The Return . . . .

I am Orso'Grande. There's a ton of college hoops this weekend, check your local listings.

Fourth-ranked Connecticut (13-1) overpowers a scrappy Georgetown (10-3) squad. UConn just has too many stars.

Unranked Miami (9-6) over No. 20 North Carolina (10-2). Guillermo Diaz is one of the most dynamic players in the country. He’ll be able to isolate against an admittedly talented Carolina team, but UNC has no lock down man for Diaz. Miami gets the upset. And Roy Williams sucks.

No. 14 Boston College (11-4) over unranked Florida State(11-2). Don’t let BC’s ranking fool you, pay attention to the records. FSU is a good team. This will be a better game than most people think, but in the end Craig Smith and Jared Dudley will overwhelm the Seminoles.

No.13 Washington(13-2) over No. 12 UCLA (14-2). Washington’s Brandon Roy is too much for the UCLA defense.

Big East newcomer Cincinnati (13-3) over No. 24 Syracuse(14-2). Playing at home the Bearcats will notch a squeaker upset.

I hate to pick the favorite, but in the biggest game of the day No. 3 Villanova (11-1) over No. 9 Texas (13-2). These are two different teams. Texas' two losses were blowouts against Duke and Tennessee, but since then they’ve won five straight, by an average margin of 20 points, including an 11-point victory over Memphis. But if you paid attention (like I did) to ‘Nova’s game against Rutgers the other night, you’d have learned that Villanova is a team that will not give up, that will find a way to win. They play strong defense for two complete halves, and respond well to adversity. They were able to pull off a win on the road at the RAC against a Scarlet Knight squad that was as pumped and on fire as their insane fans. It’s the match-ups that makes ‘Nova the pick: Texas is strong inside with Paulino, Tucker, Aldrige, and Buckman, and they hold the advantage in the paint. But the four-guard superhero lineup for Nova, with the dynamic Randye Foye, the deadly Allan Ray, backed up by the Mikes (Lowery and Nardi) will be too much for the Longhorns. The buzzing, swarming four-guard machine will wear out the big men from Austin, and get them into foul trouble. If this game becomes a shootout (and it might) well . . . Texas will be dropping twos, while Allan Ray and Randy Foye will be dropping threes.

Go 'Skins!