The Sweet 16 kicks off tonight with four games on the schedule, let’s take a look at the matchups.

1 Syracuse vs. 5 Butler
This game will be very interesting to watch because the ‘Cuse play a unique 2-3 zone that is hard to score against, while Butler shoots the ball well from beyond the arc and has big men with good footwork and post moves, but they lack size. That’s why the Orange take over, Syracuse is much bigger than the Bulldogs as well as much more athletic.

Pick: Syracuse (but I think Butler holds their own)

2 Kansas State vs. 6 Xavier
These two teams have already met once earlier this season, Kansas State won by 15. However, Xavier is different team now; Jordan Crawford (the infamous man who dunked on LeBron James) is proving he can carry this Musketeer team on his shoulders. The Wildcats have look really good thus far in this tournament, they’re playing extremely hard. Both teams want to out to out-tough their opponents, who will come out on top?

Pick: Kansas State

2 West Virginia vs. 11 Washington
Washington continues to ride the wave of their Pac-10 tournament title, Quincy Pondexter is an excellent player, they absolutely mopped this floor with New Mexico. The Mountaineers loss of point guard Darryl Bryant is a little concerning but as big a deal as some might think.

Pick: West Virginia

1 Kentucky vs. 12 Cornell
This is a true David vs. Goliath matchup, the Wildcats have freshman who are future pros – John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe – while Cornell has eight seniors, most of which will not be playing ball after college. Kentucky’s athleticism against Cornell’s shooters will be fun to watch.

Pick: Cornell (brains over brawn)

                                                                                           Week 7 NFL Picks Games Travis Bremner Nathan Reck Blake Seitz Andy Tabor Green Bay at Cleveland Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay San Diego at Kansas City San Diego San Diego San Diego San Diego Indianapolis at St. Louis Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis Minnesota at Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Minnesota Minnesota New England at Tampa Bay New England New England New England New England San Francisco at Houston Houston Houston San Francisco Houston Buffalo at Carolina Carolina Carolina Carolina Buffalo NY Jets at Oakland NY Jets NY Jets NY Jets NY Jets Atlanta at Dallas Atlanta Atlanta Dallas Atlanta Chicago at Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Chicago Cincinnati New Orleans at Miami New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans Arizona at NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants Philadelphia at Washington Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Washington LAST WEEK (8-6) (11-3) (8-6) (0-0) TOTAL (64-26) 71% (61-29) 68% (51-37) 58% (20-10) 66%   Guest –  Daphne Chen         Green Bay         San Diego         Indianapolis         Pittsburgh         Tampa Bay         San Francisco         Buffalo         Oakland         Dallas         Cincinnati         Miami         NY Giants         Washington       LAST WEEK (9-5)       TOTAL (46-24) 66%      

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Week 5 NFL picks from Travis Bremner, Nathan Reck, Blake Seitz, Andy Tabor, Chase Wofford, Taylor Youssefi and Kelly Emerson. The list continues to grow. Next week we will have just one guest picker as well as the rest of the regular panel.                                                                                                                                               Week 5 NFL Picks Games Travis Bremner Nathan Reck Blake Seitz Andy Tabor Cleveland at Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo No pick yet Dallas at Kansas City Dallas Dallas Dallas No pick yet Minnesota at St. Louis Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota No pick yet Oakland at NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants No pick yet Tampa Bay at Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Tampa Bay No pick yet Pittsburgh at Detroit Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh No pick yet Washington at Carolina Carolina Carolina Carolina No pick yet Cincinnati at Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore No pick yet Atlanta at San Francisco Atlanta Atlanta San Francisco No pick yet Jacksonville at Seattle Jacksonville Jacksonville Seattle No pick yet Houston at Arizona Arizona Houston Houston No pick yet New England at Denver New England New England New England No pick yet Indianapolis at Tennessee Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis No pick yet NY Jets at Miami NY Jets NY Jets NY Jets No pick yet LAST WEEK (11-3) (10-4) (11-3) (9-5) TOTAL (47-15) (42-20) (36-24) (20-10)   Chase Wofford Taylor Youssefi Kelly Emerson     Buffalo Cleveland Buffalo     Kansas City Dallas Dallas     Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota     NY Giants NY Giants NY Giants     Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia     Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh     Carolina Washington Washington     Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore     Atlanta San Francisco San Francisco     Seattle Jacksonville Jacksonville     Arizona Arizona Houston     Denver New England Denver     Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis     Miami NY Jets NY Jets   LAST WEEK (11-3) (0-0) (0-0)   TOTAL (11-3) (0-0) (0-0)  

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