{"id":505,"date":"2010-03-14T09:41:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T14:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=505"},"modified":"2010-03-14T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T14:41:09","slug":"ctc-day-13-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/broadstreetbelievers.com\/?p=505","title":{"rendered":"CTC Day 13 Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four games for all the marbles.\u00a0 Everyone is jockeying for position and there are a lot of points at stake here.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><em> (80 points):<\/em><\/u><br \/>\nThe Temple Owls are looking for three-straight A-10 tournament titles and are hoping to give themselves a shot at a 3- or 4-seed in tonight selection.\u00a0 Alexi is looking for an A-10 title, which he will get with a Richmond win.\u00a0 If Temple wins, Doogan and Bry will share the title.\u00a0 Bry needs this win for the overall title.<\/p>\n<p><em>#1 Temple vs #3 Richmond<\/em>.\u00a0 The Spiders are very, very good and are going to be a tough out for anyone in the big tourney.\u00a0 They will give the Owls everything they can handle today.\u00a0 But, Temple is, yet again, playing their best ball at the right time of year.\u00a0 Bry, J, Doogan, and Lynch all have Temple.\u00a0 Teddy, Lohse, Waters, Alexi, and Stri all have Richmond.\u00a0 If Richmond wins, Teddy clinches the overall title.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>ACC CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><em> (80 points):<\/em><\/u><br \/>\nDuke and&#8230;Georgia Tech?\u00a0 I guess it could be worse.\u00a0 I mean N.C. State did have a second half lead yesterday.\u00a0 Stri has already clinched a pretty impressive ACC win here, as he is going to take yet another conference title.<\/p>\n<p><em>#1 Duke vs. #7 Georgia Tech<\/em>.\u00a0 The Dukies have not been incredibly impressive through the quarters and semis, but they have won.\u00a0 Georgia Tech is so talented, but so undisciplined, which makes this an interesting matchup.\u00a0 No one has Tech.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Doogan, Stri, Waters, Lynch, both Lohses, and Teddy all have Duke.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>SEC CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><em> (80 points):<\/em><\/u><br \/>\nIn Nashville, we have seen a pretty solid tournament.\u00a0 Now, Mississippi St. is trying to pull off the exact same thing as they did last year to get into the Dance.\u00a0 But, this year, they have\u00a0the buzzsaw of UK to deal with.\u00a0 Since no one has Mississippi St., no one can catch Alexi to win this conference.<\/p>\n<p><em>#1E Kentucky vs. #1W Mississippi St<\/em>.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, given their youth and immense talent, the Wildcats look pretty bad at times and the really, REALLY good at other times.\u00a0 They looked the latter in the second half of the Tennessee game yesterday as they completely ran the Vols right out of the gym in ridiculously incredible fashion.\u00a0 Now, they will try and do the same to Miss St. today.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re a URI fan, root for Kentucky, Duke, and Ohio St. today.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, J, Stri, Alexi, Waters, Lil Lohse, and Teddy all have Kentucky here.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP<\/strong><em> (80 points):<\/em><\/u><br \/>\nIf Temple wins early, the CTC will come down to one game.\u00a0 Ohio St. will win it for Bry; Minnesota will win it for Teddy.\u00a0 And, it&#8217;s incredible that the Buckeyes are still here, as they needed that miraculous shot from Turner against Michigan, and then they needed two great shots from Turner to force a double-OT and then beat Illinois there yesterday.\u00a0 Waters is going to win the Big Ten regardless of what happens today, but he will have to share that title with Lil Lohse if Minnesota wins.<\/p>\n<p><em>#1 Ohio St. vs. #6 Minnesota<\/em>.\u00a0 The Gophers can steal yet another bid if they can beat the Buckeyes today.\u00a0 Bubble teams join together and root for OSU.\u00a0 Tubby has his boys playing very well, as they have two blowout wins over Penn St. and Purdue book-ending an OT win over Michigan St.\u00a0 Bry, Ina, Alexi, and Waters are the only four with Ohio St. to win this tournament.\u00a0 Obviously, no one has Purdue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four games for all the marbles.\u00a0 Everyone is jockeying for position and there are a lot of points at stake here. 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