Tonight LIU Brooklyn will try to shock the world and take down #1 seed Michigan State. A lot has been written over the past two days about the game, so here are some of the highlights.
Links:
- ESPN New York wrote about how LIU isn’t like most 16 seeds.
- Here’s Sean Brennan on how LIU doesn’t want this season to be one-and-done.
- The New York Times wrote about LIU superfan Richard Kurlander. He’s a great guy.
- Ryan Peters wrote about what LIU has to do to pull off the upset.
- I answered questions over at The Only Colors. Pete answered questions here.
- TOC also has a preview up.
- Here’s the Chicago Tribune’s Shannon Ryan (a reporter I really respect from my time in Chicago) on Michigan State.
- The Fort Greene local by CUNY J-school gets a slightly different perspective.
- Jim Ferry and Michael Culpo both managed to give quotable quotes this week. Here’s Ferry’s quote as a headline in the Detroit Free Press.
- Here’s CBS Rapid Reports saying MSU has to watch out for LIU’s Julian Bond (didn’t know Boyd was part of MI6).
Odds (for educational purposes only):
- Vegas has the line set at 19.5, but it’s as low as 16.5 in places and as high as 20.5.
- Ken Pomeroy has Michigan State winning 96% of the time (they’re #2 in his rankings). The predicted score is 91-66.
- Accuscore’s simulation has Michigan State winning 92.1% of the time with a score of 84.1-66.4.
Let’s hope that LIU can shock the world! I’ll be back later today with some more thoughts on the game.
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