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GAME THREAD NCAA Tournament: Round of 32: No. 5 WVU vs. No. 13 Marshall

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Tip-off is set for 9:40 p.m. West Virginia is 33-11 all-time against Marshall and has won nine of the last ten. None obviously as big as this with a chance to advance to the Sweet 16.

Have at it.

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A tournament question that I felt didn't really deserve its own thread.

But I notice TV coverage today says second round. I thought a few years ago the NCAA considered the play-in games as the first round.

Did they change that back and I missed it? Are we playing Marshall in the third round or second round?
 
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WVUFanForever said:
A tournament question that I felt didn't really deserve its own thread.

But I notice TV coverage today says second round. I thought a few years ago the NCAA considered the play-in games as the first round.

Did they change that back and I missed it? Are we playing Marshall in the third round or second round?
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Yes, I think they rebranded the “first round” as the “first four” and renamed all of the previous rounds what they were before the play in games.
 
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Marshall is certainly capable, we have consistently folded against hot shooting teams and our pressure tends to leave the 3 ball open. If Marshall is hot they will compete and possibly win. If we play like we did against Murray we should be golden barring a massive explosion from 3 for the Herd. Marshall is only 7 deep so they are a very good matchup in terms of our wear them down pressure style, however the Herd did just win a conference tournament to earn their bid with 3 consecutive wins in as many days so I wouldn’t bank on them to lose their legs in the 2nd half.

My take is we should throw Carter on Elmore and break even worst case scenario and look to win every other matchup.
 
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I'm at the game, because I live in San Diego. I just wanted to check in and say...
Let's Gooooo Mountaineers! :flyingwv:
 
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LHANDSDC said:
How is the WVU fan turnout there in such a far corner?
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Very good. Lot's of Mountaineers fans here. More than Marshall. San Diego is a military town and lot's of West Virginians serve. I think most of them showed up tonight. Great game [WVU].
 
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