2010 Elite Eight NCAA Tournament Picks for Saturday March 27th 2010

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Free Pick: Kentucky -4 (Wunderdog Sports)
The West Virginia Mountaineers survived vs. Washington despite losing the services of PG Darryl Bryant for the remainder of the season. They will have a much more difficult task in front of them today. Joe Mazzulla took over at the point, and his grade was very low. The Mountaineers made 23 turnovers and appeared lost at the offensive end. Mazzulla finished with 3 points on 1-8 shooting, 4 assists and 4 turnovers. These kinds of numbers may have been enough vs. Washington, but won’t be enough vs. Kentucky. The Wildcats are athletic, and talented, and their youth is playing like seasoned veterans. The Wildcats are playing at a high level and covering all three tournament games with an average winning margin of 25.3 points per game. I don’t think a healthy Mountaineers team could stay in this one, let alone one which lost their playmaker. I’ll go with Kentucky here.

Free Pick: Kansas State -4 (Jack Jones)
Butler’s run comes to an end against a superior Kansas State team Saturday. Syracuse played perhaps their worst game of the season and had a 4-point lead against the Bulldogs late, even though Butler played one of their best games of the year. K-State will be on top of their game for this one, and they’ll suffocate the Bulldogs early to not give them hope like Syracuse did after falling behind by 10 at half. The combo of Jacob Pullen and Clemente in the backcourt had been unstoppable in this tournament for the Wildcats. The Wildcats have scored 82 or more points in all 3 NCAA Tournament games, hitting on all cylinders offensively. They have also had a suffocating defense, holding all 3 opponents to 43.1%, 39.6% and 30.9% shooting, respectively.

Butler and Kansas State do have come common opponents this season. They are Cleveland State, Loyola-Illinois and Xavier. Butler is 5-0 against these teams this season, outscoring them by just 7.4 PPG. Xavier is 4-0 against these same opponents, outscoring them by a ridiculous 21.8 PPG. A good way to compare teams is with common opponents, and K-State has a big edge here. Kansas State is 18-6 ATS as a favorite this season. Take the Wildcats.