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Originally Posted by Scav
I like ODU alot in that game. ND is garbage. I have watched a bunch of there games. To me, they are the exact type that gets smoked in the opening round.
I like Louisville to beat Duke also. I think Cornell goes to Sweet 16
What do people know about Wofford?
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Good teams, bad matchups. Wisconsin is not the kind of team they could knock off. And Cornell got totally hosed by getting paired with Temple- a team whose coach knows inside and out from his many years at Penn.
I agree with you- ODU has a huge advantage rebounding on Notre Dame and I think they win because of it. Vegas seems to agree with me, the number has been beat down to -2 already and I wouldn't be surprised to see it go to pick, which of course never happens in a 6/11 matchup unless the 11 seed is the real deal. This game is really an 8/9 game if you think about it, ND is overseeded by a couple and ODU underseeded by 1 or 2. Notre Dame is not strong on the defensive glass whereas ODU is #1 in the nation in offensive rebounding % and I fully expect them to dominate down low. On top of that, ND does not create turnovers (#343 in the nation) and that is probably ODU's biggest weakness. Finally, ND's biggest strength is it's overall offensive efficiency (#2 in the nation- 1.146 pts/poss, an absolutely superior number), which is negated by ODU's defensive efficiency (#7 in the nation, .881 pts/possession which is an absurdly low number.)