Selection Sunday Thread

[husky8273]

I’m lost. I haven’t been paying attention since the lost. Who said we would/should decline the tournament? Someone on the boneyard or Hurley?

no one

 

[upstater]

South is weaker than the West but Houston is at home in the bottom of the bracket.

 

[RashadRay11]

Reading the St. Johns board aboslutely melt down is hilarious. They don't understand you have to beat quality opponents outside of us. They were so pathetic in the non-conference they should be happy with the 5 they got.

 

[HuskyHawk]

I think Illinois is over-seeded at 3. Three seeds should not have 8 losses.

 

[upstater]

Degree of difficulty:

1. East
2. Midwest
3. West
4. South

 

[Mr. French]

TJ Power and Penn knocking off Illinois?

 

[HooperScooper]

Val doesn’t even talk to her wife.

She's married to a guy and has 2 daughters. Geeze dude, that was......

 

[aceboon]

Sucks that Miami OH didn't get in outright but that play-in game will have a ton of attention

 

[upstater]

Reading the St. Johns board aboslutely melt down is hilarious. They don't understand you have to beat quality opponents outside of us. They were so pathetic in the non-conference they should be happy with the 5 they got.

Well, when you compare them to Nebraska, they have a gripe. Nebraska also beat no one in the OOC.

 

[7774]

They just killed us. — they can beat Duke

Man there are a LOT of people in this thread forgetting that St John’s is going to have to play actual basketball now.

 

[WrenchFan69]

She's married to a guy and has 2 daughters. Geeze dude, that was......

At least one daughter went to Wesleyan

 

[Kemba15]

And maybe most importantly are 354th in forcing steals on defense. We tend to unravel when there's defensive pressure and give up fast breaks, which is something they don't do

How do UCF and UCLA fare in these metrics btw?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Eat s___: Auburn, Indiana, Oklahoma

 

[blkknight1]

That doesn't sound like an amazing matchup for us as 15 seeds go. They just need their lead guard to beat Mullins and Ball, and to hit an unusually good percentage from 3, while using their size to bottle up (or foul) Reed.

Not likely, but doable for them. High variance.

Watch their semi final and final in their conference tournament. They are better than their resume. Their lead guard was gonna red shirt but the coach said he was too good not to play this year. Their lead big shots at 76%. They are tricky can’t underestimate them at all.

 

[navery12]

Sucks that Miami OH didn't get in outright but that play-in game will have a ton of attention

They probably should have, but an NCAA Tournament game 50 minutes away from your campus isn't a bad consolation for their fans

 

[HuskyHawk]

Nebraska also did nothing outside the B1G. Gets a 4. Compare their season to St Johns

And Nebraska is still stronger than KU or Alabama as a 4.

 

[swami7774]

Initial line is UConn -18.5 vs. Furman, and -8000/+2200 moneyline.

Give ‘em.

 

[Ripper32]

Google or did cbs tell you that? When you woke up this morning you had no clue about Furman, I can assure you of that.

I watched them in the tournament. Plus, they retained some of the same players from last year. Bowser and Johnson. When you gamble, you watch these games.

 

[swami7774]

TJ Power and Penn knocking off Illinois?

One-man team. Power will score 35 and Illinois will win by 25.

 

[Tenspro2002]

Give ‘em.

Honestly, I don't have any thoughts on 18.5.

I feel like this is either:
A) a more extreme version of the Xavier games where we get off to a good start and keep expanding the lead and win by 30, or
B) an uncomfortably tight game where we never put them away, lead by 6-12 throughout, and have to make FTs at the end

I'd rather either tease UConn up to -24.5 or Furman down to +12.5.

 

[navery12]

How do UCF and UCLA fare in these metrics btw?

UCLA is 142nd so about average, UCF is 305th so also very bad. I think both teams are pretty good so shouldn't overlook them, but wouldn't be overly considered about them forcing a ton of turnovers

 

[boog204]

I’m lost. I haven’t been paying attention since the lost. Who said we would/should decline the tournament? Someone on the boneyard or Hurley?

Someone posted that maybe we should decline the invite to the tournament so we’re not further humiliated by losing to a 15. I think they were serious.

 

[HCCForever]

the civil CONFLict is back on

Corrected original post. UCF beat BYU and Texas Tech and not ISU. No long winning streak either

 

[HuskyHawk]

I like what Clark said about Auburn. The committee has focused too much on wins and ignored losses in the past. “Who did you beat” is not more important than “who did you lose to”.

 

[boog204]

Google or did cbs tell you that? When you woke up this morning you had no clue about Furman, I can assure you of that.

I do find it doomable that somebody in their crash-out yesterday predicted we’d lose to Furman in the first round.

 

[TMB4405]

Of course we worry about every game because its over with a loss. But for us to lose to Furman we have to play very badly. And they would have to play great.

 

[Vowelguy]

UConn was 6

 

[Tenspro2002]

We were #6 overall, and we get #1 and #9 overall with us. Awful.

 

[HooperScooper]

If they can press then they are a problem.

They've turned the ball over almost 80 more times than they've caused their opponents so doesn't look like it.

 

[Ripper32]

UCLA is a different team when Clark is going. Not sure he got back to his old self after the injury. Also, Bilodeau (the Oregon state transfer) is a very solid forward. Shoots the three. Smart player. But he is hurt I believe.