After going 4-0 on our best bets in the first round, Three Man Weave and I are back with our two favorite plays of the Sweet 16. Don't worry: We have you covered with one Thursday game and one on Friday, so you can sweat out both days with us.
3MW Pick: Virginia -8.5
The Thursday night Sweet 16 encore pins two defensive steel curtains against one another. While Virginia’s impenetrable Pack Line man-to-man defense has been a household brand for years now, the masses are slowly becoming familiar with the amorphous Oregon zone that has become the backbone of the Ducks’ stymying defense—though, with all due respect to Dana Altman, I think my grandmother could devise an effective defensive scheme with a human bouncy ball (Kenny Wooten) roaming the lane defensively.