Let’s talk Jackrabbits
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Not a terribly aware group. Everyone seems to think there will only be 4 teams in Omaha.Also had an easy road in the conference tourney (8/4/7 seeds). 134th offense, 163rd defense on KenPom. Haven't played much of anyone, and certainly haven't beaten anyone of note. 0-3 in Q1 and Q2.
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There will be 7 fanbases rooting for SDSU and 1 rooting for ISU. Of course the fans of the teams that lost the first session games might not stick around...
If somehow SDSU makes it a game..........just like Hampton and UAB......everyone not wearing cardinal and gold will be a Jackrabbit.
I had been saying we should do that all year (but then, we still won quite a few games NOT doing that, so that shows how much I know.) BUT, I THOUGHT it felt like we played a little more straight up in the tournament and picked and choose our opportunities very well. Is there any evidence that this was the case OR was it just "feel"?
Yes, totally similar circumstances. We DID win the Big 12 tournament going away and got to play less than a mile from Iowa in front of at least 13,000 fans that year too. Correct? AND we had a totally cohesive locker room that couldn't keep from saying they are very close every opportunity. Right?
We could lose, yes. Anything is possible. But, Hampton (edit from Howard, oops) didn't beat a strong, moving forward, focused team that day. Many teams would have beat us that day. It was a very sad ending to a reasonably good year. But, we didn't know how broken things were at that point.
I believe this team is very focused and should make the Sweet 16. Past that, matchups will factor in a lot (I know, no crap.)
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Not that it means much but all the local talking heads here in Orlando are taking SDSU over ISU. They seem to think the Clones can't score.
Just curious, what did Illinois do to deserve a No. 3 seeding? Especially to be picked by the talking heads to go to the Regional Finals. I went over their non-con and they played Marquette and Tennessee relatively close, but lost. I understand they had a solid Big 10, but did anyone who watch them were impressed enough to pick them to beat Iowa State?
They won their conference tourney.
I see what you did there! Very good! (I wonder how many people will catch that movie reference?)
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I know it's not your take, but they think Iowa State can't score against SDSU more than they think SDSU can't score against Iowa State? That's crazy. There's no metric that supports that.
Illinois scores a lot of points, but they give a lot up. We don't get ourselves into track meets. We don't have to play anyone else's game this year. That's what is different. We have depth that can hold the pace we want to play.
That's what you get for living in Florida. Hope the weather is worth it.
I'd recommend rotating subs in early, one at a time, (as if there was a starter in foul problems) to give the bench a few more minutes working with the starters in a live game situation and get past the initial "I'm in a NCAA Tournament game!" shock over with.bracketologists has the Clones as 16 point favorites. My guess is we start off fast like in the Non con where we jump up double digits in the first 8 minutes and stranglehold them the rest of the game.
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To be fair - I don't blame any outsider who watched us in the tournament last year that holds this opinion.
I can see your point, that was a rough game last yr. If you just see ISU in March, I can understand that. Watching the team this yr, we've got 3 guys we can count on to score and 7 that do score. When Milan, C.Jones, and Lipsey shoot the 3 I expect it to drop. then with BRE and Tre etc going to the paint we are much improved offensively over last yr.
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