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1 or 2 Seed Better?

ucp990411 said:
Scheyer can recruit well because he has the Duke brand behind him but coaching I am not so sure. After the Michigan game he was interviewed and actually said that his halftime talk was nothing about strategy adjustments but about staying together. Last year against Houston his strategy in the last 10 minutes was to give the ball to Flagg. What about Kneupell?
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Hes winning though, it’s not like he’s losing in round of 32. He’s going very deep in tournament and dominating regular season.
 
RuffRuff said:
Google - and he plays longer.
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I of course use google too and can't find anywhere they've both been measured.

He plays longer?

Tarris gets more points, rebounds, blocks, steals per game/per 40 and has a higher fg% than him.
 
superjohn said:
I of course use google too and can't find anywhere they've both been measured.

He plays longer?

Tarris gets more points, rebounds, blocks, steals per game/per 40 and has a higher fg% than him.
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Let me ask you think - you poll 20 college coaches and ask them who'd they'd rather start a college team with?

Why does EvenMaya have his rated 20 spots higher?
 
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RuffRuff said:
Let me ask you think - you poll 20 college coaches and ask them who'd they'd rather start a college team with?

Why does EvenMaya have his rated 20 spots higher?
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Ask any coaches in the country other than Scheyer and they won't have Patrick Ngongba as the 7th best player in the country.
 
gsmooth said:
For any of the 6 championship teams, were there any teams or bad match ups you were concerned about before the brackets were revealed or after they were revealed?
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In 2004 I was convinced we'd have all we could handle against the Lakers. Other than that....

In 1999 the only time I considered the possibility of anyone beating us was during the Gonzaga game (that still gives me nightmares). I spent most of the second half having panic attacks that some supernatural force would always prevent us from making the final four.

In 2004 I didn't think anything other than Okafor reinjuring his back could stop us.

The best part of those two runs was beating Duke in the finals, then five years later beating them again, in the semifinals that time.

In 2011, once we got through the BE tournament I was almost as confident as I was the prior two title runs as nobody out there looked any better than we were and we had too much confidence from the BET.

In 2014, that we showed we were finally willing to stand up and fight with Louisville in the second half of the AAC title game (we may have been able to pull it off if we started at tipoff), I was sure we would beat them the next time we played (thinking it would be in the tournament). I was very worried for the entirety of the St Joe's game (the broadcast constantly showing Martelli's grandson brought some terrifying flashbacks to 1994, when they kept showing Lon Kruger's kid). Going into the Nova game I didn't think we would be in trouble (as many predicted) because we knew them. I really thought the run was over in the the first half when we were down by a lot and Bazz had to sit with foul trouble. When we got back in the game with Bazz on the bench I knew the gane was ours and started anticipating a title game against Louisville (who, as I said earlier, I fully believed we figured out how to stand up to in the AAC title game). Kentucky stopped that, but having a reverse run against Kentucky for titles three and four from what we did to Duke in titles one was also very enjoyable.

In 23, I thought things would be similar to 2011 where we would remain unbeaten out of conference. I didn't see any one team that I feared, but felt we were capable of beating ourselves. I didn't expect us to destroy everyone the way we did until well I to the first half against Arkansas, but after that game it looked like the only teams that may be able to give us a challenge were already eliminated.

In 24, I would have even taken my chances against the Lakers.

I refuse to speculate on what may be a better draw for us and I will never hope for one outcome over another on games that will lead up to a matchup with us. I remember Florida in 1994, Mississippi St in 1996, George Mason in 2006. I'll take my chances against whoever is in front of us.
 
superjohn said:
Ask any coaches in the country other than Scheyer and they won't have Patrick Ngongba as the 7th best player in the country.
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He's being slated as a mid first round pick, so he's not that far off. If you look at Maya it favors bigs.

www.si.com

Pat Ngongba’s Stock Rising in Latest NBA Mock Draft

Duke basketball sophomore center Patrick Ngongba II has taken a major leap in a starting role through the first half of his second season in Durham. Ngongba was
www.si.com www.si.com
 
RuffRuff said:


I've seen this now a couple times, but if they ever do put StJ as the 5 seed in our bracket, it would be the biggest crock. You put the second highest BE seed tucked in?
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They would not do this. You put the first 3 teams from each conference into different regions as a rule.
 
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BigErnMcCracken said:
We played Otzelberger.
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FfldCntyFan said:
When did we play FAU?
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UConn played and beat Iowa State and Otzelberger in the 2022 Phil Knight Invitational.

Never played May when he was at FAU, as people pointed out already.

UConn and Hurley played Houston and Sampson twice in 2019 (lost both times) and went 1-1 against Houston and Sampson in 2020. So they've played each other at least 4 times.

Other than all that it was an excellent take. RuffRuff never seems to let facts get in the way of his posts. 😀
 
bendm said:
this Houston L should put an end to this silly debate once and for all. There’s a gap between the 1 seeds (including UConn) and the 2 seeds and there’s an even bigger gap between the 3 and 4 seeds.
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I think Purdue and Florida now have the best chance to come at us for the #1 seed. Iowa State closest now, but they're likely to lose to Arizona. Purdue and Florida have 3 Q1 games left each they will be heavily favored in and then should do damage in their conf tournys from high seeds.

But think we have the best shot at it.
 
bendm said:
this Houston L should put an end to this silly debate once and for all. There’s a gap between the 1 seeds (including UConn) and the 2 seeds and there’s an even bigger gap between the 3 and 4 seeds.
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Cross Houston out. No chance. ISU needs a road win and FL or Illinois could go on runs.

Florida has one of the better losses on year by a basket at Duke. Also vs Zona, vs UConn.
 
auror said:
I think Purdue and Florida now have the best chance to come at us for the #1 seed. Iowa State closest now, but they're likely to lose to Arizona. Purdue and Florida have 3 Q1 games left each they will be heavily favored in and then should do damage in their conf tournys from high seeds.

But think we have the best shot at it.
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If Illinois beats UM they have an outside chance.
 
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Get the 1 seed for the easier Sweet 16 matchup and the fan ego boost. If it’s Houston in Houston at this point, bring it on
 
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