Selection Sunday + Bracket Challenge
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Just fyi, Duke was the #1 overall seed. Arizona was 2, Michigan 3 and Florida 4. Houston (who faces Florida) was the #1 2-seed, etc., etc.
If you follow that, it assures that the top #1 has the most favorable matchup with the weakest #4 (that's KU) and it suggests that the top 5-seed is St. Johns.
They typically do that kind of serpentine kind of seeding until it conflicts with one of their "principles", which they take great care to follow (ahem.)
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(So, you're saying there's a chance...)
Nate Silver's model gives Cal Baptist a higher chance of beating us than of us winning the East regional.
Also gives St Johns (5 seed) a higher chance of winning the East than Mich State (3 seed) or us (4 seed).
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Hope DP lets it fly man. #1 draft pick. Just unload the clip. Fuck everyone else, if you defer they're probably gonna brick anyways
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The goal was to try to develop chemistry between DP and the rest of the group during the regular season. Mission failed. Maybe our best chance is for DP to take over and let it fly. On the other hand, we played better without him. Maybe benching him is our best chance. Either way, I don't think this team is it. They looked like they might be special for a while in February, but then they let the wheels come off.
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@rcjhdraft Your train of thought pretty much aligns with the podcast of ( we could be wrong ) . They saying stand back and turn Darryn loose- - let it fly, if he shoots 25-30 times so be it
I was looking at team stats comparisons from ESPN- -rbg avg --scoring-- assists --to's fga - - ft avg etc , etc-- pretty much a wash . Looks like St Johns runs like a eight man rotation- -pretty balanced.
Even the kid playing the least in this eight man averages around twenty one minutes a g ame. -size wise these teams pretty much the same , Zuby turns the ball over the most but leads in scoring , rebounding , and even good on assists- they average like 81 points a game -- we average right at 76, neither team turns it over much - --they turn it over right at 10 1/2 a game- -were right at 11. ---we shoot the ball right at 45.3 % they are at 45.5 --like I said pretty much a wash
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I'll be a lot more eager to pontificate about the KU vs St Johns game when both teams get through the first round.
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GAME DETAILS
(4) KU vs (13) Cal Baptist
Location: San Diego (San Diego State host)
Tip Time: 9:45pm ET
TV: CBS
Announcers: Kevin Harlan, Robbie Hummel, Stan Van Gundy and Lauren Shehadi -
@bskeet said in Selection Sunday + Bracket Challenge:
Way to wear the ACC & SEC blinders, CBS crew.
Mizzou is a power 5 school that has an arena 2½ times the size of Cal Baptist's and has enthusiastic support across the region (as irrational as that may be). Cal Baptist is in their 8th yr of Div 1, and this is their 1st NCAA tourney. I think your worry about the horrors facing KU going to SD, to face this nationally-never-before-been-heard-of-team, may be a bit overblown.
On the other hand, it is quite sobering to note that Cal Baptist has been to as many Final Fours as Mizfuck U has. So maybe the equivalence is closer than I thought.
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@mayjay said in Selection Sunday + Bracket Challenge:
On the other hand, it is quite sobering to note that Cal Baptist has been to as many Final Fours as Mizfuck U has. So maybe the equivalence is closer than I thought.
Yow! Gettin saucy with it!
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@approxinfinity A special place in the darker recesses of my soul for the Slavers.
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@mayjay In an effort towards transparency, you should know that I married a Slaver . . . but I converted her. She wears Jayhawk shirts, sweaters or sweatshirts whenever we watch the Jayhawks. My Dad felt converting her was my greatest accomplishment in life.
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Just looking at how insane it is for St. John’s to be a 5 seed. They won both big east titles, are 16th in Net and 17th in KenPom. If you figure in how hot they are you could make a case for a 3 seed.
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@kjayhawks2.0 Johnnies have won 19 of past 20. Ridiculous that KU is higher seeded. East is loaded, but SJU has FF potential. Sadly, KU does not...
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Illinois' got a nice gripe too as the 3 seed will likely have to play UNC in the 2nd round in Greenville, SC.
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Got a great announcing crew for our game with Kevin Harlan (FIL of former badger Sam Dekker, father of Sams wife Olivia who is a TV personality doing NFL football stuff.). Robbie Hummel is one of the best young announcers in basketball and Stan Van Gundy is really good too.
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@wissox83 said in Selection Sunday + Bracket Challenge:
Got a great announcing crew for our game with Kevin Harlan (FIL of former badger Sam Dekker, father of Sams wife Olivia who is a TV personality doing NFL football stuff.). Robbie Hummel is one of the best young announcers in basketball and Stan Van Gundy is really good too.
Harlan is the best in the business, also a KU alum
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I don't think the St. John's potential matchup is that bad for KU.
They don't have the big big size that typically bugs KU's bigs.
Zuby and Hopkins are 6-9 and 6-7. Mitchell is 6-8.
If those guys are 6-10+, then i'd be more worried.
I think Flory will be fine -- if somebody highly caffeinates Tiller before tip off!
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Yeah size wise we match ok defensively. Zuby and Hopkins have a ton of skill though so I think of both in the David Punch mold who was 6'7 and we had little answer for him just last week. Zuby is bigger and as skilled or more. Hopkins is the matchup that we have to worry about since that's a 5th yr guy playing against a very soft freshman and we've seen how poorly Tiller has matched physicality lately.
They don't shoot a ton of 3s but they have 3 making them at the same clip Ala Peterson and White for KU.
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https://x.com/i/status/2033704112739782676
Jeesh we better come up with a good game plan for this...
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@BeddieKU23 I know a good game plan for a 6 footer who throws prayers up in the lane. Have Flory swat those all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
