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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Continuing that "parity" discussion, here's a look at Sunday's games:
Blowouts/seeds hold (16 points or more):
Connecticut v. California - 24 point differential

Within 15/seeds hold:
#1 Oklahoma v #4 Pittsburgh - 11 point differential

Close games/seeds hold (10 points or less):
#6 Purdue v #7 Rutgers - 6 point differential

Upsets/Close games (10 points or less)
None

Upsets (within 15 points)
#6 Arizona St. v Texas A&M - 15 point differential

Blowouts/upsets (16 points or more)
None
And what about those Elite Eight games?
Blowouts/seeds hold (16 points or more):
#1 Connecticut v #6 Arizona St. - 19 point differential
#2 Stanford v #4 Iowa State - 21 point differential

Within 15/seeds hold:
None

Close games/seeds hold (10 points or less):
#1 Oklahoma v #6 Purdue - 6 point differential

Upsets/Close games (10 points or less)
None

Upsets (within 15 points)
None

Blowouts/upsets (16 points or more)
#3 Louisville v #1 Maryland - 17 point differential