Sweet 16 and Elite 8 record: 8-4
Yes, Bama G, Brownie and Derrick, I missed my USC-Gonzaga prediction badly, but did get the UCLA upset pick over Michigan.
Final Four
Saturday
Game 1
All games at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indy
Houston (28-3), Midwest, vs. No. 1 Baylor, South (26-2)
4:14 PM CT
CBS
Jim, “Goodbye Friends,” Grant, Raft, Trace, both games
Baylor by 5
No. 2 seed Houston out of the Midwest is a really good basketball team, but this Baylor team is superb. I have to take the Baylor backcourt of Jared Butler, MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell to lead them to a hard fought victory and a spot in the national championship game Monday Night.
Baylor 65, Houston 59
Game 2
No.11 UCLA, East, (22-9) vs. No,1 Gonzaga, West (30-0)
7:34 PM CT
CBS
Zags by 14
UCLA has been terrific in coming in as an 11th seed and winning 5 games to get to this point. But Drew Timme and Gonzaga are on a mission. This might be like a 2 on 2 matchup featuring Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant vs. Jamie and Flo.
Gonzaga 84, UCLA 65
8 Responses
I like both of your picks and if they win it should set up a heck of a championship game.
Agree with that Bama.
Great pick going with UCLA over Michigan and agree with your picks to emerge for the finale. I picked Baylor to win it all and not very confident about that with the way the Zags are playing. Going to be exciting.
Sure is, D. Still feel good about Baylor. They’ve got a shot. Thanks, D.
I like those picks and like Bama Golf think it would make for a great game Monday. Nice job picking UCLA in the upset DW!
Thanks, Walter! Yes, I agree with you both.
Agree with the picks. Those two have been the best teams all year. I watched AU lose to both during the year. I think that the Zags are too well drilled to go down and Baylor has great guards to match Houston. Davion Mitchell is so much bigger now than when he was at AU and he is dangerous.
Yes, MB, Mitchell is a great guard to go along with Butler and Teague. Phenomenal players. Zags are a machine. More NBA like than I like to see in a college team, but their record speaks for itself.