Friday's slate of activities in the 2013 NCAA tournament results to provide some fireworks. Not only do you've an in Ole Miss directed by the entertaining Marshall Henderson, you also have a couple different teams that could surprise higher seeds. If March Madness has taught us any such thing, it is that underdogs are always lurking, willing to strike. Here's a look at my selections for Friday's best clashes in the round of 64. All statsAviaAESPN.comAandATeamRankings.com. Ole Miss (12) versus. Wisconsin (5) Don McPeak-USA TODAY Activities Highlighted by enigmatic three-point danger Marshall Henderson, Ole Miss surely got to the NCAA tournament this season by alarming Florida in the SEC championship game. In the angry, points were dropped 21 by Henderson, while teammate and second-leading scorer Murphy Holloway scored 23 points. Given Florida ranks sixth in defensive effectiveness in 2010, Ole Miss' efficiency on March 17 made a lot of heads. On the other hand, defensive-minded Wisconsin has looked good lately. Positive, the Badgers dropped to Ohio State in the Big Ten competition, but that's nearly something to be ashamed of considering how Thad Matta's squad has been playing lately. Before dropping to Ohio State, Wisconsin had won three straight games, including victories over Michigan and Indiana. Indianapolis obtained only 56 things contrary to the Badgers while capturing 38 percent from the area. That wasn't a fluke. Iowa has a shot at going deep in the match and ranks 12th in defensive effectiveness this year. It's planning to be interesting to see if Ole Miss can pull off another shocker against a solid defensive team. In the end, I'm valuing Wisconsin's over all strategy more than Ole Miss' win over Florida. Prediction: Wisconsin improvements Iowa State (10) compared to. Notre Dame (7) Al Bello/Getty Photographs Notre Dame ranks 127th in defensive effectiveness in 2010. Iowa State ranks 15th in offensive efficiency. That has some thinking "upset" in this game. Iowa State has four playersa'Will Clyburn, Tyrus McGee, Georges Niang and Melvin Ejima'averaging double-digit things this year. The difficult game against Kansas in the Big 12 contest aside, all of these participants have usually shot well through the 2012-2013 campaign. On one other hand, Notre Dame ranks 24th in bad productivity this season, despite playing in the harder Big East Conference. And whilst the Fighting Irish rank 100th in rebounds per game and the Cyclones rank 21st in the class, complete rebounding ratea'a more telling statistica'tells another story. Iowa State ranks 46th in that class, while Notre Dame ranks 53rd. It is not as large a space as it seems on the glass. Also, Iowa State rates worse than Notre Dame in defensive effectiveness (155th). Prediction: Notre Dame improvements Minnesota (11) compared to. UCLA (6) Tim Gross/Getty Photographs Jordan Adams' lack shows this matchup. UCLA's second-leading scorer will not make Friday's game after breaking his right foot on the last play of the Bruins' 66-63 victory over Arizona in the Pac-12 contest. Provided UCLA rates 104th in defensive efficiency and 137th in opponents' field-goal percentage, that's a large loss. Minnesota is a reasonable offensive staff (61st in offensive performance), helping to make this an exciting matchup now that UCLA may not be as efficient on crime without Adams. Will the Golden Gophers score an upset? Some think so. I really do not, however. I still do not have sufficient faith in Minnesota's offense to outscore the Bruins, who still sport the electrical Shabazz Muhammad, Travis Wear, Kyle Anderson and Larry Drew II (all won in double digits against Oregon in the Pac-12 championship game). Prediction: UCLA improvements Do not forget toAprint out your bracketAand follow alongside theAlive bracket.AFollow all the exciting NCAA event activity withAMarch Madness Live.
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