Thursday, March 15, 2007
1. Memphis — Memphis has won an incredible 22 games in a row, but only one of those wins, a 78-77 squeaker against Gonzaga, came against a tourney team. Sophomore Chris Douglas-Roberts and the Tigers shouldn’t have too much trouble with North Texas, but a second round match-up with either big man Nick Fazekas and Nevada or silky shooter Nate Funk and Creighton could spell doom.
2. Pittsburgh — The Panthers are a one-man show, and their star, also known as Aaron Gray, has been known to disappear when the pressure is turned up. Pitt looked great early on with a 10-0 record, but stumbled late, and will enter the tournament with losses in four of their last eight games. The Panthers’ guards have to get better defensively to stop Wright State guard DeShaun Wood, and with Duke likely in the second round, it’s never easy going up against a Mike Krzyzewski-coached team in March.
3. Virginia — The Cavaliers were a surprise this year, finishing the regular season in a tie for first with North Carolina in the ACC. Virginia’s luster wore off at the end of the season, with bad losses to Miami Fla., Wake Forest and North Carolina State. Junior point guard Sean Singletary will have to be on top of his game to get past talented guards in Albany’s Jamar Wilson, and possibly Tennessee’s Chris Lofton.
4. Washington State — Few expected the Cougars to be in the tournament back in November, but junior guards Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver spearheaded Washington State to its best season in over a decade. That means that they are very inexperienced and will have to deal with three time Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year Caleb Green and Oral Roberts, who took down Kansas in Lawrence earlier this season.
5. Wisconsin — Big 10 Player of the Year Alando Tucker is a great player, but the Badgers had few tests outside of a weak Big 10 conference season, and lost two of their three games against Ohio State. Tucker alone is good enough to get Wisconsin to the second round, but once there they will have to deal with either a streaking UNLV team or Javaris Crittenton, a 6-foot-5 freshman guard for Georgia Tech that creates mismatches on offense.
— Taylor Bern
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