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Best Bets for Thursday's Slate of NCAA Tournament Action
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So Gilbert, I'll start with the very first game here on the
00:02
board, Louisville against Creighton. We'll start there.
00:07
You know, I mean, everyone's got a favorite dog. It feels
00:10
like this is one of them already to start the day here.
00:12
Which side are you on?
00:14
Creighton's interesting. They have an advantage on the
00:17
interior with Ryan Kalkbrenner, but I like Louisville here.
00:20
I think people think that they're seated a little too
00:21
low as an eight seat. So they're better than an eight
00:23
seat. And also they're playing this game in Lexington,
00:25
Kentucky. So this is a pseudo home game for Louisville. I
00:28
think that pseudo home court advantage will benefit them
00:30
and a team that is much better than they're seated.
00:33
All right, Clemson is the 5-12 matchup, which is more
00:37
favored the five recent years, but in the past, there was
00:40
always one or two 12s that beat fives. I've seen a lot
00:44
of people loving McNeese State today. The line has gone up
00:48
to seven and a half, but yet everybody I see is picking
00:52
this as one of the big upsets of the day today. Well,
00:55
how do you see it Gilbert?
00:56
McNeese has been a trendy pick, understandably. So this
00:59
is a team that under Will Wade has been great in both of
01:02
his two seasons. But I think that the reports that Will
01:04
Wade is moving on to NC State that came out yesterday
01:07
are going to be the downfall of their team, having to
01:10
deal with that and that distraction, regardless of
01:12
what you say, they're human. I think that Clemson comes
01:13
out on top. I think Clemson is one of the better teams
01:16
that's built to make a deep run in this tournament, too.
01:18
All right. So now we get to the matchup with the legendary
01:21
coaches of Kansas and Arkansas. Kansas, of course, a
01:25
short favorite. Arkansas has beaten some of the best teams
01:29
in the country this season and they've played down to
01:32
their competition as well. So this one is up for grabs
01:34
Kansas four and a half point favorite.
01:37
You know, that's another one. You mentioned Arkansas has
01:39
played down. They have a big piece coming back. Boogie
01:41
Flann, McDonald's All-American is expected to play tonight.
01:44
So I think the fact that he is in the backcourt and Kansas
01:47
has some backcourt issues. Arkansas, if we had to go with
01:50
an underdog here, Arkansas is an interesting one, even
01:52
if it's just taking them to the point.
01:55
All right, Arkansas, plus the points. Gilbert hasn't picked
01:58
a dog to win out right yet. His racket is done and we haven't
02:01
even started the games yet. Texas A&M against Yale.
02:06
A lot again. Another, another very popular pick is Yale today
02:10
because of the style of basketball that they play A&M
02:12
big favorites Gilbert.
02:14
Yeah, you know what? Yale has done it before. They did it
02:16
just last year as a 13 seed beat Auburn
02:20
and then is not a great shooting team. Yale is one of
02:22
the best teams in the country at going on runs and making
02:25
things interesting. So I think this is the one that stands
02:28
out as the big upset when I know it's, it's a trendy one.
02:31
We've seen Yale do it before, but it just has all the makings
02:34
of a of an upset today.
02:36
All right. So Yale is Gilbert's big upset today here. We got
02:39
Michigan, UC San Diego,
02:42
you know, honestly, Gilbert had Michigan not played as well
02:44
as they did down the stretch. They still would have got it
02:46
in the tournament, but they wouldn't have been a favorite
02:47
against anybody. This should be a close game tonight.
02:50
It should be UC San Diego. Another trendy pick. They
02:52
dominated the Big West, but we're looking at the Big Ten
02:55
champions here. The Big Ten tournament champion, Michigan.
02:57
I think that they're going to give San Diego some problems
03:00
that they have not seen this year and actually expect
03:02
Michigan to take care of business in this game.
03:05
All right. And finally, Purdue against High Point. I don't
03:07
see a lot of folks taking High Point,
03:10
but I know that Purdue has had major issues in the tournament
03:12
before.
03:14
Yeah, I think it's a lot of a kind of a negative thing with
03:17
Purdue. Just I guess their reputation that they've lost
03:19
some games. They lost as a one seed a few years back.
03:22
So I think that's probably why people are leaning the other
03:24
way, but I like the Boilermakers here. I think High
03:26
Point's impressive, but I like Purdue.
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