Bluedude Sportstalk FRONT LINE March 28, 2013....EIGHT Teams enter....FOUR will leave...Who will fold under the immense pressure of the SWEET 16 Cooker?

The East and West regions will get it on Tonight as by now you have started a new Bracket as your was done by 3pm ET on Saturday.  The Pressure is mounting but who will win these four games tonight and move into the Regional Finals?

East Region

7:15pm ET

3 Marquette
2 Miami FL

The 'Canes lose their leading rebounder in Reggie Johnson but they have their most important part and the part that the Marquette Golden Eagles will have to account for..'Canes PG Shane Larkin. The Golden Eagles must slow him down and on Pick and Rolls force him out of the middle of the floor and double everything to the sideline. Make someone else for the 'Canes beat you. The 'Canes are efficient from the Arc as well run those Shooters off the Line.

Marquette Key Player is Vander Blue and is starts and stops with him. Can the Eagles get the Game at their pace to get Miami dazed and confused?

Winner: 'Canes..too much size with Bigs    

West Region

7:47pm ET

6 Arizona
2 Ohio ST

The Buckeyes have Bobby Hurley 2K13 in PG Aaron Craft. The 'Cats will try to the Orange into someone else's hands other than Craft's. The 'Cats have a decided edge in the front court with Freshman Brandon Ashley. Solomon Hill is an excellent defender and he will get the Buckeyes #1 Gun in DeShaun Thomas. It will come down to Turnovers and Execution in this one.

Winner: Buckeyes...they have been under the Heat for quite sometime and Big Ten Tourney Champs riding that wave. 

East Region

9:45pm ET

4 Syracuse
1 Indiana

A rematch of the 1987 National Championship minus names like Alford, Smart, Coleman, and Siekaly. The Hoosiers might be the one team in the tourney that matches up with the Orange and that vaunted 2-3 Zone better than anyone. They have all the ingredients...Big, Athletic, Fast, excellent guard play, and they know who they are. That Temple Games was a Hoosier Wake-Up Call. The Orange must get Carter-Williams and Fair going and maximize transition opportunities.

Winner: Hoosiers..all those Pieces led by Oladipo and Zeller

West Region

10:17pm ET

13 LaSalle
9 Wichita State

The Shockers play physical and they have very good player in their back court. LaSalle is battle tested coming out of the underrated A-10. Explorers Sr. Guard Galloway is a Problem and the Shockers must account for him and not let him dictate what LaSalle is trying to do offensively. Wichita State comes at you in groves and they have at least eight players averaging at least 5 ppg led by G Cleanthony Early (13.6 ppg) and that is balance. LaSalle pick your poison.

Winner: Shockers as Wichita State has too much balance and depth