[Old School Hound]

Houston will do well in the tournament, but they are a different team now that they are down three players. They lose their best defender (Tugler) in the Big XII semi and another key player (Roberts) is banged up and couldn't make it through much of the same semi & only played 13 minutes in today's final (and was well under his averages). They'll beat the 16 seed going away, but those types of injuries are just tough for anyone to overcome and I think they're vulnerable as soon as the 8/9 game.

Marquette's second-leading scorer will be back for the tournament, but they have another important player (averages over 8 and 4 in over 25 minutes per game) that was also not at 100% today (shoulder) after getting folded on a screen in the Providence game.

Just something to keep an eye on for two of the teams that we all picked when most of this information wasn't known.

Jack, I'm just curious as to how much basketball you watch in an average week around this time of year. You seem to be an acute observer of basketball. I am very impressed with your knowledge and analyses. When I want some roundball knowledge, I go looking for me some Cactus. BANG! BANG!

As I have made it clear from time to time, I don't watch a whole lot of sports anymore. I am down on the direction that sport has taken. Baseball has always been my first love but the rule changes have soured me on MLB. I watch only some Reds' games. The NFL is crooked as hell and games are influenced by the league. I watch only Bengals games. I watch no NBA. Remember the Lakers/ Kings series a couple of decades ago that indicated the league was competing with the NFL for league-influenced results. Like Granny Bear, I am also not a big fan with the college basketball game today. Really poor fundamental basketball, along with transfer portal, one and done, and NIL, has drained my interest. John Wooden is rolling over in his grave. I watch no other games but UK.  That's it for me.--- UK, the Bengals and the Reds. And, of course, I watch the Redhounds.