Love their starting lineup. Think it might be one of the best in the country. Hummel and JaJuan Johnson make up one of the most formidable frontcourts in the country. I really think Johnson is poised for a big time breakout year as long as he gets a bit tougher in the post. E’Twaun Moore is a very good point guard and Chris Kramer is a great defender and a scrappy guard. I’m a bit worried about their overall depth but they have some talented freshmen coming in and they’ll have to step. I think they have the talent overall. I absolutely don’t think a final four for them is impossible. I think we’ve all learned over the years in March Madness that every team can make a run. Especially when you have a coach like Matt Painter, who is one of the best young coaches in the nation, anything can happen.

Mike, as for Duke, I’m still a bit concerned by their talent level overall. Nolan Smith has great potential playing the off guard, Scheyer is not a pure point guard but he makes good enough decisions to do so. The big tester will be their bigs. The Plumlee brothers will have to play great basketball for them to be a top ten team because I don’t think Lance Thomas or Brian Zoubek have the offensive ability to score enough in the low blocks. Obviously Kyle Singler is the reason they are as high as they are but we’ll just have to see. It’s a very new look Duke team for having all the same cast of characters. Lots of guys in new spots on the floor so they’ll be an interesting team to watch.

Hell, if they beat the Zags in a scrimmage, they gotta be good!