For all the marbles. No more Sister Jean, underdog stories or distractions. Just two ball teams going out to play a game. Monday, 9:20 ET tip (or thereabouts), TBS.

Villanova

Is really, really, really good. If they make shots, this may be a blowout. Every player shoots well, shoots from deep. And they're not bad at anything else.

Michigan

Is really good. At defense (?!!) Offense is shruggie.jpg. They need to run hot.

Play the game.

I've got Villanova by 15 despite being a Michigan homer.

We've done the parts we're supposed to.

Now go get one we're not supposed to.

Off night from 3 for Nova please. Cause otherwise this will get ugly.

Also worried about foul trouble for ZEE GERMAN

Rooting for MO VAHGs but they're going to have to get hot and nova gonna have to have an off night

Beilein’s squads have been playing up on the national stage since his day_1 in Ann Arbor.

Nova blowout: 15%
Nova wins comfortably: 35%
2nd half thriller: 50%

More predictions:

- Jalen Rose gives the pregame speech. Tells everyone to let their nuts hang.
- Simpson gets unleashed on defense and dominates the game.
- Poole remains unstoppable.

The dream crushers bout to get dream crushed . NOVA by 22

Michigan with the easy sweep

**** Michigan

all in Nova lfg

This is the most ridiculous spread since the Broncos opened up as a 14 point underdog to the Packers twenty years ago.

Anyone with Michigan futures hedging? Sucks that they have to face Nova.

nova is the type of team that won't be fazed by the michigan offensive approach which is bad news for michigan

I have a friend who got UM 85-1 for $400 and I'm shocked if he won't hedge.

I'm not. Some people are THAT smart.

have 75-1. not going to hedge, I offered the guy a deal and he said let it ride. If Michigan can get a nice lead at half I will try to hedge some.

The problem is they have never faced a defense like ours. All those pretty 3pt looks they got vs Kansas--who played defense worse than the Washington Generals--will be nonexistent and they will get flustered.

People act like a bunch of scrappy scrubs are showing up for this championship fight. We got two bonafide NBA pros on our team that nobody can cover (Wagner and Matthews), and we got the best on ball defender in the game who will shut down the heart of any team (Simpson), and in case we need it, the clutchest player in the whole damn tournament (Poole).
Everyone else knows and plays their team role perfectly, including the saviest unfazeable senior on the court tonight (Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman). There are no holes in this team, and NO TEAM, in the history of the game, has EVER played with more chemistry than THIS team.

The only reason the spread is beyond a joke is cuz we don't get that blueblood respect. But that's about to change tonight.

My body is ready

where did greeaaarrrrrr go?

Not sure but if you need your fill he is on twitter being really racist

the longer i think about this game, the more i think Michigan is about to get dump trucked on.

I'm shocked by this turn of events.

Nah. Villanova is gonna be in for a fight. I'm a little worried about Paschall going off if he can exploit Livers or Robinson, but Michigan defends so damn well. Villanova isn't gonna get the volume of easy looks they usually get.

does UM have a nice D? yes. does UM have an all-time D? no.

does Nova have a nice O? yes. does Nova have an all-time O? yes

UM simple won't be able to keep up with them on the scoreboard. Nova by 10.

in

Before this starts, can I just LOL one last time at the PAC-12 for being eliminated 5 rounds ago?