Well our first lock of March Madness comes this afternoon at 2:20 pm when my God-awful Providence Friars take on West Virginia in the first round of the Big East Tourney.  

If anyone remembers last year’s Big East Tourney, West Virginia played Providence in the first round and broke the freaking conference record for 3’s in a game with 17 in a 92-79 win over the Friars.  17!!  As Friar fans watched in disbelief, unbelievably Tim Welsh (left) stuck with the 2-3 zone until there was 5 minutes left and by that time it was too late.  I think it was after the 15th three he decided to switch things up.

Oh and did I mention the Friars are 1-8 in the Big East tourney under Welsh who hopefully is coaching his last game for Providence? 

The teams played twice this season, WVU won the first game by 12 at Providence and the 2nd game at home by 27.   The “you can’t beat a good team 3 times in one year” is certainly true, but as everybody knows by now, Providence (15-15, 6-12 in the league) is not a good team. 

The pick: WVU -8