03.27.09 WEEKEND PICKS: OUT OF THE OFFICE

Each week at WL we pick the winners for the weekend’s hottest matchups. No sleazy 900 number required
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Louisville over Arizona. As a Pac-10 team, you could say that Arizona was hardly a Cinderella. But isn’t someone going to The Dance that really shouldn’t have been there the very definition of a Cinderella? Eh, either way, it won’t matter after tonight.

Syracuse over Oklahoma. Yeah, Blake Griffin’s probably the best in the country, but this is the College Basketball Deathmatch, and Syracuse will be better prepared for this game.

Michigan State over Kansas. Big Ten homer pick. Don’t look at me like that. Just because their conference is weak, top-to-bottom, doesn’t mean that they contend for the big chair at the table. Or any of the three other, slightly smaller chairs.

UNC over Gonzaga. Gonzaga needs to just go away now. I still think UNC will fall against Pitt in the national semis, but after last night, I’m not nearly as confident.