The Final Four
We're almost ready to crown our next national champion and man do we have a heck of a field of teams in the final four. I won't say this season's playoffs were surprising, most of the games have gone as expected but that doesn't go without saying that there were still some curve balls thrown. Let's take a look at our two final four matchups for season 141!
N - Marist vs S - Stephen F. Austin
Offense
Defense
The Game
I wouldn't have predicted this matchup at the beginning of the playoffs, not that I didn't think that either team could get here or that either coach wasn't good enough. I just thought with recent history and how Wilkinson is that these two might have gotten knocked out. Nevertheless these two, always great, coaches do battle here. From the stats it looks to be a chest match between SFA's defense and Marist's offense. This makes sense considering orangepace always has tough teams who can put up points and jeffc has always had a stingy defense. With both teams being ranked in or near the top 10 in a lot of the major stats this game should be intense the whole way.
The Key to Success
For this game the key to success is can Marist, can they be efficient and patient enough to capitalize on any mistakes. For SFA, can the defense give their offense good field position with some turnovers.
E - Arkansas Pine Bluff vs W - Northern Iowa
Offense
Defense
The Game
Two teams who always have high expectations have set the stage for a huge opportunity here. These two squads always seem to be deep playoff runs and with the recent titles under both of their belts its easy to see why they're able to achieve such success. This game screams lopsided when it comes to UNI's offense against APB's defense but coach nitros will have his guys ready to face the onslaught from jddriscoll's offense. Only one loss between these two teams and that one loss was to another team in the final four so both teams know how to win and continue to win.
The Key to Success
The key in this game for APB is can that defense fill the holes that they've had this season and keep their offense in the game. For UNI it is can they use all of their talent effectively and properly to continue their winning ways.
You can find my predictions for these games HERE.
