VCU Rams @ Florida State Seminoles NCAA Tournament Pick

VCU Rams @ Florida State Seminoles NCAA Tournament Pick: While this is largely viewed as the “who cares” game in the Sweet 16, I can’t wait to see this one go down. Here we have the VCU Rams, a team that plenty of people questioned their spot in the tournament at all, and you’ve got the Florida State Seminoles, a decent (but not great) ACC team that lost to Virginia Tech twice, Clemson, and Maryland, didn’t have one single solid out of conference win, and still made it to the dance while Virginia Tech was left out. But hey, both of these teams are playing great. When you’re hot you’re hot, and they have been.

FSU got through a Texas A&M team that many people thought would do damage in this tournament. Then they slammed a 2-seed favorite 71-57 when they saw Notre Dame in Round 2. They used as much of a team attack as anyone in the Dance. Not one guy on their team has scored more than 15 points in either game, but 5 guys have scored 7 or more in each of their contests. They’ve been attacking the hoop and getting to the free throw line. Nine threes against the Irish didn’t hurt, either.

VCU got more flack than anyone for getting invited to the Dance, then they went on ahead and slammed USC (in the semi-play-in game), destroyed Georgetown despite a tough turnaround. And, I forgot to mention, they beat Purdue by 18, kicking my bracket right in the…. Foot.

VCU is just too efficient and too tough right now. They don’t turn the ball over, they cause a lot of turnovers, and they run their offense to get high percentage looks they they’ve turned into lots and lots of points. They have back to back 18 point wins over Georgetown and Purdue – that’s enough for me, I’ll ride this skateboard a little longer.

(11) VCU Rams (+4) @ (10) Florida State Seminoles (-4) (3/25) (TBS)