We have some very impressive match-ups this year, with North Carolina going to Assembly Hall to take on the Fighting Illini and Michigan State going on the road to Cameron Indoor to take on the Blue Devils. I feel that those games will end up in a split. I will be attending the UNC/Illinois game tomorrow night and expect the Hall to be rocking. You can expect an Arena Adventures 1a from Assembly Hall, as I will travel there numerous times this year, in hopes of watching many Illini triumphs.
As I don't have enough time to properly finish this article before the games start tonight lets start off with our series opener.
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| Minnesota guard, Blake Hoffarber |
Virginia (3-3) at (15) Minnesota (6-0)
I really don't think this game is going to be too close. Minnesota looks good, or maybe North Carolina is just that bad, again. The sweep of UNC and WVU in Puerto Rico was impressive out of Tubby Smith's club. KenPom currently ranks the Golden Gophers 30th and has the Cavaliers ranked 91st.
Minnesota is paced by senior Blake Hoffarber (15.0 ppg, 4.8 apg) and junior Trevor Mbakwe (13.7 ppg, 9.0 rpg). Meanwhile Mike Scott is the only Cavalier scoring double figures with 16.5 ppg and 9.3 rpg.
I'll take Hoffarber and the Gophers to win this one somewhere along the lines of 77-63. I don't think that Blake will need another one of these to take home the W.
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