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This Week’s Sports Illustrated: SI’s Luke Winn has Florida over Wichita State, with Michigan State and Arizona Rounding out the Final Four

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12COVv24_FLO_PromoFlorida will defeat Wichita State in the national title game. That’s the prediction from Sports Illustrated @SI_Now (with Michigan State and Arizona rounding out the Final Four) in the March 24, 2014 issue of the magazine on newsstands tomorrow. The SI NCAA Tournament Preview features six regional covers with the following cover subjects:  Michigan State’s Gary Harris, Syracuse’s Tyler Ennis, Florida’s Casey Prather, Arizona’s Nick Johnson, Wichita State’s Tekele Cotton and Connecticut’s Breanna Stewart. This marks the twelfth SI cover for Michigan State men’s basketball, ninth for Syracuse basketball, fifth for Florida basketball, fourth for Arizona basketball, third for Wichita State basketball, and eighth for UConn women’s basketball. Users can become part of March Madness by tagging their social profiles on our interactive covers on SI.com. 

The 30-plus-page section of the NCAA Tournament Preview features: SI’s bracket picks from the play-in game through the Final Four in Dallas; “The Breakout Players” or ones to watch in the tournament; “The Zone”, a breakdown of the best zone defense; the 2-3 of Syracuse; a women’s tournament preview; a profile 12COVv24_Uconn_Promoof Connecticut’s  Breanna Stewart and the “Five Minute Guide,” the everything-else-you-need-to-know about the tournament.

Among the features:

*Emma Carmichael profiles UConn women’s basketball star Breanna Stewart, the 6’4” sophomore who can score from every place on the floor and draws similarities to the NBA’s Kevin Durant.” Writes Carmichael: “What makes Stewart special isn’t difficult to qualify – she has averaged 19.7 points this season and scored 1,000 in just 63 games, the second fastest to reach that mark in school history. But there’s something else: Stewart is a new prototype for women’s hoops.” (Page 56) Her skill set includes much more than the average post player which is why Stewart is considered a new prototype in women’s college basketball. Says Stewart, “The fact that they expect me to do so many different things means [coach Geno Auriemma] can get on me for not doing so many different things if I don’t do them,” Stewart says with a laugh.  “I wouldn’t want it any other way.” (Page 60)

12COVv24_SYR_PromoThe truth is Stewart still has a postseason run and two full years with the Huskies to hone her skills on both sides of the court. Thus far, the Huskies have outscored opponents by 35.7 points, the highest average margin of victory in NCAA history for both men and women, largely in part to Stewart’s prowess. When asked about her future, Stewart said, “I envision leaving Connecticut with four national championships. I couldn’t expect anything else.” (Page 61)

 

 

 

 

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