Have you watched Ohio State? Not saying we won’t lose, but I’d rather play them than a handful of mid majors. They aren’t that impressive.
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I agree Houston does look legit. I was impressed looking at their schedule. Figured it had to be weak only losing 3 all year, pretty solid schedule.
Man, you need to watch more games if you think Carolina and Kentucky might be the weakest 1/2 combo. Gonzaga/Michigan easily win that.
when the other option is Florida St. and Gonzaga in Anaheim it could be worse..
I don’t know much about tOSU. I think we win if we play good perimeter defense. Not liking the Houston matchup.
Calling Murray St. for the 5-12 Upset.
Calling Murray St. for the 5-12 Upset.
You can kind of throw out their losses to Northwestern, WIsconsin, and Purdue right before the tournament though as Kaleb Wesson was suspended in those games (14.4 points and almost 7 rebounds per game average).
They did pound Iowa at home, but also lost to Illinois, barely beat Penn State at home, lost on the road to Rutgers, barely beat Bucknell at home, etc. I think their best wins were against Cincinnati in the first game of the entire year, and their pounding of Iowa.
Interestingly, they barely out rebounded Illinois in their loss to them not long ago - by 2. Interestingly, we out rebounded them by 12. I'd say though that the Illinois when we played them is not nearly as good as they were lately. Still though.
In Big 10 conference games, they out rebounded their opponent in 11 of 20 matchups
The real question is if we make it to the Sweet 16 does @BryceC survive another weekend in Kansas City?
I'm OK with the draw. Tulsa will be an overall positive and if you're a 6 and you win, you generally get a 3. The only 3 that isn't from a P6 is Houston and I'd rather play a non P6 team even if they have 25+ wins. I think they're very good but so are Purdue, LSU and TTU.
And yes, Kentucky probably looms for whoever gets past that game but are there any 2's that we would WANT to see. At that stage, you just hope our guys can get it done with the things they do best.
And yes, Kentucky probably looms for whoever gets past that game but are there any 2's that we would WANT to see. At that stage, you just hope our guys can get it done with the things they do best.
Respectfully disagree. They have the best on ball defender in the nation, or at least one of. They don't shoot a lot of three's, but very dominant down low and you know a lot of depth. That said, Tennessee beat them by shooting from deep so definitely beatable the way Iowa State plays.
I can honestly say I'd rather have UNC/Kentucky in KC (IF they get that far) vs Anaheim with Michigan and Gonzaga.
No kidding. When it comes down it it he’s going to pick Kansas. He’d never pick NE.
Oh, and if Kansas City Regional is Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas and Iowa State, you can forget about getting a seat anywhere inside of the Sprint center for less than $400.
