At this time of year it is easy to fall in love with a team because you see them so often. The opposite happened with me and Virginia though. Seeing them more only confirmed my theories about their limitations. [ad-4468020]<\/p>\n
2014 March Madness Free Picks<\/strong> ATS Matchup Insight<\/a> | CP Insider Gambling Preview<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n However, I do applaud them for for knocking off Memphis with ease.<\/p>\n I thought the Tigers would have more bite with their awesome athleticism but they did not respond well when pushed. Virginia always seems to.<\/p>\n To beat Michigan State I think the Cavs need to have someone step up and have a really big game scoring the ball.<\/p>\n G Malcolm Brogdon was their top scorer during the regular season but if they are going to win I am looking to Joe Harris to take over.<\/p>\n The senior has had big games in the past (mostly last year) and they need another one at the Gardens, especially because he can be a really efficient scorer when he is going well.<\/p>\n I have a hunch this might be the first time a #1 seed was an underdog in the Sweet Sixteen.<\/p>\n However, in this case I think the prevailing wisdom is well justified as despite their repeated success it is hard to get excited about Virginia. If they were a heavy underdog you could make a case but not in a one possession game. The Spartans might be the best #4 seed in history (sorry Louisville).<\/p>\n They took the Big Ten tournament to get on a roll and are showing little sign of slowing down anytime soon. I know that Harvard challenged them but those guys are really good and down the stretch it never felt like Michigan State was ever really danger of losing.<\/p>\n They are finally whole and playing like the team most thought would compete for a championship.<\/p>\n One thing to love about the Spartans is how they have so many players who can step up. In the round of 64 it was C Adrien Payne, who was an absolute beast with 41 points. Against Harvard it was Brandon Dawson, who led with 26 and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n Both of those players are great but the most talented player of all is SG Gary Harris. He is not always the statistical leader because he has a great way of meshing his game, kind of like a Grant Hill type.<\/p>\n MSU is an awesome value at just -2. They have talent advantages across the floor and players who have been known to step up.<\/p>\n With all due respect to UVA this is kind of rare territory for this program. Unless they really shut down the Spartans defensively this one could be ugly. I just don\u2019t see them being able to corral a Tom Izzo team like that on this stage.<\/p>\n Spread prediction: Michigan State -2<\/strong> Cavaliers vs Spartans Pick – NCAA Tournament At this time of year it is easy to fall in love with a team because you see them so often. The opposite happened with me and Virginia though. Seeing them more only confirmed my theories about their limitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":73591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[61353,61648,11741,7836,9591,1770,61646,61647],"class_list":["post-74456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball","tag-2014-ncaa-tournament","tag-cavaliers-vs-spartans","tag-east-region","tag-michigan-st-spartans","tag-sweet-16","tag-virginia-cavaliers","tag-virginia-cavaliers-vs-michigan-st-spartans","tag-virginia-vs-michigan-st"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74456"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74558,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74456\/revisions\/74558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n East Region – Sweet Sixteen<\/strong>
\n#1 Virginia Cavaliers vs. #4 Michigan State Spartans
\nFriday March 28
\nMadison Square Garden – New York, NY
\n9:57PM
\nMoneyline: Michigan State -135, Virginia +115
\nSpread: Michigan State -2
\nTotal: 127<\/strong>
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\n Total prediction: Over<\/strong>
\n Score prediction: Michigan State 73 – Virginia 63<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"