NCAA Tournament West Region Second Round
#8 Michigan Wolverines vs #9 Tennessee Volunteers
Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC
Friday, March 18, 2011, 12:40 pm Eastern, TV: truTV
Opening Line: Michigan -1
Current Line: Tennessee -2
Opening Total: 127
Current Total: 127 1/2
Money Line: Tennessee -130 / Michigan +110

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NCAA Tournament West Region Second Round
#4 Texas Longhorns vs #13 Oakland Golden Grizzlies
Bank of Oklahoma Center, Tulsa, OK
Friday, March 18, 2011, 12:15 pm Eastern, TV: CBS
Opening Line: Texas -11
Current Line: Texas -10
Opening Total: 153
Current Total: 154
Money Line: Texas -550 / Oakland +450

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NCAA Tournament Southeast Region Second Round
#7 UCLA Bruins vs #10 Michigan St Spartans
St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 9:20 pm Eastern, TV: TBS
Opening Line: Michigan St -1
Current Line: Michigan St -1 1/2
Opening Total: 125
Current Total: 125
Money Line: MSU-125 / UCLA +105

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NCAA Tournament Southeast Region Second Round
#2 Florida Gators vs #15 UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos
St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 6:50 pm Eastern, TV: TBS
Opening Line: Florida -14 1/2
Current Line: Florida -13
Opening Total: 127
Current Total: 127 1/2
Money Line: Florida -1200 / UCSB +800

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NCAA Tournament West Region Second Round
#6 Cincinnati Bearcats vs #11 Missouri Tigers
Verizon Center, Washington, DC
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 9:50 pm Eastern, TV: TNT
Opening Line: Missouri -3
Current Line: Cincinnati -1
Opening Total: 138
Current Total: 137
Money Line: Cincinnati -120 / Missouri +100

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NCAA Tournament West Region Second Round
#3 Connecticut Huskies vs #14 Bucknell Bison
Verizon Center, Washington, DC
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 7:20 pm Eastern, TV: TNT
Opening Line: UConn -13
Current Line: UConn -10
Opening Total: 131 1/2
Current Total: 132
Money Line: UConn -625 / Bucknell +500

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NCAA Tournament Second Round
#7 Temple Owls vs #10 Penn St Nittany Lions
McKale Center, Tucson, AZ
Thursday, March 17, 2011, 2:10 pm Eastern, TV: TNT
Opening Line: pick
Current Line: -2 1/2
Opening Total: 122 1/2
Current Total: 121
Money Line: Temple -145 / Penn St +125

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Here’s the way it looks as the ACC’s UNC Tar Heels take on the Big Ten’s Michigan State—the Spartans have to stop the Heels. Is that possible? UNC has been consistently the best team in the country. As the odds play out, the Tar Heels are favored by 7.5 points. The best money line you can get on UNC is -360. The best you can get on the Spartans is +310.

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Yesterday’s Final Four games started out very interesting, and then ended with a dull thud. Here’s a collection of thoughts:

1. I know that Bill Self won coach of the year, and I can’t really begrudge that, but Tom Izzo is unquestionably the coach of the tournament. Twice in a row his team has had to play heavily favored Big East behemoths, and twice he has masterfully dissected them. In neither case was it just a question of coming out a head in a close one, either. The Spartans have dictated the style of play, effectively shut down the key players, and looked totally in command for the second half. Michigan State has the fewest potential pros of the Final Four teams, but Izzo has been more than able to overcome that. Incredibly impressive.

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With the exception of the Michigan State win over Kansas that was one incredibly boring night of basketball. Sadly, neither of the early games were even remotely interesting. I had high hopes for Syracuse, and I thought Arizona was feisty enough to at least make it interesting, but they both fired blanks. The biggest conclusion out of those games is that I feel very confident in my pick of Louisville to win it all. It’s not just that they can score like they can, or that they play such good defense, or that their style of play is so unconventional that it gives other teams major headaches. It’s that they are so freaking deep – they are better five deep on the bench than most teams are two deep. Very impressive.

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