00:00Part of the story of the tournament is who's hot going in.
00:03And for Virginia Commonwealth, that is the story here.
00:07One of the hottest teams in the country entering the NCAA tournament.
00:10They got a tough matchup to begin here against North Carolina.
00:14The Tar Heels are two and a half point favorites with a total of 152 and a half.
00:19But Joe, when it comes to this sort of stuff, these teams like VCU, and I understand, look,
00:24they've got a lot of history playing in the tournament and being one of those higher seeds
00:28and advancing, but I usually like to ride these kind of teams, the teams that are hot going
00:33in and keep it going.
00:36Yes, and listen, no Caleb Wilson and North Carolina is a fundamentally different team
00:41without him on the court, and we have seen that.
00:44That's not the team that beat Duke.
00:46You know, Wilson was a big part of that.
00:48And VCU, to your point, Craig, comes in as one of the most complete mid-major teams that
00:54you're going to see out of the A-10.
00:56But, you know, there are levels to this, right?
00:59These two teams know one another.
01:01I mean, they're both in the same vicinity there in the same part of the country.
01:05They both understand what each program and the history behind it.
01:09It just feels like North Carolina, another one of these class games where North Carolina,
01:16even their backups are still better than some of the starters on VCU.
01:20So I tend to think that while it may sweat a little while, I think North Carolina, the
01:25better team, will eventually win.
Comments