Marquette +3.0 (-110)
Sat Mar 22 ‘08 6:45p
We think that this matchup between the Marquette Golden Eagles and the Stanford Cardinal pits the best conference in the country with the most overrated, and we will gladly back Marquette as underdogs here.

The Golden Eagles won 13 games inside the Big East, and they then pulled away late to get the win and cover vs. the Kentucky Wildcats on Thursday. Much has been made about Stanford’s height advantage with the Lopez twins here, but Marquette has become accustomed to guarding large centers in the Big East and lived to tell about it, and they may even have an advantage offensively with their quickness.

Now granted, Stanford is the second best team in the Pac-10, but this post-season has confirmed our belief that the conference is overrated, and we feel that the Cardinal’s easy 77-53 win over Cornell on Thursday in no way prepared them to face what is probably the toughest opponent they have faced all year.

We look for Marquette to continue to prove the Big East’s superiority with a statement outright win here.

CBB Free Pick: Marquette +3

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