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Final Four 2008 - Memphis/UCLA Prediction
Game time:Â Saturday, April 5th - 6:05 PM ET
Pick:Â UCLA +2 vs Memphis
Memphis looks to be the better team in this match up on paper. Their problem is that, of course, basketball is not played on paper, it’s played on the hardwood. I still have a problem with Memphis accumulating their stats for the season in Conference USA. My contention is that UCLA would earn at least as good of stats as Memphis if they were to play in Conference USA while I do not think Memphis could match UCLA’s numbers in the PAC 10. What I’m really saying here is that I see UCLA as the better team. I can tell you right now that Memphis has impressed me throughout this tournament. It’s not that I didn’t think they could make it to the Final Four, it’s just that I did not expect them to dominate teams like Texas and Michigan State like they did. UCLA has done pretty much what everyone thought they would do. They play some of the best defense in the nation and they’ve dominated the teams you’d expect them to.  It probably sounds like a broken record at this point since it’s been said so many times, but the difference in this game will come from the Bruins’ defense.  You basically have to pick a side. You’ve got a Memphis team that has been virtually unstoppable on offense, against the UCLA team that has held three of their last four NCAA tournament opponents under 60 points. Match that stat with the fact that UCLA has been able to play with high-octane offenses throughout the season and you’ve got a real winning combination.
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