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***Official 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Thread***
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As long as Dickinson is healthy I think they will be fine because Samford won't be able to stop him but I wouldn't trust them after that
I think he’s healthy enough to play but I don’t think he’s going by to be 100%. Dislocated shoulder is a concern on both ends for me: first end is the obvious it’s easier to dislocate again, second is it’s hard to get it out of your head that it’s easier to dislocate again.
Or just don't consider injuries at all. Just look at their resume.
Nice to see Virginia's undeserved inclusion blow up in the committee's face. A team that had one quality win since November.
Gotta stick up for my local team St. John's. Won 6 in a row including beating Creighton and then gave UConn one of their toughest games all season. There's no way you can tell me that Virginia deserved to be in over St. John's, it's just more nonsense about rewarding OOC wins many months ago over how a team is playing currently.
Gotta stick up for my local team St. John's. Won 6 in a row including beating Creighton and then gave UConn one of their toughest games all season. There's no way you can tell me that Virginia deserved to be in over St. John's, it's just more nonsense about rewarding OOC wins many months ago over how a team is playing currently.
I agree, however since the committee seems to be hell bent on factoring injuries / status, their method for doing so should place no reliance on coaches comments.
oh that's a good stat regarding Alabama. I had them going far I may need to rethink
Explosive offense, strong guard play, lots of upper classmen. Those teams usually do well in the tournament.
I was at Duke a few years back and the Dean of admissions was quoting how high the percentage of applicants was that couldn't get in but caveated it by saying they do make exceptions for certain applicants implying the basketball players. I'm sure that Virginia has the ability to exempt the recruits from the admissions standards if they so choose.
I completely thought McCuller was going to play at near 100%. Really surprised announcement he's out for tournament. The other injuries maybe actually are day to day but for whatever reason we heard these "load management" whispers making me think it was Self just realizing Cinci/Baylor/ISU were all horrible teams to potentially play while trying get healthy and not getting the double bye.
I'm not sure - it's at altitude in SLC and Samford runs 12 guys and pushes the pace a lot. If they are able to get KU running, they can get Dickinson and others tired, and then if they make 3s they could make it competitive.
McCullar has been injured for over a month. Self said he has only practices like 4 times since he got injured. He has played in some games and then aggravates it. I think the thinking was if he got almost two full weeks off he could go but seems like his knee still isn't great. From what I understand, Dickinson wasn't cleared to play medically for the tournament. He just got cleared for contact on Monday I believe.
I read where Self said earlier about McCullar that basically if he can't practice before the tournament they would just shut it down because they need to prepare like they don't have him to be able to do their best.
The load management talk was always weird to me because they were legit injured.
There are some circumstances when I think assessment of an injury is valid, but it should be narrow and have only minor effect on selection/seeding.
Random fictional example - if a significant contributor misses a stretch of games, then returns to the lineup, and the performance of the team during his absense (taking into account metrics) varies significantly from the rest of the season results, maybe you take it into account. Any adjustment shouldn't involve a major swing either way.
For the record. Samford has a player (Nathan Johnson) from Waukee and is a huge Cyclone fan. Hope he burns the Jayhawks
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Somewhat similar. I'm just stating why I think people are high on Illinois. Teams that can score and have veteran guards tend to be favored come tournament time. It doesn't mean that Illinois, or any team, can't be picked off early.
