(12) Oregon State 65-58 (8) Loyola-Chicago
I stand by how great Loyola actually is because of this stat: 5-23 from 3. Jeez, if anyone even gets kinda hot at any point, this is an entirely different game--look how bad Loyola had to shoot to lose this game! Loyola's D was frustrating the Beavers at first but eventually Loyola's lack of offense more or less evened things out and Oregon State was able to get a firm grasp on the game. Check out my man Krutwig's offensive line: 12 FGA, 2 FTA, 4 offensive rebounds, 4 assists....zero turnovers, zero personal fouls; but this shows how the giant Silva was able to keep Krutwig in check: he should've taken a lot more shots, had a lot more assists and a lot more turnovers. You can see that Oregon State was successful at keeping Krutwig bottled up, whereas he was the center of the offense in the previous round. Oh well, Cameron Krutwig had a great tournament--better than will ever be noticed by humanity--but Sweet 16 is as far as it took him. Oregon State continues on a great run lately, I definitely give them a puncher's chance against Houston.
(5) Villanova 51-62 (1) Baylor
Baylor is just better than Villanova and that depth won out. Close game for 30 mins or so, Baylor rose up and stifled Villanova in the last 10 mins and as Villanova piled up turnovers, Baylor sealed the victory.
(15) Oral Roberts 70-72 (3) Arkansas
Fun match, back and forth at the end, Oral Roberts had the lead for a long stretch of this game, then Arkansas came back and stole it late. Really impressive run for Oral Roberts (Abmas and Obanor--yipes!) but Arkansas is a nice team and they did what needed to be done. Baylor has the depth, can Arkansas keep up?
(11) Syracuse 46-62 (2) Houston
The Orangemen did not get hot from the outside and basically flailed from beginning to end. Houston casually dominated the game, which still gives little suggestion of who they really are. Oh well, Houston keeps winning, can't front on that. But Oregon State has been beating good teams without a second thought for the last month or so.
No comments:
Post a Comment