balked on 2 good plays last night when some chubby kid with sunglasses and a long haired wig came into good threads saying the whole square play thing...

[BrUno0]

Is louisville better than Kansas?

[rjt721]

KU played a much better elite eight team than UNC

Davidson's not better than Louisville. Not even close.

[twtb19]

UNC beat Davidson as well so who cares....Louisville was playing great ball and UNC still answered the bell and closed out the game with Louisville trying to make a run. If UNC plays as well as they have been in the tourney they take this game. If they come out flat then KU has a chance.

[rjt721]

Just what the books wanted you to think. Do you think Louisville could beat wisconsin by 20?
No way no how.
This is the kind of thinking that gets you buried.

No, the kind of thinking that will get you buried is your inclination to call everything a "trap." Kansas is the play solely because the majority of bets have come in on UNC and the line hasn't moved off '3?' If the line moves to 4 before tip, is UNC now the play? As usual, you're talking out of your ass.

Yes, Louisville could beat Wisky (the most overrated team in the country all season, as has been stated by myself and others on this forum for months) by 20. But what does that have to do with anything?

Could Lousiville lose by 7 to Western Michigan (as Davidson did)? Who cares? It's such narrow-minded thinking and has nothing to do with tonight's outcome.

[twtb19]

Your referring to KU like their not even in the same league. Isnt KU the consensus pick in most brackets? What happened, did that team die? No, KU/UNC are very very equal teams.

I think they are more equal than my post made it sound, you are correct there. I just think UNC is playing at a much higher level than they did during the regular season coming into this game...I think at the same time KU is playing about the same as it has all year. So unless KU picks up their game or UNC comes back down to earth I think UNC will win.

[rjt721]

How is the west mich loss any different than louisville losing to dayton at home?

It's not. Both are equally irrelevant.

KU gets points ONLY because of the last game, and how dominant NC was against Louisville (in CHARLOTTE).

Kansas is getting points because of the infatuation many have with this UNC team, the Heels' 25 ppg margin of victory in the tournament, their standing as the regular season and conf. tourney champs in the ACC, what's perceived by some as the best conference in the country (at best the third conference this year), and Hansbrough's presence as the near consensus POY.

Was UNC really dominant against Louisville? Tie game with 10 min. remaining, followed by Hansbrough hitting three contested 18-footers down the stretch (he probably hits those 30% of the time), to give UNC a 10-point victory in a game that was much closer than the final score would indicate. I do agree with you that the home court atmosphere was a decided advantage for UNC.

This one is a trap, as you are letting KU's past performance against the most Underrated team in the tourney cloud your usually sharp brain. Pre tourney, if i gave you this matchup, and KU was +3 you would have pounced it. UNC showed me nothing morethan KU has...

For the record, I like Kansas in this one. Where I disagree with you is in regard to you referring to this game (and many others in the past) as a "trap." Why is it a trap? Because numbers indicate one side has received the majority of the action and there's been little line movement? "Fading the public" is not a new concept. What it is, however, is a 50/50 proposition in the long term. It just seems as though you're relying on these numbers too heavily. There are a number of reasons to like Kansas tonight, the least of which is that UNC is a "trap."

Good luck.

[BrUno0]

Could you list those reasons? but RJ, you made a great point, which really made me think about that UNC cover vs louisville, Hansbrough did come up huge, had he not, that game might have not covered, and this line, would most likely be different for the KU UNC game.

I was leaning with UNC since the open......now i'm starting to like kansas, this happened last week too, where i switched and took texas instead of memphis, who do you guys like in that game?

[jjgold]

These games come down to whoever hits their shots, no one team is better so it is a pure guess.

[BeatTheJerk]

im picking better talent over a trap situation in this game ........... but yes i see your point u make a valid debate here ......

[EaglesPhan36]

Rock Chalk Jayhawk.

[wtt0315]

teams arent balanced. I have kansas winning winning here and losing in finals in my bracket. Now though I am with the public and I think NC wins by 12-17 points.

[frostno98]

If you believed that sh!t, you'd probably took UCLA too huh, those stats are completely useless. It's boils down to who's the better team. UNC is a public team and they traditionally cover for the public.

[WileOut]

All I know is that whoever wins this game is going to have a hard time in the next one. I've never seen a team with as many great finishers as Memphis has.

[imgv94]

Gl Bot...

[imgv94]

wasn't a trap or fix.. But nonetheless

[Weezy F.]

No doubt KU is making it rain, but UNC doing everything they can to play like a high school team = fix.