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MTHusky

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Memphis up by 22 in the 1st half! WOW
 
Something to note about Memphis is that only one player in the starting line up is a freshman, and there's only one more in the rotation. I wonder if recruits take notice and see that playing time is not a given.
 
That floor....my eyes. It's worse than Boise's Smurf turf. :confused:

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Memphis has been fun to make fun this year, but they are getting hot at the right time.

A lot of their disfunction was due to a lot of injury issues. They're finally healthy now and they've had five weeks now to figure out how to play without Emoni Bates.

I'm not sleeping on them. If they avoid teams whose defense is based on creating turnovers, they should win a game or more.
 
Memphis beat Houston twice and has won 10 of their last 11 games. I was quick to make fun of them, but they’ve done a good job of silencing the critics. They could make some noise.
 
Perfect example of a nightmare matchup in the 5/12. Can’t recall a year with as many talented high major teams projected as 12 seeds. We can’t make an early exit in the BET we need a 4 seed.

The question is will a win against hall be enough if we lose to nova in the semis? If we’d only beaten Creighton I think it would be but now I’m worried we need to beat nova to get a 4.
 
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I have a feeling Memphis is going to end up on a 10 line somewhere … think they have partially and will continue to play their way off the 12 line
 
Houston is so banged up they have problems running practices. Sampson will have them ready for the tornament
Memphis has enough talent to be very good and so much youth to be very unstable
They had to win the game to stay on the bubble
They could be a load to handle in the tournament or fold very easily
Would love to see Memphis vs Kentucky - it would be a McDs AA game
 
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BGesus4 said:
Id be psyched to have a second round Houston matchup…I’d be a little nervous about a first or second round Memphis one
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Totally get that Houston got stomped today and hasn't beaten any great teams, but they'd likely be 3-4 point favorites over us. That would be a pretty brutal second round matchup.
 
BGesus4 said:
Id be psyched to have a second round Houston matchup…I’d be a little nervous about a first or second round Memphis one
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Same. There was a bracket I saw either yesterday or earlier today that had us as a 5 with Houston as the 4, in Buffalo, with Baylor as the 1-seed. Obviously now it’s more likely we’re the 4 and they’re the 5 should the quadrant become reality.

It’s gonna be a hard road no matter who’s in our potential way, but I would sign up for that pretty quickly.
 
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Matt1010 said:
Totally get that Houston got stomped today and hasn't beaten any great teams, but they'd likely be 3-4 point favorites over us. That would be a pretty brutal second round matchup.
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As a 4 or 5 seed we most likely would have to play a 4 or 5 seed in the second round. Who on those lines do you prefer?
 
Rico444 said:
After all of us talking s#!t about Memphis all year, we're going to get them in the 5/12 game aren't we?
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looks like this game may have gotten memphis up to the 11 line for most bracketologists. now they just have to take care of business in the aac tournament and we can breath a sigh of relief...
 
bendm said:
Perfect example of a nightmare matchup in the 5/12. Can’t recall a year with as many talented high major teams projected as 12 seeds. We can’t make an early exit in the BET we need a 4 seed.

The question is will a win against hall be enough if we lose to nova in the semis? If we’d only beaten Creighton I think it would be but now I’m worried we need to beat nova to get a 4.
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We do need to beat Nova to get a 4.

If we had beaten Creighton, maybe not.
 
BGesus4 said:
As a 4 or 5 seed we most likely would have to play a 4 or 5 seed in the second round. Who on those lines do you prefer?
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I'd much rather go against Arkansas, Saint Mary's, PC, Alabama, Ohio State, or Iowa. Would probably even prefer a Texas or Illinois matchup.

I'm guessing we'd be favorites or smaller underdogs to every team mentioned above. Mainly don't want Houston or UCLA.
 
We got a 7 seed in 2014 while beating 6 ranked teams and having a 26-8 record. The American was even pretty good that year with ranked UConn, Louisville, Memphis, and Cincinnati teams throughout the entire season. Houston has zero quality wins in and the AAC is complete trash this year. If they get a 5 seed or better then it's a complete joke. They have the resume of a mid major on the 7/8 line
 
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Matt1010 said:
I'd much rather go against Arkansas, Saint Mary's, PC, Alabama, Ohio State, or Iowa. Would probably even prefer a Texas or Illinois matchup.

I'm guessing we'd be favorites or smaller underdogs to every team mentioned above. Mainly don't want Houston or UCLA.
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You do realize Houston’s missing two of their best players and hasn’t beaten anyone close to good (a bubble SMU team at home is the only one you could argue) since they got injured?
 
I am sorry but considering our resume and the teams around us I can't think of a team I would rather see in the second round than Houston. I would love to avoid the SEC teams around us in the second round. I would hate playing 12 seed memphis though
 
BGesus4 said:
You do realize Houston’s missing two of their best players and hasn’t beaten anyone close to good (a bubble SMU team at home is the only one you could argue) since they got injured?
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I'm well aware and totally get the eye test/resume approach. They've been missing those guys since December and are still #5 on Kenpom and #2 on Torvik. Those sites are typically very accurate power rankings and Vegas lines closely match spread predictions.
 
Matt1010 said:
I'm well aware and totally get the eye test/resume approach. They've been missing those guys since December and are still #5 on Kenpom and #2 on Torvik. Those sites are typically very accurate power rankings and Vegas lines closely match spread predictions.
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Yes, but one thing the computer metrics famously don’t take into account is injuries. Vegas will see it quite differently than those metrics would indicate.
 
I want a rematch against Michigan St. in the tournament. We owe them as that was one game we had won and let slip away
 
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