4 Unit Play. Take Over 150 between Uconn vs. Missouri (Saturday @ 4:40pm est). Give both of these teams credit for making it this far. Uconn with its distractions still finds itself having a chance to make it to the Final 4. These two teams have never met in recent history. Missou has defeated the likes of USC by 11, crushing Cal but losing to Illinois as well as Xavier in neutral footing by 4 in their non-conference schedule. UConn has defeated the likes of Miami-Florida, crushing Wisconsin and Gonzaga in a semi-away game on the road. Missou has put up its fair share of points in the tourney putting up 78 against Cornell, 83 against Marquette and 101 against Memphis - in that order. This team has yielded 59 to Cornell, 79 to Marquette and 91 to Memphis in that order. Uconn put up 103 against Chatt, 92 against Big 12 team Texas A&M and 72 against Purdue who likes to slow things down. I think Uconn might be a bit too athletic and big down low for Missouri which is the trouble Purdue had with Uconn. If Missouri has any chance of winning this contest it will be thruogh their outside shot. Expect a lot of rebound and up and down action as there is a reason why this total is high. Missouri's coaching staff will want this as a higher paced game as I beileve it benefits them. If you are looking for another play, check out Under in Villanova/Pitt but I liked this play more as if the Uconn can drop 72 on a good defensive team such as Purdue, they are likely to drop 80 on a up and down team such as Missou. Plus, you have a Mizzou team that has only increased in scoring as the tournament has gone putting up 83 against a Big East squad in Marquette. The chances of this game reaching the 160's are solid so we will take the over here. Mizzou has played the over in its last 2 tourney games, Missouri is 7-0 to the Over in its last 7 games as an Underdog and Uconn is 6-0 to the Over in its last 6 games Tourney as a favorite.
Good luck,
Indian Cowboy.
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