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Mizzou vs Uconn March 28th 4:40
Take UCONN -5.5 for 5 Units
Missouri has exceeded everyone's expectations by a ton...even theirs according to coach Mike Anderson. This unexpected Cinderella story should most definately come to end tonight against the incredible strength of UCONN. The Huskies played poorly against Purdue and still won by 12 points as a 7 point favorite.Mizzou does not have the defense to slow down Uconn's Hasheem Thabeet. Missouri was very impressive against Memphis, but this battle took all they had and I'm confident their tanks were sucked dry on that one. I've said this many times this week and admit that I have been wrong, but Uconn's experience in a superior conference to the Big 12 should make the difference here.


Villanova vs Pittsburgh March 28th 7:05
Take Villanova +2 for 5 Units
The wrong team is favored in this game, as Pittsburgh should definitely have been sent packing by Xavier in the last round, but somehow wiggled off the upset hook. That won't be the case tonight, as a case can be made that the Wildcats are playing the hottest basketball of the teams remaining in the Big Dance, and after watching them hammer both UCLA, and Duke, you can see that Jay Wright has a very strong, very deep squad that is peaking at the right time. Obviously these teams are no strangers to one another, playing in the Big East Conference, and the lone meeting this season produced a 'Nova 67-57 home win as the 3 1/2-point home dog. Overall, the Wildcats have caprtured 4 of the last 7 series meetings.Tough, tough game, but with Pittsburgh having to go to the well now in ALL 3 of their tourney games, I have to side with the surging Wildcats to take this one.



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