The Big East broke out the Brass Knucks.

The only team OU has played this season that bruises and elbows inside like Syracuse was Purdue, and the Sooners were very fortunate to get a win in New York in November. Going SIX overtimes and winning will make a team believe they can beat anyone. Yes, Louisville beat the Orange in the Big east finals, but they were spent, having played the equivalent of five games in four days, including an OT game against West Virginia the very next night after dispatching UConn in the epic 'Sixer'.They have excellent guard play, which is the key to making a long, long run in March. However, combine that with the brutal inside play they have and a 2-3 zone, well, nuff said. Both Griffins can play as physical as anyone, but who else is gonna bang inside with the tall,physical Orange trees? Wright, no...Patillo,no...Willis or Allen...Puleeze! I feel like it will be a long night at the Pyramid for the Crimson and Cream and we will wave goodbye to the best player in America, Blake Griffin, as he moves on to millions in the NBA. Make no mistake Mr. Picker, on this one you are correct, without having to tout it as the 'lock of the millennium'...it's a given...Syracuse is just plain better.

Pick, I can't remember your fab record for picks against the spread, but this is the one you have missed. OU by 3!!! The OU guards have been saving up for this one. BOOMER!!!!

Ignatz is right, the NCAA tourney has become “thug-U” 4 quite a while. Don’t even watch the ball movement, just watch all the shoving, pushing, grabbing, & punching underneath the paint. It happens everytime during half court offensive execution maneuvers. If one was truly callin’ the game like the old days, ALL forwards & centers for both teams would ’foul out B4 half time!

No doubt, as a group, ‘Cuse guards are better than OU’s. But IF Willie Warren continues to step it up in NCAA play, that could turn the tide towards a “Griffinized” Elite Eight appearance.

I know the ‘Snicker loves them Mizzu Tigers, but they did loose @ Texas A&M & got “humbled” @ Kansas all within the 1st week of March. Plus Memphis is bigger & has no problem running & playing full court pressure “D”. Downside is Memphis only has one quality win (Top 50 @ Gonzaga)this yr. But their free throw shooting is up to 65% in NCAA tourney play & Sallie (scorer Deluxe) & Anderson (Mr. Assist) make a lethal guard combination.

& yes, only 4 nonBCS schools received an @ large bid! A continued downward trend of “eliminating” as many nonBCS opportunities as possible. Gee, is it better TV ratings for more Big East schools in the tourney vs. all those little “David’s?” Obviously, them East Coast Biased Folk’s think so!

Picker's blog merely 5 days ago:

"Little East"

We'll go against the Eastern Sports Promotionan Network (ESPN) in this one: The Big East is vastly overrated.

The lowly Aggies could take out Uconn.

Seriously.

The Louisville coach is to preoccupied with mugging for the camera to win a national title.

Pitt is the best of the over-blown lot.

But we wouldn't be surprised if none of the Big East teams made the title game.


Say goodbye to credibility, Pick.

LaffALot,

This year if you are looking for a conference to blame about the lack of bids to smaller conferences, blame the ACC. After the first round they had two teams left. The Big East went 6-1 after the first round, a tie with the big 12 for the most teams left, and still has the most teams left in the tourney. Whether we like it or not, the Big East really is that good this year, and it's showing in the tourney. Be prepared for V-nova to knock out one of the only two remaining ACC teams, and don't be surprised if 'Cuse knocks off the two and then the one seeds to reach the final four. They've already shown they can hang with that caliber of a team for two games, now imagine if they got more than five minutes rest between the two games.

Also, Arizona getting in over other smaller conference schools is ridiculous. I don't care if they are in the sweet 16 or not. They only played one remotely decent team to get there.

"picker" is a mizzou homer!! Just wish he would go back home!! Could care less what he thinks or writes!!

It's simply not an upset either way. Yes, vegas is good at reeling people in but the game is virtually a pick 'em. They don't make sucker lines as pick 'em. You also dont win 29 games, and last time I checked OU had, with crappy anything. Also, so much for your season-long put down of Big 12 hoops, three in the sweet 16, only conference to go undefeated in the first round...and as a sidenote, one team in the NIT semis.

Picker has 104 points in TW contest. I have more
points than that and I don't know much about
basketball.

Attention pinheads: OU can win the Syracuse game. Know why? Of course you don't.

Here's why: Because Vegas loves OU. And Vegas is very good. Vegas is saying with its point spread of a virtual pick-em game: bring on the Syracuse money.

To pick Syracuse, you have to hope it hits three-pointers and hope OU misses three-pointers. The lone constant in the game is The Poser getting his 25 to 30.

So with the upset pick of Syracuse, we're taking on the brains of Vegas as well as numerous of you fatheads.

Brackets? Brackets are for tourists. What's the thrill of picking all the favorites?

At least it gives the chumps a chance to say they got something right.

Obviously we, along with billions of others, didn't hear anything about that.

All we do here at the Picks is pick winners better than anybody in the history of handicapping.

We can't speak to other issues.

Arby's With Cheese, we're trying to be nice once in a while, ok?