Pete Gillen, who coached Providence to the Elite Eight and took Xavier and Virginia to the NCAA Tournament, is a college basketball analyst on CBS Sports Network. Throughout the tournament, he appe…
: There is a saying it’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. But Purdue is an elite team., controls the paint offensively and defensively, and Jaden Ivey has a big game, and KC Ndefo and Doug Edert get shut down. The Peacocks will have to turn ’em over. If the ball gets into the lane, Saint Peter’s in trouble. They can do it, but the defense has to get their offense going — get the deflections, the steals, take charges and make the big guys run.
The battle of the bluest of the blue bloods. Bruce Springsteen, The Boss, his most famous song is “Born to Run,” and he would love the way the Tar Heels are running and gunning, and chucking and dunking. Armando Bacot and Brady Manek score inside and outside, and the Bruins go cold from the perimeter, and point guard R.J. Davis outplays Tyger Campbell.
Edey dominates the paint and gets Holmgren in foul trouble. Ivey scores 25 points while Timme struggles inside. Mark Few will win a championship one day. Matt Painter is a coach’s coach who learned a lot playing for Gene Keady.Mathurin is fearless and can score on all three levels. He outshines Ivey and the Wildcats’ three-man rim protectors prove the difference.
I have three of my Final Four teams left, and Rex Chapman may have announced, “RIP Pete Gillen” — but I’m still vertical.
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