Kansas State vs. Syracuse

The tournament is getting interesting with a pair of No. 15 seed upsets yesterday, and this Syracuse team was on the ropes in their first game to a No. 16 seed. Syracuse looks to me like a team that peaked too early in the season. Since their big 18-point win vs. Connecticut all the way back on February 11th, Syracuse has not been able to put anyone away and has been on the ropes quite frequently. This is a team that recorded 16 wins by 10 or more points up to that date, but have since not beaten anyone by more than 10 points. Kansas State may have 10 losses, but this is a team that beat Missouri twice, beat Baylor, and also lost to Baylor by a single point, knocked off Alabama, and Virginia Tech, and lost to Iowa St by 2 and 4 points. The bottom line here is that they are in almost every game against top level competition, and I expect no different today. Play on Kansas State.