Huhhh...getting tired.....J-Dawg had to coach. He's not in the Asylum......D$ had to go hang out with the GF and "change his mojo" from our collective ass-kicking ATS. Weak D$!
So lets get to it.....
SOUTHWEST REGION
#1 PITTSBURGH vs. #16 UNC-ASHVILLE
Pitt looked dominating in their dismantling of UNC-One-Nice-Piece-of-Ashville today. PG Ashton Gibbs was Ashton Gibbs with 26 points and Bigman, Gary McGhee was solid with 11 boards with 6 of those off of the offensive glass. Giving up a poultry 51 points was another Pitt defensive killer effort.
#8 OLD DOMINION vs. #9 BUTLER
Perfect way to start the Madness, officially that is! With last year's cinderella team in Butler getting the first buzzer beater in this year's Madness! Matt Howard had a great putback right when the backboard lit up!!! A typical Madness game cuz it didn't make sense....Old D was 21-27 from the charity stripe while the Butler was 9-11 on their throws. Not very many trips to the line for the Butler with only a pedestrian 27% 3-pt percentage. Hmmmm! Butler's few 3's were timely and this was just pure Madness and man-e-mano with both sides pounding each other in the chin!!!!!
Oh Madness grey hairs, we love thee!!!!
#5 KANSAS STATE vs. #12 UTAH STATE
K-State has the scariest coach in the nation. Watch his timeouts, he's on his last vein to pop!!! D$'s scouting report shows that PG Jacob Pullen may be too sick to play. If it's a flu, then you go out their Pullen!!! Flu!! Get outta here! Also, K-State is playing a Utah State that has made a tradition of having great seasons followed by horrendous Madness performances. I'm booking on this trend to continue.
But Utah State does have some things going for it. They are a rare Utah school that is girlfriend-boinking free! Thus they are player suspension free! Expect Utah State to dress their entire roster this game!
#4 WISCONSIN vs. #13 BELMONT
Belmont has been getting some pub as a sexy upset pick.
Right now Wisconsin is holding strong vs. Belmont. They have an interesting team, with zero post presence. They rely on their big guys to hit 3's. They do so with a token 4-out/1-in offensive set, that mine as well be a 5-out set as that 1 player in the post is a token ball cutter rather than any threat in the blocks. Plus Bo Ryan steps up his coaching game every Madness!!!
And you gotta love #5 Ryan Evans' killer, killer flat-top. Old school!!! And better than Teeennneseeee's Scotty Hopson's flat top!
#6 ST. JOHN'S vs. #11 GONZAGA
J-Dawg put it best: This is a game of 2 horrible coaches! Well.....St John's has had a great year for Head Coach, Steve Lavin with killer wins all year. They fizzled off in the past 2 weeks, and one of their guards is out with an injured knee. About all I know of St. John's. But regardless of lack of scout, this is an even, even matchup with the Zags.
It's an even matchup because Gonzaga Head Coach, Mark Few is a complete tool!!! It takes him until the start of February to start John Stockton Jr at the point, as he's the only guard on the Zag's capable of a post entry pass. But, Coach Few still doesn't play Kamloops native, and 7-foot gigantor, Kelly Olynyk properly!!!! Kelly only played for the Canadian National team in the summer (for another horrible coach in Leo Rautins, by the way) going man-e-mano vs. NBA players as a wing! Kelly is the only Dirk Nowitski type player in college hoops as he is 7 feet tall and can drive from the wing and hit the long range jumper!
But Few plays Kelly in the post due to his captain-obvious height. The only thing is that Kelly is weaker than Adolph's/D$'s ATS game, in the post. He gets pushed around and lacks the footwork in the blocks to dominate. So way to to take one of the deadliest weapons in college basketball COMPLETELY out of his element. Oh and Kelly doesn't even start and plays 12-15 minutes a game!
Coach Few, it's easy: If you play Kelly at the wing and 25-30 minutes per game, then Gonzaga is an Elite 8 threat. If you don't, then the Zag's are just another 10 seed!
Few, you tool!
#3 BYU vs. #14 WOFFORD
Check out D$'s youtube post on our blog, www.easycovers.blogspot.com and you'll see Charles Barkley putting pompous Billy Packer in his place! Like Charles, nobody on the Insanity Report Staff knows anybody on Wofford, but they are hanging in there, as we speak, with BYU
But Jimmer is being Jimmer, with 25 of BYU's 55 points,and there's not much more to add about BYU.
#7 UCLA vs. #10 MICHIGAN STATE
Right when it looked very very grim for MSU, Tom to the Izzo goes Tom to the Izzo and is starting another Madness run. Michigan State looked un-Michigan State-like for 4/5ths of the year with an erratic Kalin Lucas. He was most likely not 100% from his Achilles tear in last year's Madness. And Drayond Green is a post player with a post player's body who's strength is in the open court on the dribble and with his 15 foot jumper. Draymond was stuck in no-man's land all year.
But Izzo has and will find a way to yet another Sweet 16 birth.
Rule #1 in the Madness universe: NEVER BET AGAINST THE IZZO!!!!!
#2 FLORIDA vs. #15 UC-SANTA BARBERA
The Gators live and die by the 3, and that was their main go to todayespecially from manin chucker, Irving Walker going 4-6 from downtown. Dunno much about this game as it was a 30 point beatdown early in the 2nd half, so no one was going to air this bust.
That's it. Enjoy the Madness, but now it's break time. But the 2011 All-Adolph Awards blog is still to come........stay mad!!!
Commissioner Adolph out!
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