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OT: East #2

UConnJim said:
Furman is relatvely tall, but they are not big. Their centers are 6'11" 225 and 6'11" 215 compared to Reed at 6'11" 265 and Reibe at 7' 1" 260. Their frosh PG (from the Boston area) is 6' 5" 175 and a volume scorer with a 1.25 assist/TO ratio. (My guess is he will hit the portal as he was a late bloomer who didn't attract a ton of attention until late.). Other key players are 6' 4" 184, 6' 7" 220, and 6' 7" 200. I don't think their size will be an issue. Also, they are 32.7% 3 point shooting team, but 47.6% FG and a 69% FT shooting team.

They were 0-1 in Quad 1 games, 0-2 in Quad 2, 5-5 in Quad 3, and 14-4 in Quad 4. Their Quad 1 loss was against Northern Iowa by 16 points.
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Both will play away from basket on occasion, especially Johnston.
 
cwh20 said:
Graphic is not showing UCF or South Florida
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You have to click into tweet to see the whole list.
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ScottVib said:
Was interesting reading through the St. John's fans frustration about their seeding. Lots of folks who were resigned to UConn potentially getting the same seed as St. John's or higher if St. John's was disrespected (most seemed to be expecting a 3/4 for the Johnnies).

The responses about UConn getting a 2 despite "Losing to Marquette" while they were stuck as a 5 was interesting... they seem to have forgotten that UConn had as many wins against top-16 seeds out of conference play, as they had games (all losses) against any tournament team. (St. John's was 4-4 overall; 0-3 out of conference against tournament teams; UConn 8-3; 6-1 out of conference)
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They’re still new to this, give them a break.
 
WestCoastHusky said:
Rank St John 18th after they won something like 17 out of last 18 games is ridiculous.
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They didn't do that well out of conference and then the BE was weak this year and didn't provide Q1 games. St. John's had 5 Q1 wins which is too low to get a good seed. Every team ranked above them had 7 or more Quad 1 wins. St. John's had a Quad 3 loss and only 2 teams ranked above them had a Quad 3 loss, Gonzaga and UConn.
 
DemonDeac22 said:
Shouldn’t the 6 seed play the 3rd seed and not the 1 seed?
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You have to remember, there are many factors that go into how the seeds are placed in the bracket. For example, they want to avoid conference foes and schools that played each other this year. When you look at the 1 seeds, UConn played 2 of them, Arizona and Florida, so I would guess that was a factor.
 
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DemonDeac22 said:
Shouldn’t the 6 seed play the 3rd seed and not the 1 seed?
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UConnJim said:
You have to remember, there are many factors that go into how the seeds are placed in the bracket. For example, they want to avoid conference foes and schools that played each other this year. When you look at the 1 seeds, UConn played 2 of them, Arizona and Florida, so I would guess that was a factor.
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Not anymore. The s-curve is trumped by geographic preference aside from the 5 not being paired with the 1.
 
Ripper32 said:
Both will play away from basket on occasion, especially Johnston.
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Johnston shot 28% from 3 and Bowser shot 36%. I think Karaban can cover them outside if needed as he only gives up 3" but outweighs them.
 
UConnJim said:
Furman is relatvely tall, but they are not big. Their centers are 6'11" 225 and 6'11" 215 compared to Reed at 6'11" 265 and Reibe at 7' 1" 260. Their frosh PG (from the Boston area) is 6' 5" 175 and a volume scorer with a 1.25 assist/TO ratio. (My guess is he will hit the portal as he was a late bloomer who didn't attract a ton of attention until late.). Other key players are 6' 4" 184, 6' 7" 220, and 6' 7" 200. I don't think their size will be an issue. Also, they are 32.7% 3 point shooting team, but 47.6% FG and a 69% FT shooting team.

They were 0-1 in Quad 1 games, 0-2 in Quad 2, 5-5 in Quad 3, and 14-4 in Quad 4. Their Quad 1 loss was against Northern Iowa by 16 points.
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This team could coast by Furman by 40 and 10+ vs everyone else in the East into the final four, or they could just as easily play like 06 UConn did vs Albany, minus 06s comeback, and lose by 10+ in round 1...who knows who shows up. If it's the team that lost @Marquette and St. John's last night, it could be a very stressful 40 on Friday. With that said, Hurley and staff will do all they can to have the kids ready to play; we all know that. I wouldn't want any other staff in the country, and when the team is firing on all cylinders, they can freaking do it! They are so capable.

UConn 78 Furman 58, pulls away late after a close first half.
 
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