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Northern Iowa at Michigan State

March 26, 2010
img9:35 PM Eastern
Premium Pick
5 units on Northern Iowa +1 (-110) (risk 5 to return 5)
Result:
LOSS

The Northern Iowa Panthers became the ultimate bracket buster taking down the top seed Kansas Jayhawks. This team is going to remind a lot of teams of Davidson, but in fact they are more like the George Mason team that ran to the Final Four. They are experienced, tourney tested and good. They are one of the best defensive teams in the country and 24 of their last 30 opponents could not top the 60 mark. Michigan State took a severe blow losing Kalin Lucas to an Achilles injury. He was both the leading scorer and assist leader. That will force the Spartans into being more defensive minded, which they are good at, but they will face a similar defensive-minded club. The difference is losing your assist leader as well as your leading scorer that will to be difficult for the Spartans to overcome. I expect a low-scoring game and will go with Northern Iowa and the UNDER, who can match-up defensively vs. anyone and has the offensive edge.

FINAL
1H
2H
F
Northern Iowa Panthers
29
23
52
Michigan State Spartans img
22
37
59
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