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The field of 68 guys have us losing to Iona/VCU. Bulletin Board material if needed
 
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shizzle787 said:
They played Gonzaga, Duke, Florida, WVU, Cincy, and Indiana. 5/11 opponents were P6 + Cincy (high-major) + 5 cupcakes. 5/11 of our opponents were P6 with six cupackes (including the worst team in D1-LIU).

They played 4 tournament teams, we played two. They played 3 top-16 teams; we played one.

They only reason they had an additional loss is because they advanced unlike us to the BET title game.

I have now proven they played a more difficult schedule, and they swept us. They had a better season.
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SO go to their board a cheer
 
Maybe with Pitino as head coach, UConn coach and players will take the game more seriously. Perhaps a blessing in disguise. Definitely the strongest of the 13 seed in my opinion.
 
If we can survive the 1st 2, I give Arkansas a 35 to 40% chance to beat Kansas. UConn matches better against St Mary’s than Arkansas in my opinion. Arkansas lots of quick guards.
 
Purdue got screwed most of all having to play a red hot Memphis team in second round.To get a 1 seed, win Conf and half to play a ridiculously hot team like Memphis is BS. I was worried UConn might get matched against them with Memphis as a 5. Duke as a 5 also ridiculous. Awful Jon by NCAA this year.
 
Huskyforlife said:
He finished 5th in the conference in assists. He brings the ball up most of the time. He’s frequently guarding the other teams point guard. He’s our best dribble penetrator. I feel like I’m going insane.
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He runs the PNR well also, he has two major flaws between being elite and not as a PG. He doesn't finish well at the rim (arguable whether he should get more FTs than he does, let's just say other PGs get a way better whistle than he does in conference. Example 1 being his missed dunk against PC). He is up and down too often, some games he scores 15-20, some 0-5.

shizzle787 said:
They played Gonzaga, Duke, Florida, WVU, Cincy, and Indiana. 5/11 opponents were P6 + Cincy (high-major) + 5 cupcakes. 5/11 of our opponents were P6 with six cupackes (including the worst team in D1-LIU).

They played 4 tournament teams, we played two. They played 3 top-16 teams; we played one.

They only reason they had an additional loss is because they advanced unlike us to the BET title game.

I have now proven they played a more difficult schedule, and they swept us. They had a better season.
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Rethink this one, because this is not how this works. They can get one more win because they advance, but not one more loss. There is no loser's bracket in the BET.
 
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As for the UConn game, Pitino noted that his bigs — 6-foot-9 Nelly Junior Joseph and 7-footers Silas Sunday and Osborn Shema — will have to handle their business against UConn’s 7-2 Donovan Clingan and 6-9 Adama Sanogo.

“They’re going to have to handle their bigs at Connecticut.,” Pitino said. “Silas Sunday is going to have to play a lot of minutes in this game.”

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Huskyforlife said:
He finished 5th in the conference in assists. He brings the ball up most of the time. He’s frequently guarding the other teams point guard. He’s our best dribble penetrator. I feel like I’m going insane.
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It’s not just you. It’s a truly insane experience to watch a game where he’s distributing the ball over the court, getting shots for everyone, and post-game the lament is that he’s the reason we lost. It’s some twilight zone but that’s this board.
 
OkaForPrez said:
I think we've done a fairly good job handling pressure this year. We've had a few moments where things have fallen apart, but those have also come under mental lapses up big. Iowa State played that style and we beat their press for scoring opportunities not just up the floor.

Andre Jackson is one of the best open court players in the country.
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The press break is gonna be key. It’s a little bit slow for us. Andre is the fastest guy we have, he will be needed because they are gonna pressure the hell out of Newton.
 
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You would hope by this point in the season and early this week Hurley has the team well prepared for the following things to come:

1. Full Court Pressure a.k.a Newton getting trapped in the corner every time

2. The double team coming at Sanogo when he gets the ball anywhere near the paint

3. A defender in Hawkins grill at all times / face guarding him

You can guarantee every opposing coach has watched our film especially our losses and its not hard to pick up on our weaknesses.
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
Or they think we’re a good team. The idea that the media is “over correcting” and making picks they don’t believe in because they’ve picked against UConn in the past ridiculous. Is that really what you think is happening?
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I think us being a good team combined with the nostalgia of how we have a tendency to make unlikely runs plays into why they think a 4 seed would win an NC yes. Something that has been done once this century by, you guessed it, us in 2014.

Even though the current coach has no history of success in the tournament.
 
HooperScooper said:
As for the UConn game, Pitino noted that his bigs — 6-foot-9 Nelly Junior Joseph and 7-footers Silas Sunday and Osborn Shema — will have to handle their business against UConn’s 7-2 Donovan Clingan and 6-9 Adama Sanogo.

“They’re going to have to handle their bigs at Connecticut.,” Pitino said. “Silas Sunday is going to have to play a lot of minutes in this game.”

www.zagsblog.com

Rick Pitino addresses NCAA Tournament matchup against UConn, St. John's opening | Zagsblog

By ADAM ZAGORIA Rick Pitino will face […]
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If Silas Sunday is the reason UConn loses, it just wasn't meant to be. Dude averages 5 MPG and 2/2. His high this year is 13 minutes.
 
hasheemthedream said:
Their starting center is 7 ft and then they have an athletic Nelly Joseph at 6 ft 9..they have the bodies to stop Sanogo
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Does not mean they will compete with AS and DC. We should be out for blood, we are better than them in every position. Typical BY.
 
HuskyWarrior611 said:
I think us being a good team combined with the nostalgia of how we have a tendency to make unlikely runs plays into why they think a 4 seed would win an NC yes. Something that has been done once this century by, you guessed it, us in 2014.

Even though the current coach has no history of success in the tournament.
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I know that some of you hate to hear it, but there is actually empirical support this season for a prediction that UConn make the final four. The only people that think it’s crazy or the product of “nostalgia” are on this board. The same people who recommend that the coaching staff read basketball strategy books in the off season.
 
HooperScooper said:
As for the UConn game, Pitino noted that his bigs — 6-foot-9 Nelly Junior Joseph and 7-footers Silas Sunday and Osborn Shema — will have to handle their business against UConn’s 7-2 Donovan Clingan and 6-9 Adama Sanogo.

“They’re going to have to handle their bigs at Connecticut.,” Pitino said. “Silas Sunday is going to have to play a lot of minutes in this game.”

www.zagsblog.com

Rick Pitino addresses NCAA Tournament matchup against UConn, St. John's opening | Zagsblog

By ADAM ZAGORIA Rick Pitino will face […]
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Clingan demands 15-20 minutes a game in this tournament. I really don’t want to comment on why he only played 5 in the first half and 6 in the second.
 
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caw said:
If Silas Sunday is the reason UConn loses, it just wasn't meant to be. Dude averages 5 MPG and 2/2. His high this year is 13 minutes.
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Don’t worry, if we lose you’ll get the annual, “of course he goes off against us and is ice cold the next game.”
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Clingan demands 15-20 minutes a game in this tournament. I really don’t want to comment on why he only played 5 in the first half and 6 in the second.
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I agree. When we ran through the Nike Tournament, Clingan was a primary factor.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Don’t worry, if we lose you’ll get the annual, “of course he goes off against us and is ice cold the next game.”
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Their guards I could see going off, they are pretty good in the backcourt.

Sunday, no, just no. He literally has more zero point games than scoring games and his high in points is 6. If he is the reason Iona wins, hang me next year.
 
Didn’t want to land Oral Roberts, Drake, Kent State or Charleston in the opening game, so this feels decent. Iona and Rick Pitino are known entities…mentally prepare for a tough game.
 
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