Blogger picks Vandy with Ezeli by 8 1/2 points; but MU defense and bench should win tonight

A look at the match-ups tonight shows that with the return of 6-foot-11 Festus Ezeli against Marquette, the starting squads are virtually even offensively and Vanderbilt is either 2- or 3-inches taller at every position. That combination has one blogger picking a repeat of the LSU game, as he picks Vanderbilt to win by 8.5 points.Here is a match-up player-by-player of the Value Add (% of points added to offense), Defensive Subtract (% of opponent points stopped) and the player’s total value as a combination of these two. I go through the starters first, from tallest to smallest, then the reserves in the same order.table.tableizer-table {border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;} .tableizer-table td {padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;}.tableizer-table th {background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold;}No.NameHt.OffDefTotNameHt.OffDefTot 3Festus Ezeli ***6-f-113.60.23.8Davante Gardner6-f-83.51.24.7 5Lance Goulbour...