"We're Number One!"

Hail to the big man, as Greg notes above that his Ohio State team is indeed number one.

Big upset in the ACC. Let's see what happened:

1. Ohio State: hosts #2 Wisconsin. OSU has won 12 straight. The Badgers have lost 2 of their last 7 games. Greg Oden is a force to be reckoned with, so Win-consin will have their hands full. Both teams have a quality 8-deep roster. Team stats are about even. Sorry to our Badger friends (who also have the most impressive collection of straws we have ever seen) but Wisconsin will not win this game. Oden will step it up in this big-time showdown. Don't count out the cheese-lovers, though. We still like them for the Final Four. OSU needed a last-second shot to win this one. The lead was no higher than 6 for either team. Manchild Oden was pretty quiet (11 pts and 5 boards) but this was not a high-scoring affair. It will be interesting to see how far the Badgers fall after losing 2 games this week. Our thinking is that they should be ranked no lower than # 5. The Big 10 tourney will be quite exciting if this game is any indication. Both teams right now could vie for a #1 NCAA Tourney seed.

5. UNC: at Maryland. Must-win game for the Heels going into their last week of regular-season ACC play. The Terps are getting confident wins, and Carolina is looking vulnerable. We're going with the depth and outstanding guard play (SEE: Ty Lawson) of the Tar Heels. It won't be a blowout, but Ol' Roy and his team will eke out a win. The Heels lost, and they deserved to. First, they blew a chance to make this a blow-out in the first half by allowing the Turtles to rally while the Tar Heels watched. Second, who in the hell was supposed to be guarding DJ Strawberry?? We're guessing Ol' Roy is pretty pissed about the lousy defensive intensity his team showed today. Carolina needs to win games like this to prove they deserve a # 1 seed in the Big Dance. They have to beat Georgia Tech in Atlanta and Duke at home this week to secure a top seed. We'll see. It's hard to figure this team out. One telling stat: Maryland blocked 8 of the Heels' shots. That shows a lack of desire by UNC. Meanwhile, if Maryland can win just one of their two games this week then they are a #10 seed in the NCAA Tourney. Most likely in the West or Mid-West.

7. Memphis: play host to Houston. Not a difficult game to call. Memphis wins at home. Memphis beat Houston to win their 17th straight. Hello top 5!

17. Duke: at St. John's. The Blue Satans look like they may have found their desire to win, which is not good news for SJU. Duke wins. SJU scored only 10 points in the first half and looked like a high school team. However, they rallied in the second half--outscoring the Satans 40-33--but still lost by 17. Is Duke for real? We'll see this week, won't we?

21. Vandy: hosts Kentucky. The Commodores win. Vandy was actually down at the half, but they did win, as we said.

Two games tomorrow. Doesn't it seem like Kansas plays a lot of Monday games?

6. Kansas: at Oklahoma. The Sooners are on a four-game slide. This could only mean one of two things: 1. they are extremely likely to be pissed off enough to pull off an upset; or 2. they are really bad, and suffering from the late-season slump. So, what's the call? If you hate Duke, then you want Kansas to win, since ex-Blue Satan Jeff Capel is the OK coach. If you like to take a chance, you could look to the 10-point loss the Sooners had against here-and-there but ranked Texas. Can they compete? Well, let's face it--ANYONE can compete when playing at home. Sleeping in your own bed the night before the game and having your girlfriend at the game waving at you from Section 5, seat A-1can motivate any player. As bad as they are, the Sooners will be fired-up for this game. We're going to call this one an upset. Not because we like Capel, but because we have seen too many times how the basketball gods work.

12. Georgetown: at Syracuse. The Hoyas are now good enough to be getting the best shot from every team it plays. This will be no exception. Call this one a "coaching battle." Our call? The Orange (please stop with the crappy team names--this one makes us think of that mall store Orange Julius) will grab more rebounds, and clog up the lane to bring the Hoyas down. Orange Julius wins!

Veja-o amanhã.