Final Four Picks

 
Well folks after a very exciting NCAA basketball season we have come down to the supposed best four teams in the nation. UCLA, Memphis, North Carolina, and Kansas. This is already history in the making because this is the first time ever that all four No. 1 seeds have made it to the final four so this coming weekend promises to live up to its title and will show you why these teams are in the final four. In match-up No. 1 we have the UCLA Bruins versus the Memphis Tigers. For UCLA this is their third straight Final Four and I do believe that the third time is the charm. Memphis will not go down without a fight though, but this is where the experience of UCLA will overpower an overrated Memphis team. Their bigs (Dozier and Dorsey) cannot compare to Kevin Love and Luc Mbah a Moute, their guards Douglas-Roberts and Rose are great but Westbrook and Collison are greater, and their free-throw shooting is much worse. Though the Tigers did go 20 for 23 against Texas they still are shooting only 55% from ... [link]

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