No one can complain about Duke this year. West appears by far the easiest with Zags and Zona 1-2. Zags play no one and Zona bows out early every year.
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Take the top four in the west, put them in a tournament, and no one would show up.
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I like our draw. Think we actually have an easier road to the Elite 8 than Nova does. Don't mind the Nova matchup in NYC either if that happens.
Only thing I don't like is playing the west in the final 4 game. Don't like the possibility of playing Arizona in Phoenix.
Only thing I don't like is playing the west in the final 4 game. Don't like the possibility of playing Arizona in Phoenix.
Look, i'm just happy UNC is on the other side of the bracket. Same with Louisville, KU, UK, and UCLA. We have no excuse not to steamroll our way into the Elite 8. In fact, we had an exponentially tougher task in winning the ACCT then we do to get to the Final Four.
We have a fantastic draw honestly we match up great with every team in our region we could play and are quite frankly better than all of them by a good margin outside of nova and we're still better then them. Then in the final four we would steamroll the Zags or zona if it's one of them. Carolina has an easy route outside of the possibility that butler could nip them since they did beat nova twice. But a U.K. Matchup in the elite eight is tougher than any of our games
Pisgah, I want to be as optimistic as you are, but with way this season has been, until I see the guys climbing a ladder in Phoenix, I will worry about every team they play. All scare me and most have really good coaches
Yea all I'm worried about right now is Troy. If we win that one then I'll worry about the next one.
That's the way you have to look at it. Look we beat a lot of very good teams in the ACC Tourney. That doesn't erase some of the bad losses this year or the close games we've been in against inferior opponents. Heck we even had to make considerable comebacks in almost all of our ACC Tourney games. The upshot is this team can go all the way but let's not act like we can blow by anyone that we may end up matched up against. We are trending up but we need to come to play every night and make big plays throughout. We still have trouble on defense and this is still a one and done tournament subject to catching a team that shoots lights out.
I like our draw but one game at a time
I agree....I just never understood the "we(as in the fans) can't look past anyone"
Of course we can..We have absolutely zero effect on the game.....NONE
I'm not worried about Troy. This isn't a fatally flawed Austin Rivers or Jabari Paker led team. I'll be happy to eat my shoe if I'm wrong.
Midwest is the toughest region. Kansas would have to go through potentially Miami to get Kansas City. They would have to through Iowa St who is hot right now. Then you have to beat a great Louisville or Oregon. South is tough at the top, but tapers off at the lower seeds. I like the winner out of Kentucky or UCLA going to final 4. The west is by far the easiest region. If Sean Miller can't get it done this year; he never will. Basically they have 2 home games in Final 4 if they get there.
Baylor is long and athletic. They can ball. SMU vs Baylor will be a good game. I rather play SMU than Baylor.
If Arizona can't get to a final four this year I think they get there next year because they have Deandre Ayton coming and depending who comes back for them next year they could be pre-season #1. I think Alkins and Simmons will be back next year for Arizona. Lauri Markannen and Kadeem Allen will be gone. Pinder and Comanche will be back next year for them as well. and it's still up in the air with Alonzo Trier.
There will be a team or team (s) in the Final Four that had an easier row of opponents than what DUKE had in the ACC Tournament. Try a top 10 team in the 2nd and 3rd rounds and then another top 22 team in the fourth game.
Yes it was. They were beating BC by 24 or so and let them get within 3 or something like that.
so do I.. It really looks to be the toughest. Dukes region looks tough also.
At this point I don't care about blowouts....survive and advance
Now I would love hopefully 6 games that we either don't have to come from behind in the last 4 minutes to win or games where the opponent has the ball with a chance to win at the end
I will take a 6 pt lead with a minute to go every game...the way we shoot FTs we should be in great shape
Now I would love hopefully 6 games that we either don't have to come from behind in the last 4 minutes to win or games where the opponent has the ball with a chance to win at the end
I will take a 6 pt lead with a minute to go every game...the way we shoot FTs we should be in great shape
I, for one, would feel a lot better if we rolled through this weekend without a close game.
Arizona bows out early every year? Not sure I agree with that assessment. They made the Elite 8 in 2011, 2014, and 2015. That's more regional finals in the last 6 years than K, Izzo, Jay Wright - and tied with Bill Self, Roy, Pitino, and Boeheim.
I like the idea of winning 6 games in a row but not the 1 point thing. My ticker is fragile as it is with the way this season has been