They are actually Top 20 in both offense and defense this year. Usually they are a top 5 offense and bad defense. Their metrics align with some of their Elite 8 teams.I said it before, Purdue isn't going to make it past the first weekend.
Watch them play. They don’t look like a second weekend team at all. Their guards are not good.They are actually Top 20 in both offense and defense this year. Usually they are a top 5 offense and bad defense. Their metrics align with some of their Elite 8 teams.
That being said wouldn't surprise me at all if they lost in 2nd round.
Yeah, they are too reliant on their Freshman guards. I can see the making the second weekend depending on who the matchup is in the round of 32 but I don't think they get any further.Watch them play. They don’t look like a second weekend team at all. Their guards are not good.
Not only freshman, but not athletic. Guess who has been winning in March/April? It’s athletic guards.Yeah, they are too reliant on their Freshman guards. I can see the making the second weekend depending on who the matchup is in the round of 32 but I don't think they get any further.
I've seen them play plenty. Their guards are all really young so I could definitely see them losing early.Watch them play. They don’t look like a second weekend team at all. Their guards are not good.
Not that I agree but Rutgers is safely in.Rutgers will be sweating it out on Sunday. A win over Michigan won't do much for them this weekend.
They should have Rutgers vs. Oklahoma State in Dayton, first one to 50 advances.
I don't know. They beat St Mary's at a neutral site and Virginia at Virginia and swept Memphis. Only losses are to Alabama and a fluke league game that could happen to anyone in league play.Houston in a battle with... East Carolina??
I think Houston is a good team but I also think their numbers are inflated from the teams they have played.
That's a feature and not a bug of the selection process, NET and 'Quad' groupings. It gets mediocre P6 teams in the tournament because they are just good enough to win 4 or 5 of their 15 opportunities against good teams.If Penn St and Rutgers make the dance.. They both HAVE to be in the first four..
That conference is the definition on mediocre
Josh Pastner out at Georgia Tech.
Still to early but I would say:
Oregon
Vanderbilt
American Conference champ that isn't Houston or Memphis.
Watching the Ohio State - MSU game and the announcer just said Ohio state has been playing as one of the best teams in the country the last 3 weeks….yikes.
Watching the Ohio State - MSU game and the announcer just said Ohio state has been playing as one of the best teams in the country the last 3 weeks….yikes.
Heh! Past 3 days, maybe.Watching the Ohio State - MSU game and the announcer just said Ohio state has been playing as one of the best teams in the country the last 3 weeks….yikes.