Contender or Pretender?
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Cf couldn’t guard a box while he was here. He can shoot lights out. Just found that shot last few weeks. Can’t imagine them keeping up w/our guards. Mv is awful, so hard to judge. Osu massacred them. They play hard.
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They clearly aren’t the same team they were early in the year. This was a rebuild year and they are stocked with new players so it took time to get guys playing together.
I have the same question you have about the quality of their schedule… not because we can’t figure out if they are any good. They are good. I don’t doubt that. But if their year was mostly about playing bad teams they won’t be prepared to face the tougher teams.
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And the question becomes how do you seed them correctly?
I know the committee takes into account how each segment of the season goes. Their RPI won’t win them any beauty contest. Their record against better competition won’t either.
The eye test says they are probably a top 15 team at this moment. Given their recent tournament resume/reputation its extremely difficult to give them a true seed that matches up with other teams comparable to them. They have either overachieved in March or this is the 2nd coming of the Gonzaga program where sustained success needs to be recognized and respected.
If they put them as a 8/9 seed, we know the Committee is engineering fan interest/media coverage. We will have to get @jaybate-1.0 in full CIA mode then.
I would place them at #6 given the lack of quality wins but fully recognizing a 30 win team who’s playing its best basketball.
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@Blown I would have no problem telling Connor exactly which play we are going to run. And then enjoy the heck out of watching him try to stop Frank, DG, Josh, or Vick. We will abuse him.
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@Fightsongwriter zac Brown and mcduffie are good defenders though. Marsha fans are confident they could stop Frank, Devonte and Josh. The only way to know is to play them.
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I honestly don’t mind that bracket. Purdue is not a scary 4 seed, Virginia isn’t a scary 5 (although their defense is very tough).
I don’t worry too much about the other half of the bracket because there’s too much that can happen before we see a 2 or 3 seed anyway. I worry about the 8/9 and the 4/5 because that’s our half of the bracket. Wichita State would be tough as an 8 (probably underseeded there), but I wouldn’t worry about the rest.
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Lunardi is an average at best bracketologist.
One of Yahoo’s writers (not Pat Forde) suggested WSU should end up a 6 or 7 seed to balance out their weak resume with the advanced metrics that have WSU as a top 15-20 team. I think this is a pretty fair placement for them.
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I agree, having them as an 8 or 9 seed seems like they would be grossly under-seeded, which is not new to them.
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Reptilians would have to be running the seeding from a Secret Space Program base on Iyo.
God will not permit such seeding to happen.
And remember, what we are shown is a computer generated version of the March Carney. The analog original is played in the nude by the real teams at a secret installation with a tropical environment under the ice in Antarctica in front of all the high ranking members of the NWO that have been visiting Antarctica lately!!!
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@nuleafjhawk any fires there? Scary here!
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Extremely dark and windy and the storm should be here in the next 30 minutes…keeping fingers crossed.
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We want to play WSU, right? Anytime, anywhere. Please let it happen.
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@HighEliteMajor I’m fine with playing them if we have to. Frank, Devonte, Landen and Svi I’m sure remember the beatdown they suffered two years ago.
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Payback is a beatch…and her stripper name is Karma.
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My God… I’m watching Gonzaga play a junior high school team on ESPN. Santa Clara? Really?
They may deserve to be ranked, but seeing how bad their conference is I can’t even view them as a ranked team in the Top 25.
Fifty bucks says Duke will be in the Gonzaga bracket!
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@drgnslayr Santa Clara cut it to five a few minutes ago.
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Gonzaga just closed out a 9-pt victory. Yippeeee!!! Ha… I can’t take them serious at all.
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@drgnslayr I agree - I am very skeptical. Their soft schedule has not hardened them for the rigors of the tourney.
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@justanotherfan UCLA is the one team I don’t want in our bracket. We could play very well and still lose due to them having the highest ceiling of any team.
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@drgnslayr WCC ball is really tough to enjoy… Especially outside of the zags and the Gaels…
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Now I’ll weigh in on the original post… WSU. Not a pretender. But also not a title contender. A well coached team that plays good fundamental ball and defense. Not the kind of team we typically wanna see second round. Now… having said that. This KU team “can” beat anyone in the nation by double digits. And they probably only have to play their best ball 25 to 30 min depending on the opponent. The only ? I have is the night when they decide to play 7 min against any tourney team beyond round 1… that’s when a solid team can beat you. Otherwise. Not to worry
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@drgnslayr Of course Dook will get the easiest path. Count on it. Pencil them in as the 4th seed in the West.
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We will face the Shlockers 2nd round, then Virginia, then Louisville for the Regional championship. Guaranteed.
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@Crimsonorblue22 No fires here - very thankful and all of you affected are in my prayers.
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Why does anyone care about Duke? Perfect team to be upset in the first round again
