Alright– Time for Final Four Predictions

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We know that you loyal Final Four Blog readers have been waiting all season long for this moment. A blog named the Final Four Blog cannot back down when confronted with the task of predicting a winner for the Final Four games, right? So, without much further ado, today we will give our take on the Memphis-UCLA game. Tomorrow is Kansas-UNC.

UCLA 73, Memphis 71

Memphis was able to defeat Texas, but only because Memphis could cancel out the guard play of the Longhorns, plus put up a considerable inside game with Dorsey. The problem with the Tigers playing UCLA is that the Bruins have a much more diversified attack. Kevin Love usually acts as the hub of the offense, and if Darren Collison can’t stay in front of Derrick Rose, then I’m not sure who can. Love cancels out Dorsey. Collison cancels out Rose. And a Moute-Westbrook cancels out Douglas-Roberts. What you’re left with is a great game that should go back and forth the whole time.

We hate to continue to harp on this free throw thing, but back in the day we were predicting that Memphis would go down because they couldn’t hit FTs from the beginning. We’re sticking with our guns. Memphis shoots 58.7% from the line (good for 335th best in college basketball). By comparison, UCLA is the 18th best FT shooting team in the country at 75.1%. At some point, this is going to be a factor. Promise.

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