If we get past Arkansas…

[OkaForPrez]

"If we get past Arkansas"

You do not own the Mojo @Deepster the Mojo owns you.

 

[uconngb]

How the ____ do people continue to do this.

Look who did it and then ask yourself again

 

[karstenkibbe]

This is not as good of a Vermont team as some of the previous ones.

They certainly don’t have a Taylor Coppenrath on this squad. And I didn’t say they would beat Arkansas. But by all measures, you’re throwing out an opinion not based on fact. Of their 17 conference wins, 16 were by double digits and most were blowouts. They are 2-1 against NCAA tournament teams this season, with a 10 point loss to PC.

 

[USNavyDog]

I want Uconn to avenge that ugly 35 point drubbing Arkansas gave to us during that awful 2017/18 season a few years ago. Tyler Polley and Isaiah Whaley were freshman that year, and I'm sure they haven't forgotten about that game.

 

[LoyalFanCT]

I am just happy we made the post-season. Best of luck to the Huskies!

 

[Umami Zen]

Re: Arkansas vs UVM.. Called March Madness for a reason. UVM's A game can beat Arkansas's B game.. Lower-rated teams will be beating higher-rated as they always do. Having Larry Brown game-planning ahead of a Gonzaga-Memphis game could be interesting.

 

[Leebo]

It's amusing how aggrieved some of NMSU's fans are at the mere idea that another team's fans would imagine match ups past round 1.

 

[HooperScooper]

It's amusing how aggrieved some of NMSU's fans are at the mere idea that another team's fans would imagine match ups past round 1.

Well it is rather presumptuous. We'd be killing another team's fans for doing the same if they were playing UConn in the first game.

 

[CTBasketball]

Lots of love for Memphis I’m surprised - Penny will be out coached by Boise St.

 

[businesslawyer]

I like UVM a lot. But I don’t see it. Even Arkansas recent loss to Tennessee was scary. They were down like 30 and almost won.

I’ve seen UVM a few times this year. I don’t think they’re athletic enough or good enough individually to play with Arkansas. They did very well this year, but UVM has had a number of teams that have won the conference with substantially more individual talent than this one.

One tie to the Big East. Mazulla, who plays guard for them (started at GW and transferred there), is the younger brother of a Mazulla who played for WVU before they bailed on us.

 

[businesslawyer]

They certainly don’t have a Taylor Coppenrath on this squad. And I didn’t say they would beat Arkansas. But by all measures, you’re throwing out an opinion not based on fact. Of their 17 conference wins, 16 were by double digits and most were blowouts. They are 2-1 against NCAA tournament teams this season, with a 10 point loss to PC.

The wins were Yale and Colgate. Neither of them beat anyone good either.

I’m not trashing Vermont. They play very fundamentally solid basketball. But I’ve seen a number of Vermont teams since the Copperwaith era that had substantially more individual talent that made an upset possible than this one

 

[Leebo]

Well it is rather presumptuous. We'd be killing another team's fans for doing the same if they were playing UConn in the first game.

The whole fun of the tournament is doing a bracket and thinking about future match ups... If that is off the table for you or them, then you're just party poopers.

 

[HooperScooper]

The whole fun of the tournament is doing a bracket and thinking about future match ups... If that is off the table for you or them, then you're just party poopers.

That's acceptable, of course.

But the OP was, "If we get past Arkansas …I think we go to the Final Four. I like our chances against Gonzaga and Duke. I think we match up well with both."

What about saying this? "If we get by New Mexico State and Arkansas...."

 

[Leebo]

That's acceptable, of course.

But the OP was, "If we get past Arkansas …I think we go to the Final Four. I like our chances against Gonzaga and Duke. I think we match up well with both."

What about saying this? "If we get by New Mexico State and Arkansas...."

Strictly speaking, shouldn't Vermont be mentioned too, if we're going to not hurt anyone's feelings.

I think the OP used beating Arkansas as being equal to getting to the sweet 16, and since those games were not the focus of the point they were making, they framed it the way that first popped into their head.

But literally every fanbase looks down the bracket for exciting possibilities, so their indignation is just funny.

 

[uconngb]

Well it is rather presumptuous. We'd be killing another team's fans for doing the same if they were playing UConn in the first game.

We shouldn’t be looking past ANYBODY

 

[connVA]

…I think we go to the Final Four. I like our chances against Gonzaga and Duke. I think we match up well with both.

Seriously, man. We haven't won a game in the tourney since 2016. One at a time.

 

[auror]

Doomed.