Down to Four

[Marc]

We're down to four. Here's your chance to prove your sports knowledge by predicting the outcome of the upcoming weekend's games.

Here are my picks:

Duke 84
Maryland 79

Michigan State 73
Arizona 76

[Bigbluefan]

Here are my predictions for this weekends games.


Maryland 78
Duke 77

Arizona 82
Michigan State 76

[NickHammy]

Duke 80
Maryland 78

MSU 76
Arizona 73

[Marc]

I'm really pulling for Arizona. Not that I like them, but I feel sorry for Lute Olson on losing his wife... who surprisingly meant so much to the team.

[iFroggy]

Duke and Arizona - no scores. :D

[Nate]

I'm terrible at picking out scores, so like iFroggy, I will choose not to. But I predict a Arizona-Duke championship.

[Spike]

Like I said in the other thread, I got Arizona over Duke. I have no idea what the score will be so I won't even touch that.

Anyways, I can't wait for the games later today.

This should be great. You've got 2 number one seeds, a number 2 seed and a number 3 seed. Unlike past Final Fours, I really think any of these 4 teams can win it all.

There's no really what I would call a "cinderella" story this year. Like last year there was a Wisconsin. A team you had to give respect to for just getting there, but you knew deep down they couldn't win it all. Not that there's anything wrong with "cinderella", I just think this year's Final Four with Arizona, Duke, Michigan State and Maryland could be something special.

[Marc]

Originally posted by iFroggy
Duke and Arizona - no scores. :D
Pardon? :redhot: This is a Dictatorship, not a Democracy. You do what I say! ;)

[Nate]

Settle down Marc...you aren't God! :D

[Nate]

We now are down to two. Arizona vs. Duke as many people predicted. What a game Duke played, rallying from 20+ points down to beat Maryland.
What are your predictions?

[Marc]

Should be one hell of a game!

Duke 83
Arizona 87

[iFroggy]

I don't really care now. I have Duke picked, but them winning last night meant I took 2nd in my pay pool and get $30. :)

[NickHammy]

Duke 86
Arizona 85

This will be an extrememly rough game.

[Spike]

So it's Arizona and Duke huh. This should be a good one. Props to Duke for that 33 point turnaround against Maryland. Arizona's a team that can put that "spurtability" (as Clark Kellogg would say) on you too though. Just look at what they did to Michigan State at the start of the 2nd half. After that Wildcat run they never looked back. Man, Michigan State couldn't hit an outside shot that game to save their life.

It brings up some interesting matchups for Duke and Arizona though, that I can't wait to see. Loren Woods and Michael Wright vs. Carlos Boozer.

And would you try to put Richard Jefferson, who's been a defensive stud in shutting down Frank Williams (who's a point guard) and Jason Richardson, on Jason Williams? And if Lute did that, could Jefferson even slow him down?

I thought Steve Blake did a nice job in the 1st half on Jason Williams, although part of that was Jason not being as aggressive as I thought he could be. I still don't see anybody in the country who can stop Jason from turning the corner on them.

I said Arizona over Duke before and I'll say it again. I'll pick:

Arizona 90
Duke 84

[Nate]

I also predict a Arizona victory, although like I said, I am not that great at picking scores. It should be close though.