New Mexico St (in Buffalo)

[superjohn]

Seth just picked St Mary's to the Elite Eight

Priceless

He also has Providence beating Iowa.

 

[Alum86]

Like NM St as our 12 seed.

Gotta Love Seth Davis, we have a home court advantage in Buffalo

I think we give him nightmares

Right? 7 hours away. LOL.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

UConn -7 early opening line. Decently large for a 5/12 game.

 

[auror]

Based on what I'm seeing, NM State:

• plays at a slow tempo
• turns it over a lot
• defends both 3's and 2's well
• blocks a lot of shots but don't turn you over
• goods offensive rebounders and get to the line
• shoots a decent amount of 3's but at a mediocre clip
• shoots a good percentage inside the arc

So it looks like inside play is a strength, but they haven't dealt with an inside game the likes of ours.

Otherwise, it's a matter of slowing down their volume shooter (Teddy Allen, 19 ppg on 44/33/87 shooting %s and a sub-1 A/T ratio).

They've got 2 decent 3pt shooters, 1 guy who shoots volume but not well, 1 guy who shoots pretty poorly we probably don't need to guard, and their center doesn't shoot at all. We can play 2 bigs against them easily.

 

[MexicoHusky]

Mich St beats Duke

 

[HitDog]

So either UConn or PC* gets prime time on Thursday. We have to get it right?

 

[BLUEDOGHOUSE]

This is a great draw. They recently lost to 339th Chicago St. Beats the hell out of playing Michigan out of a play in.

This is the easiest draw. NMSU BY FAR the worse #12 seed traveling across the country. An absolute gift indeed. NMSU has no PG and is not close to the team that lost in the last 40 seconds to Auburn a few years back. Just contain Teddy Buckets and even if you don't still win.

 

[auror]

UConn -7 early opening line. Decently large for a 5/12 game.

They're ranked lower on KenPom then any at large team, so getting them at 12 is great.

 

[businesslawyer]

When are tip off times typically announced?

Tomorrow. When the network execs get to their desks and consult with the NCAA

 

[superjohn]

You never know how it's going to go but I like this region for us.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

When are tip off times typically announced?

Typically late tonight they’ll start rolling out. 10/11 pm

 

[auror]

They're ranked lower on KenPom then any at large team, so getting them at 12 is great.

And KenPom was the best of their metrics. They're 100+ in some of them.

BPI	KenPom	Sagarin	Average
117	80	89	95.3

 

[Uconn77Duke74]

How sad will it be when we send Rat Face home with a L to end his career.

 

[Leebo]

Fans on their board are excited and expecting to win

 

[jrazz12]

We were the top 5 seed

 

[superjohn]

How does Seth Davis have a job covering college basketball? He seems like a dude who has never watched the sport.

 

[uconnric]

Yes second round game. It was in Denver. Was there and for all subsequent rounds..special memory that first chip

Yes second round game. It was in Denver. Was there and for all subsequent rounds..special memory that first chip

That was New Mexico not New Mexico State.

 

[Dooooooomed]

Fans on their board are excited and expecting to win

Yup, here's the link to their board's reaction: 12 seed

 

[Kolumbo]

Look at Iowa as a 5. Richmond then S. Dak St.

 

[auror]

Fans on their board are excited and expecting to win

They thought they were getting a 13/14, so a 5 seed instead of a 4/3 is great for them. Still not going to win.

 

[Kemba15]

UConn -7 early opening line. Decently large for a 5/12 game.

-8.5

 

[Tenspro2002]

Preliminary line on DK, for what it's worth, is UConn -7.

Seems about right, maybe a little low.

Edit: Arkansas only -5.5 vs. Vermont in the 4/13 game in our pod. Shows you how favorable Vegas thinks this 5/12 matchup is for us.

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

Providence -1.5 opening line as a 4/13. YIKES

 

[DaveHuskiesFan]

-8.5

-7 on Draftkings. Certainly going to be some variance in initial lines

 

[Tenspro2002]

Providence -1.5 opening line as a 4/13. YIKES

Absolutely nobody respects Providence. Nobody.