Technically, the odds of Oakland, as a 14th seed, beating Pitt today are about 12 percent.
But I think, in reality, the Golden Grizzlies have a better shot than that.
Keith Benson is the key. He is a 6-11 player with a probable NBA future. Pitt doesn't have a player like that. He is a force around the rim. But if he gets into foul trouble, Oakland is in trouble. I did pick Pitt in my pools. I'd give Oakland about a 20 percent shot at winning this game.

- There are two ways of looking at Nate Robertson and Dontrelle Willis, and the fact they have pitched reasonably well this spring. One is it is fool's gold - especially in the case of Willis because nobody has ever bounced back from what he has had.
Or the Tigers might as well throw them out there in the regular season to find out for sure what they can do to earn their hefty salaries. You can never find out anything for certain from spring training. You can always go to Phil Coke in the rotation later and/or call up Armando Galarraga from Toledo.

- As much as I love hockey itself, I must frustratingly admit the NHL is poorly run in many regards. How can the Red Wings have four days off in Western Canada and then play a marquee game against Pittsburgh at home on a Monday after playing a night game - the second of back-to-back games - in Vancouver on Saturday?
No games in four days in the middle of a road trip, followed by three games in four nights with a trip back home from the West Coast as part of the mix. As Marty Morhinweg used to say: Jeeez.

Caputo And His Boss video on today's Oakland game: http://tinyurl.com/yk3l5st