March 28 – The last four games Sweet 16 games are played out tonight in Atlanta and Indianapolis. Before our Scott Richey University Basketball Editor puts himself in front of his television for about six hours of hoops, he has the match:
N ° 2 Michigan State vs n ° 6 Mississippi 18:09, CBS
* Why look: Big Ten is approaching 21/2 decades without national title. A brand that the conference will reach if it does not produce champion in two weeks. It may not be Tom Izzo
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* The most talented of the Michigan State team – far from it – but the Spartans have proven several times this season, they are difficult to beat.
* Who to look: Ole Miss’ Sean Pedulla
* has eight games of more than 20 points this season. Five of these eights came in his last nine games, the transfer of Virginia Tech chose the right period of the year for a radiator. This included 20 points matches in each of the first two victories of the Rebels NCAA tournament.
* Who wins: Jase Richardson
* has an average of 16.2 points and pulled 41% in three since Izzo inserted it into the starting program in February. Look for the first year guard to conduct Spartans in the Eight elite.
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N ° 2 Tennessee vs n ° 3 Kentucky 18:39 pm, tbs / trutv
* Why look:
* Tennessee finished fourth in the busy dry (the most competitive conference of all time) and still managed to lose twice against Kentucky in the regular season. Thus, either the Wildcats will maintain the upper hand, or the flights will prove that the old adage of its duration to beat a team three times.
* Who to look: the Chaz Lanier against Koby Brea
* The match could be a master’s class in modern attack. The Tennessee Guard is on average 18 points as a shooter of 41% at three points this season, while its Kentucky counterpart led the dry and ranks eighth pulling at national level at 43.8% of the perimeter.
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* Which wins: the two offenses are essentially a throw, with the Kentucky slightly higher. It is the defense where Tennessee has a much more severe advantage and can turn to Zakai Zeigler
* And Co. to bottle the wildcats and go to the elite eight.
N ° 1 Auburn vs n ° 5 of Michigan 20:39, CBS
* Why look:
* No team has accumulated more quality victories than Aburn before the NCAA tournament. Any concern that the tigers culminated too early, because two consecutive defeats to end the regular season and a third of the quarterfinals of the dry tournament were reportedly indicated last week.
* Who to look: Michigan can send a pair of 7 feet to the Johni Broome of Auburn, but that may not have any importance. Otherwise for the Duke Flagg Cooper
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*, Broome would be the fleeing winner for the national player of the year given his averages of 18.4 points, 10.7 rebounds, three assists and 2.2 blocks.
* Which wins:
* Wolverines look in difficulty at the end of the regular season. Barely competitive. They have since won five consecutive games in the playoffs. A sequence that will end in the face of seeded n ° 1 of the tournament.
N ° 1 Houston vs n ° 4 PURDUE 21:09 pm, TBS / TRUTV
* Why look:
* Basketball fans of the Old School who hate the era of the transfer portal could all have to rally in Purdue. The boilermakers are 100% of local talents – a transfer – which goes even deeper when you realize that five of the eight best players call the state of Indiana.
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* Who watch: count on one of the three best Houston guards to put the team on the back at one point against Purdue. LJ Cryer lost 30 points on Gonzaga in the second round, Milos Uzan had 25 in the match for the title of the Big 12 tournament and Emanuel Sharp
* By putting 26 in the semi-finals against Byu.
* Who wins: Houston has the most stingy defense in the country, an offense at the top 10 in addition and a coach who overthrew a mediocre program in a dominant force in not one, but now two different conferences. It’s hard to beat.