They can't beat North Carolina but that isn't an issue right now anyway, and just because Lenardy has them in the same bracket doesn't mean it ends up that way either.

As for the Thursday game, if I were betting with my head, I would bet on UW to win. I expect a very hotly contested game from both teams. But if Reggie Moore isn't at least 80-85% with the ankle, the Dawgs prevail. It was very obvious in Sat. game with UCLA that the Cougs don't have any serious replacement for him and late when UCLA applied pressure in the back court the Cougs had no answer.

Now, since I'm not too smart and would bet with my heart, the Cougs win this thing as the Dawgs still aren't smart enough to solve the Coug's defense of switching between man to man and zone defense. Thompson plays and hangs 30 on the Dawgs and they win 72-66.