BYU Cougars @ Florida Gators March Madness Free Pick

BYU Cougars @ Florida Gators March Madness Free Pick: I have been waiting for BYU to lose since they walked into the tournament without one of their most effective big men, but this may be Jimmer’s thing to lose, and I’m not sure I can bet against a guy that has unlimited range on his jump shot, great basketball IQ, and the quickness and body control to get to the rim on just about any defender in college basketball.

It doesn’t help that I don’t think much about Florida. I don’t know how they snaked a 2-seed in this tournament, but it allowed them to get to the Sweet 16 by going out and beating the likes of UC Santa Barbara and UCLA – top notch, bravo.

BYU is out of that class, and I think Florida will find that out real quick. Florida has beaten 2 teams that are still in the tournament, and one of them, Kentucky, beat them twice during the season. The other is Florida State, and let’s be honest, their stay has been magic. The Gators spent much of their season beating up on mediocre teams in the SEC, and that gets them a 2-seed? Please.

Anyway, I think BYU is a better basketball team, and while part of that is because they have this one freak scoring machine, I just think they go about their business better than the Gators as well. That’s worth a win in my book. And… They have this Jimmer guy.

(3) BYU Cougars (+3) @ (2) Florida Gators (3/24) (TBS)