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December 6th 2010 20:54
Hi, this blog will deal mostly with college basketball because, I'm not a big fan of the NBA. I will talk about what I think important matchups are and also do my own version of the top 25. I'll tell you straight up that I will probably be a little biased towards West Virginia, and the Big East, but I won't say that its the refs fault they lost and if the other team does outclass them I will admit it. Now that I've said a little bit about this blog let’s move on to what it’s really about, college basketball. My first important matchup I am going to talk about is Syracuse vs. Michigan St. This game is important for both teams, Cuse because they have not really played a quality team yet, yes they are undefeated, but they have still looked shaky against lesser opponents. Michigan St. doesn't need the win as much because this is basically the same team that made it to the final four last year, where Syracuse lost three starters including their leading scorer in Wesley Johnson, and possibly thier most important player in Andy Rautins. However after losing to Duke a week ago it might seem like the Spartans were ranked a little too high if they lose to the much less talented Syracuse. For Syracuse to win they must play as a team and not hope for one player to take over the game, as they have been doing lately because the Spartans are too good for that to work, they also need their highly touted freshmen Fab Melo to finally score in double digits, and possibly play around twenty minutes. For Michigan St. to win they need to cut down on their turnovers, Kalin Lucas’s turnover to assist rate is down to about 1.3 from 2.0 last year, and he’s not the only one. My prediction is that Michigan St. will win down the stretch in a tightly contested game.
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