RANDOM SHOTS

*** It has been a great NCAA tournament . I believe if you played the round of 16 again you would have a different winner in at least half of the games.

*** DUKE vs BUTLER - This is a David / Goliath match - up . Did you know that Duke has more expenditures on one player than Butler does on the entire team ?

This game will have the highest combined graduation rate in NCAA history . Both teams have over 90% graduation rates . That goes to show you can win games with good students.

Duke/Butler will have six or seven white players start the game. I can not remember a championship game with that many white guys . You may have to go back to the 60's to match that number .

Some say college basketball is weak this year due to the large number of one & done players . The great players only stay a year & those who remain are not NBA level players.

Look for Butler coach Brad Stevens to have some opportunities for big - money jobs soon . A 93 -14 record will attract a lot of attention . There may be too much difference in the money for Coach to stay at Butler.

I want Butler to win this game . But I don't think it will happen .Duke is much too big for Butler . The Dookies have 4 guys who are 6'10" plus , Butler has none . Butler big man Howard is foul prone . I think he starts the game with 3 fouls .

Duke has too many good shooters . If the Devils hit better than 50 % 3 - pointers like they did against UWV , Butler can not survive . Also the Bulldogs had better not miss 19 of their last 25 shots like they did vs Michigan State. Duke will put them away if they go scoreless for a stretch .

Another thing : Butler's best player is Gordon Hayward . He is really good ,& will soon be an NBA player . But every Gordon I have known has been a total Dork . I hope the Blue Devils don't make a dork out of Hayward.

GO BUTLER BULLDOGS GO !!!!!!

*** WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - Stanford vs UCONN.

Stanford has won 56 of their last 58 games . The two losses have been to UCONN . The Huskies have won 77 games in a row . Stanford was the last team to beat UCONN. The Cardinal beat the Huskies in the Final Four two years ago .

Stanford is a big team with size at every position. They have a pair of 6'4" players who run well .The Cardinal will push the ball up the floor & the big girls are tough match - ups. Outside shooting maybe suspect . To beat UCONN ,the Cardinal must use the big girls to work inside & outside & not turn the ball over . Stanford does not want to get in a running game with the Huskies.

Baylor scared the snot out of the Huskies . Geno could see it all slipping away .I thought Geno panicked a bit & got his drawers twisted in a knot. Stars Maya Moore & Tina Charles righted the Huskies' ship & bailed Ole Geno out.

UCONN does not have any major weakness . They defend & rebound really well . They have two great scorers in Moore & Charles . UCONN has a long bench with experience .

Geno is a good game coach but he will get frustrated.

Stanford has a chance . They were the last ones to beat UCONN.