***2022-23 MBB General Thread***

NoCreativity

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I said it before, Purdue isn't going to make it past the first weekend.
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.
 

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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.
Watch them play. They don’t look like a second weekend team at all. Their guards are not good.
 

1UNI2ISU

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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.
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.

I think they're really good but they just don't get the same number of opportunities for big wins that others do. Thankfully that rectifies itself next year.
 

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If Penn St and Rutgers make the dance.. They both HAVE to be in the first four..

That conference is the definition on mediocre
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.
 

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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.
 
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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.

Which country? Big Ten country? Maybe. ut that's still well below the level of teams that played in Kansas City on Wednesday.
 

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