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Lets not Mintz words, he's not happy.
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Just put on the AAC Tournament first round (ECU vs. USF). I know it's an early game in an early round, but there might be about 200 people in the stands not affiliated with either team (like the bands and the women's teams for each school). I really would've thought it was a 2021 COVID game.
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Pitt having a 14-6 conference record is a great indicator of how bad the ACC sucks this season.
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Makes our win better and puts a stake in Baylor as a 3 seed.
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Does this give us a chance to get past Baylor? Coming into today: NET: UConn (7) Baylor (12) KenPom: UConn (4) Baylor (14) BPI: UConn (5) Baylor (12)
I think Baylor was 2/3 line, so we still have to do some work to pass them I think. Probably need to win this one and Marquette at least.
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Unless a bunch of other Top 15 teams puke on themselves today, Baylor is done. Getting dispatched in the first game of your conference tournament and having a 22-10 record is a bad 3 seed resume. Their computer numbers are not spectacular either. Other good teams are also going to pick up wins this week. It will be tough for Baylor to get a 3.
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Lundari (who is overrated) had them as a 2 seed last night. Palm (who is better) this morning had Baylor as the last 3, and that was before they lost today.
FWIW, UConn was the 2nd team on the 3 line for Palm. I agree with @nelsonmuntz. Baylor does not deserve a Top seed getting bounced this early, and finishing with 10 losses.
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Not as surprising at it seems. They can shoot, and they can shoot 3s. They're not a great defensive team other than Federiko, so no blowouts, but they're capable of winning down the stretch based on offense and FTs. Just not today - Duke manhandled them.
Duke is looking like they sandbagged the first four months of the season. They can make the EE if they play like today, and what they've been doing all March.
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Lunardi always makes a ton of changes on Selection Sunday. I think he makes a lot of his earlier projections just to be provocative.
Also an indication of the ACC's unbalanced schedule. Only got Clemson and UVA once each.
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They have their top 5 teams with conference records of 14-6 15-5 and then NC State 12-8 and North Carolina at 11-9. How many bids? Do they suck as a conference or are they all evenly matched and about to do tourney damage?
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Uva should have killed any last hope of unc making the tourny so that's cool. Unfortunately Vander Plas (starting PF) broke his hand yesterday and is out for season now...not that any of you were giving uva a sniff before, but definitely puts a hard ceiling on their season now
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The Duke game in Greensboro had 10,000 empty seats. Announced crowd of 13,000 in a 23,000 seat arena. Looked like even less on the highlights.
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Kansas State's chances of a 3 seed are fading rapidly.
Baylor and K St losing is great for our 2/3 seed chances. Shame Tennessee won.
I am not saying Bracketmatrix is wrong per se as the committee might really feel that way, but that is bull crap. UConn should be firmly a 3 and if they win against Marquette they should be a 3 tilting towards a 2. How the hell can Baylor be a 2?! They are 20-12 and lost 3 times to Iowa State a team UConn smoked. That is what I am seeing in a lot websites.
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UConn got most of what it needed tonight. Beating Marquette tomorrow will go MUCH MUCH further towards improving UConn's seed than beating St. Johns would have.
On a separate note, is there a way to put money on "the Big 10 is going to get slaughtered next Thursday and Friday" right now? How can anyone look at the collection of teams like Illinois, Iowa, Penn State, Northwestern, Michigan State, Maryland, and Rutgers, and not think "Saw B1G", where a bunch of overseeded, mediocre Big 10 teams get massacred by mid-majors and other bubble teams?
On a separate note, is there a way to put money on "the Big 10 is going to get slaughtered next Thursday and Friday" right now? How can anyone look at the collection of teams like Illinois, Iowa, Penn State, Northwestern, Michigan State, Maryland, and Rutgers, and not think "Saw B1G", where a bunch of overseeded, mediocre Big 10 teams get massacred by mid-majors and other bubble teams?