Colorado vs. Baylor

Colorado has caught lightning in a bottle, and kudos to them for winning the games necessary to be here. The problem I see is that the Pac-10 was up for grabs, with a lot of mediocre teams that could have won it, and to their credit they stepped-up and took it. Baylor is a lot more talented, and is certainly well tested. The bad news is that they played sloppy in their tourney opener, but the good news is that they still won by 8. That is significant because we saw teams that played sloppy and lost, that no one thought should lose, so the Bears escaped comfortably without their "A" game, which I think we will see tonight. That "A" game was good enough to beat St. Mary's, West Virginia, San Diego St., and BYU - all out-of-conference tourney teams, as well as Kansas State twice, Kansas, Texas twice, and Iowa St. That is a lot of good teams and a lot of big wins, so the talent is on the side of the Bears. I'm taking them in this one to get the win and cover.