Today marks the start of the bigger conference tourney's that carry value. Today I see 4 four plays that we will be capitalizing on today.
Picks:
Clemson pk
Rebounding is going to be key for the tigers today. They arent going to outscore the Seminoles they are going to have to play the tight defense and make their offensive possessions count. I look for Clemson to take the early lead and play defense and efficient basketball to make sure that Florida State does not get out ahead. I think if Florida State gets out ahead their maybe trouble as Clemson does not play well from behind. Clemson will need their points from Blossomgame and as I said to rebound the ball no second chance opportunities for Florida State.
NC State -3
Huge game for NC State here. This could have them in or out of the tournament here depending on how other other conference tournys play out. NC State has looked great some times this year and others they have looks horrible. Today they have to come out and beat Pitt and have somewhat of a home court advantage with the game being in NC. Turner is a lights out shooter and NC State can be very efficient on offense and today they will need to be as Pitt has a very griddy defense at times. I see NC State playing with great passion today and having enough defense to stick out a 6-7 point win, Pitt has been very up and down this year and lately have been playing pretty bad basketball.
K State -2
K state is the more talented team to me in this game. As we can see the line jumped two points when the pick em was released and everyone jumped on it to -2. K state has great defense and TCU not a very offensively sound team. This team struggled through out the year to consistently post good offensive numbers and I think that K state will play good defense and overwhelm TCU. Foster and Williams need to step up this game and exceed their average points per game and I will feel good about K state taking this pretty easy.
Seton Hall -1
Seton Hall has been a roller coaster team this year and have been so inconsistent. Marquette has just been plain awful they are not good at defense and they can not shoot the ball consistently. Seton Hall can put up points, they have a relatively young team and bench but Desi Rodriguez and Sterling Gibbs are going to take over this game in my opinion. Marquette does not have an identity as to who they are as a team and I think that Seton Hall can get up in this game and of course like they always do let the other team back in it but in the end cover the point and move on in the Big East Tourny. I look for Seton Hall to take home a 5 point victory here and Gibbs to have a big day against Marquette.
Picks:
Clemson pk
Rebounding is going to be key for the tigers today. They arent going to outscore the Seminoles they are going to have to play the tight defense and make their offensive possessions count. I look for Clemson to take the early lead and play defense and efficient basketball to make sure that Florida State does not get out ahead. I think if Florida State gets out ahead their maybe trouble as Clemson does not play well from behind. Clemson will need their points from Blossomgame and as I said to rebound the ball no second chance opportunities for Florida State.
NC State -3
Huge game for NC State here. This could have them in or out of the tournament here depending on how other other conference tournys play out. NC State has looked great some times this year and others they have looks horrible. Today they have to come out and beat Pitt and have somewhat of a home court advantage with the game being in NC. Turner is a lights out shooter and NC State can be very efficient on offense and today they will need to be as Pitt has a very griddy defense at times. I see NC State playing with great passion today and having enough defense to stick out a 6-7 point win, Pitt has been very up and down this year and lately have been playing pretty bad basketball.
K State -2
K state is the more talented team to me in this game. As we can see the line jumped two points when the pick em was released and everyone jumped on it to -2. K state has great defense and TCU not a very offensively sound team. This team struggled through out the year to consistently post good offensive numbers and I think that K state will play good defense and overwhelm TCU. Foster and Williams need to step up this game and exceed their average points per game and I will feel good about K state taking this pretty easy.
Seton Hall -1
Seton Hall has been a roller coaster team this year and have been so inconsistent. Marquette has just been plain awful they are not good at defense and they can not shoot the ball consistently. Seton Hall can put up points, they have a relatively young team and bench but Desi Rodriguez and Sterling Gibbs are going to take over this game in my opinion. Marquette does not have an identity as to who they are as a team and I think that Seton Hall can get up in this game and of course like they always do let the other team back in it but in the end cover the point and move on in the Big East Tourny. I look for Seton Hall to take home a 5 point victory here and Gibbs to have a big day against Marquette.