Tonight the mighty Wolverines of Michigan will play the Clemson Tigers at 7:10 pm in Kansas City, Missouri. As a student of this fine institution in Ann Arbor, I gave the automatic win to Michigan in my residence hall pool. However, that is as far as I am willing to go as I play to win. Oklahoma's Blake Griffin will simply overpower Michigan, who lives and dies by the three ball. Given Clemson's 16 game win streak to start off the season and their rout of Duke, Michigan, I believe, has the advantage on paper. With their wins over Duke, UCLA, Purdue and a near win over UConn, Michigan has better victories and a much higher strength of schedule. Clemson's scoring is much more consistent with three players averaging double digits, but the one-two punch of Sims and Harris will be too much. Belein's 1-2-1 defense should shake up the offense and exhibit the rise of Big Ten basketball. Clearly the Big East or ACC has more quality teams but did not send as many as the Big Ten's seven. Michigan does struggle away from home, and it will come down to the Wolverine's three ball. If only Kobe played for Michigan....
