March 24, 2007

It is time to look ahead at the Sunday match-ups in the Elite Eight. The winners get to round out the Final Four in Atlanta, and these games should produce excitement galore.

FLORIDA VS. OREGON
The Ducks have some dynamite perimeter players but Florida has the most balanced lineup in America. I look forward to seeing if Taurean Green matches up against Tajuan Porter because the Ducks guard will be tough to stop.

Florida has such a strong frontline and the tandem of Al Horford and Joakim Noah combined for 29 points and 16 boards against Butler.

Oregon is explosive and can really score, but I feel Billy Donovan's team will get back to the Final Four.

NORTH CAROLINA OVER GEORGETOWN
The Hoyas will eliminate the Tar Heels transition game, so North Carolina must be offensively efficient. Georgetown is so tough up front with Roy Hibbert and Jeff Green. The Big East Player of the Year, Green made the big game-winning shot against Vanderbilt on Friday.

I think Tyler Hansbrough has to come up big after a rough outing against USC. I feel he will do that as Roy Williams joins a select group (John Wooden, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Denny Crum and Adolph Rupp) by making his sixth Final Four.

Dick Vitale coached the Pistons and the University of Detroit before broadcasting ESPN's first college basketball game in December 1979. Send him a question for possible use on ESPNEWS.