4 Weekley Questions

Who is going to win the Final Four? West Virginia (See below). The Mountaineers have had an impressive run through the post season and are riding a 10-game win streak into their semifinal matchup with Duke. Duke, on the other hand comes in as the only number-1 seed to make the Final Four. Coach K's team likes to shoot the three, but should struggle against a tall athletic West Virginia defense that hampered Kentucky's shooting efforts last weekend. West Virginia over Butler.


What is the best week-1 College Football matchup? Many feel that the Monday night matchup of Boise State and Virginia Tech in Washington D.C. will take center stage the first week of Fall. But another game to watch out for is the North Carolina and LSU matchup that Saturday in Atlanta. Both LSU and North Carolina could make some noise in their respective conferences and both could be sleeper BCS game picks. LSU's offense welcome's back an experienced QB in Jordan Jefferson and a potential breakout athlete in Russell Sheppard. North Carolina brings in a loaded defense lead by monster DT Marvin Austin and LB Quan Sturdivant. Look for this game to make some prime time noise.

How competitive is women's College Basketball? Saturday night 1-seeded Stanford beat 5-seeded Georgia by 37 points in a Sweet 16 matchup. Sunday night 1-seeded Connecticut beat 4-seeded Iowa State by 38 points in a Sweet 17 matchup. Looking at these scores it begins to appear that there is a large gap between good and elite teams in women's basketball. Only a handful of teams can compete with each other at a high level, and that is hampering the sport. Still looking outside of the box fans need to understand that any college-level men's basketball program could win the women's tournament.

Who will have the best season as a QB in the SEC East? The only true starting quarterback returning to the SEC East is South Carolina QB Stephen Garcia, and he has plenty of questions. John Brantley takes over for Tim Tebow at Florida, Senior Logan Gray and Freshman Aaron Murray are in a race at Georgia, Larry Smith is suppose to be challenged by JUCO enrollee Jordan Rodgers at Vanderbilt, and Nick Stephens looks to be the front runner to win the job at Tennessee. At Kentucky, new head coach Joker Phillips welcomes a two-headed quarterback attack of sophomore Morgan Newton and athlete Randall Cobb, both combined could provide a versatile offense for the Wildcats. At of all of these quarterbacks, look for Stephen Garcia to have the best opportunity to have a great season. Garcia has started since he was a freshman but has played vey inconsistent since. With a loaded backfield and a talented offense around him, there should be no excuse for Garcia to struggle.

- A Ivins