The NCAAB Power play is on Virginia. Game 955 at 878 at 9:55 eastern. Michigan St takes on Virginia here tonight in a rather odd game. The Spartans are the 4 seed and Virginia is the 1 seed yet the lines makers have Michigan St favored. The Spartans blew the lead only to come back late and take down a Game Harvard team in round 2 and were easy wire to wire winners over Delaware in round 1. Before that they coasted though the BIG 10 Conference Tournament. Virginia is a top notch defensive team and gave Memphis, a solid offensive squad fits in Round 2 holding them to 60 points in an easy win. The Cavaliers won round 1 but did struggle a bit vs Coastal Carolina. Both teams are 2 games over.500 this year vs TOP 50 RPI Scale teams, This should be a tight grind it out type of game that will be won late by the teams that displays more poise. We think Virginia will prevail


The Cavaliers have won 18 of the last 19 and 16 of the last 18 vs winning teams. They are a dog only because of the perception that Michigan St is a hot team, which they are. However, the Numbers from the simulations show Virginia should be a 3 point favorite. The Spartans have lost 5 of the last 7 vs ACC Teams. Virginia fits a Power system that plays on certain #1 or 2 seeds that are off back to back wins vs of 10+ points. Teams like Michigan St that are were in round 3 last year and did not win more than 29 games have lost 10 straight times vs an opponent that has a win percentaghe of More than .840. Take Virginia plus the point or two