NCAA Selection Show
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Texas Hawk 10 said:
Potential second round game against Auburn and potential S16 game against UNC in KC.
Roy is about due a win against KU, finally. Being in KC could help us. If we get that far.
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Pearl doesn’t have a great track record in the NCAA tournament and KU already has a win over NMSU so KU did get a friendlier road to KC than they could have received.
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Gonzaga is the final 1 seed out west, Michigan should be the 2 seed.
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Seeing the ACC get 3 #1 seeds demonstrates why KU gets hurt by their weaker conference. We need that great competition. Not just good competition.
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Syracuse and Baylor should be good 8-9 game. I think Syracuse could upset Gonzaga.
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wissox said:
I know little about Northeastern.
What’s your prognosis for the game then?
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I think Michigan comes out of the west region.
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No TCU.
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KirkIsMyHinrich said:
No TCU.
They didn’t deserve a bid. I still don’t think OU deserved a bid either though.
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I thought TCU would get in and OU would have been left out, though. I thought TCU was going to get in after I saw OU.
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@Bwag My prognosis is the same as every year! KU National Champs!
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KirkIsMyHinrich said:
I thought TCU would get in and OU would have been left out, though. I thought TCU was going to get in after I saw OU.
TCU has 0 wins over at large teams this year. ISU ×2 are their only good wins all year. OU’s only wins over at large quality teams were Wofford and KU. Neither team deserved an at large by finishing 4 games under .500 in a weak B12 this year.
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Hmmm…chance to play on KC as a four seed. Maybe the NCAA favors KU?
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Hawks have a miraculous chance here. Let’s win 2 games. Get to KC. Lean on our amazing fans and make this happen. Rock Chalk.
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wissox said:
I know little about Northeastern.
They suck
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@HighEliteMajor KU has to get there first though as NMSU took KU to the wire back in December. Also keep in mind Self has lost more games at Sprint Center than AFH despite playing significantly fewer games there. If KU even makes it to the S16, I think this is the year Roy finally beats KU.
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Northeastern plays 4 guards and shoots a ton of threes. Shoot 39% as a team. Not the greatest of matchups for KU. Vegas opened the line at KU -10.5 and it is already down to 8.5.
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When do we learn what time we play?
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joeloveshawks said:
When do we learn what time we play?
Should be sometime tonight. Next couple hours.
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joeloveshawks said:
When do we learn what time we play?
it will be coming soon tonight- probably within the hour seems like it has been
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Texas Hawk 10 said:
@HighEliteMajor KU has to get there first though as NMSU took KU to the wire back in December. Also keep in mind Self has lost more games at Sprint Center than AFH despite playing significantly fewer games there. If KU even makes it to the S16, I think this is the year Roy finally beats KU.
Were not going to have to worry about it - -we get by our 1st game - - Auburn will smoke our ass. - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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I’d pick us to lose to Auburn right now. If we get the matchup with UNC in KC that would be great, though.
I don’t really understand why Purdue is a 3-seed. I would take just about all of the 4-seeds over Purdue right now. I’m not that impressed with Big 10 conference titles because of a schedule imbalance.
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Self “ Shocked” KU got MW bracket
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have you seen Auburn play recently? - -Did you see how they rolled though the Sec tourney? - the people even on ESPN and CBS were talking about how actually got seeded to low.
They could very easily smoke us - -we go on way to many scoring droughts - -you can’t do that against good teams - - we got to just take one at a time - -not even begin to think about KC - I don’t think there is much chance of that happening - there was a lot of people right here saying even BEFORE these brackets came out was saying they didn’t think we would make it out of the 1st weekend - -seeing Auburn - only makes it more solified. - -We can - but with the way we have played - -I would say chances are slim
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Texas Hawk 10 said:
St. Mary’s and Villanova in a 6/11 first round match up that should be a good game.
Marquette and Murray State out be something to watch – Howard against the Dude from Murray State
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@Woodrow I don’t want us to play 4 guards again this season. We’ve lost about 7 games that way
(edit: US playing four guards, not against four guards)
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They were mediocre during the regular season. Compare them to seton hall of last yr who did Similar. Ku can win or lose, nothing should surprise us
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@DanR with a a few days to prepare hopefully Self can come up with a way to play Dedric and DMac and still guard
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I wish KU played Friday instead of Thursday. As soon as we lose, whenever it is, I will pout and quit watching. At least for a few days. But I sure enjoy this tournament.
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@HighEliteMajor Thanks for your comment. This is the best proof yet as year after year I hear about the NCAA screwing us with the bracket. Salt Lake is the furthest from home we’ve played I’m sure in a decade.
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DanR said:
@Woodrow I don’t want us to play 4 guards again this season. We’ve lost about 7 games that way
(edit: US playing four guards, not against four guards)
But D Lawson guarding a perimeter guard?
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Good draw for KU.
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@Crimsonorblue22 We are so offensively challenged, we need whatever gives us points, I think. Heck, play zone. Pressure that 3 pt line. Reality is there are no good answers right now. We desperately need Agbaji to get going — that would make things a lot better.
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Where art thou Romeo???
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@wissox Maybe they are just trying to give us a chance to be humiliated further by their shenanigans.
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Heard 3:00
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KU and Northeastern will tip after the conclusion of the first game Thursday in Salt Lake City (New Mexico State/Auburn), which tips at 12:30 p.m. CST. So likely around 3 p.m. CST Thursday (on TNT). #kubball
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@Crimsonorblue22 I can’t make it home from work that early. Will need an OT game before so I can make it.
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@wissox There is that new fangled contraption called a DVR.
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@HighEliteMajor True, i prefer watching live.
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wissox said:
Salt Lake is the furthest from home we’ve played I’m sure in a decade.
We haven’t been lower than a 2 seed in a decade.
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@Crimsonorblue22 on the flip side, their little guard on Lawson while we’re on offense. I’d take that matchup. I know Self is preoccupied with defense, but our problem is on the other end of the court.
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@DanR I just wish we had an athletic 4 guy! I hope he finishes better than he did sat.
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Go right now and get the March Madness app MM Live. You can watch any game on any of the four networks right on your phone or computer. I’ve done that in years past while at work due to the wonky game times. I’ve also used it when the fam was watching movies and I wanted to watch basketball. Pretty cool deal and its all free.
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BeddieKU23 said:
They were mediocre during the regular season. Compare them to seton hall of last yr who did Similar. Ku can win or lose, nothing should surprise us
they spread the floor like Iowa State - we have seen how that has worked for us – They will iliminate David being on the floor by spreading out - -that puts Dedric out on the floor we see how he responds trying to guard in open space - NOT a good match up
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@tis4tim That’s great advise, but I am on a data limit. My family wouldn’t appreciate me using up data to watch basketball!
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@wissox Where are their priorities!?!
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jayballer73 said:
BeddieKU23 said:
They were mediocre during the regular season. Compare them to seton hall of last yr who did Similar. Ku can win or lose, nothing should surprise us
they spread the floor like Iowa State - we have seen how that has worked for us – They will iliminate David being on the floor by spreading out - -that puts Dedric out on the floor we see how he responds trying to guard in open space - NOT a good match up
Meh, I’ll worry about the matchup if we even get that far. We can ill afford this season to take anyone lightly, even a mediocre Northeastern team.
Most teams are bad matchups for KU at this point. We lack an identity and we have so much unpredictability from game to game. I’m not going to overreact over the SEC tournament. It was an impressive run by Auburn and they played to their ceiling. When they make perimeter shots they are deadly. They will be a tough matchup if it happens.
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I’m not worried about auburn. We have a good path…
Northeastern.- 15 point win
rematch with New Mexico State: 10 point win
Fighting Roy’s: KU steals every pass like in 2008. Jump out to 30 point lead. squeak by with 5 point win.
Iowa State: Revenge game with a 20 point win
UVA: cold shooting night from UVA. win 58-55
Duke: play 2/3 zone. watch zion get 25…rest of duke shoots 2 - 40 from 3. win by 15
ESPN bitches KU got home court advantage and 2/3 zones vs and inept 3 point shooting duke team is illegal. Forces NCAA to have sanctions on KU not for amateur violations…but just because they didn’t get their happy ending.
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Northeastern has the 145th ranked defense. Ranked 59th out of 68 teams in the tourney.
How we played Saturday night is not a reflection of how I think we’ll play against a poor defensive squad that lacks athlete’s and size. They do have 1 athletic post man but that’s it. Those layups will fall against a 3 happy team without rim protection (only 71 blocks as a team) over the year.
If we get the chance to play Auburn (32nd ranked D) or New Mexico St (48th ranked D) those are not bad matchups for KU’s offense. Auburn has a team full of athletes that gun a ton a 3’s and NM St took us to the ropes in the Sprint Center earlier this year so we’d have film to use on them. Auburn played extremely well in their last 5 games- 4 in the SEC tourney, however were extremely average for most of the year losing most of the big games they had. I don’t see how they would have the advantage against us unless they just made everything from 3. I think KU got the best matchup of the other 6 seeds/potential 2nd round matchups for #4 seeds. I wouldn’t want to play Belmont/Maryland, Buffalo or Villanova in the other regions.
I’m optimistic we can get to Kansas City. I think we got a good draw in the toughest region. Making the Big-12 final was important for this team, experience in the tourney setting. I hope our experience of playing good teams every week comes through here. Self will have to play it smart. I hope he cuts the rotation to 7 and uses Charlie/KJ in emergency. Dotson has to stay out of foul trouble. Dedric has to make shots and at least try on defense. We can only hope the best versions of Ochai & Grimes show up. Grimes effort has improved dramatically. We can only hope Marcus has one of his better shooting games and finishes his drives. Mitch gives us rim protection and toughness on D. Dave continues his momentum despite the limited minutes on Saturday. His ability to contribute on both ends is the x factor for KU. It’s time for these guys to show us what they are made of!
