I didn't realize that ISU was unranked in the AP poll...
Tennesee State Thread
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Incorrect. Monte' Morris proved that ISU could beat Texas while never leading in the 40 minutes of the game since his winning shot went in after time had expired.
We've already lost to wildcats twice, bearcats, cougars - now tigers? This could be CATastrophic for ISU.
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Sure, but that doesn’t explain how their awful schedule is way better?
Look up their roster. That was a flat out lie. So was the assessment of the 3 point shooting. One is not bad, again playing horrible competition (40ish percent), the rest of the shooters who play are not great.
The last time I can remember that happening is four years ago when St. Peter's played Purdue in the Sweet Sixteen. You can probably rightly guess which team was which. And St. Peter's won!
Astro turf. You thought the glass was bad, just you wait.
Then when we get to Chicago it's a clay court. ugh
Crushed Budweiser beer cans.
Guards with length can be a problem and I'd guess they'll go after Buchanan, Pleta and JJ to create foul issues.
True. ISU's non-con truly dreadful at the bottom.
Here's the non-conference (parentheses NCAAT seed, remainder is NET):
(W2) at Purdue
(E5) vs. St. John’s
(S9) Iowa
****
Creighton 83
Syracuse 86
Mississippi State 112
(***Tennessee State 172***)
Long Beach State 257
Houston Christian 294
Grambling 305
Stonehill 332
Eastern Illinois 319
FDU 334
Alcorn 349
It just goes to show how NCSOS is a terrible metric. It often doesn't really show how much your team challenged itself in the noncon and mostly just shows how bad your bad teams were, which is really meaningless when comparing NCAA tournament-level teams and especially comparing high seeds.
And Tennessee State lost to that 319th ranked Eastern Illinois
Unless they shoot 80% from 3, and that's all they shoot, I'm not the least concerned. Now Sunday ... **** can and does happen, all the time, for decades
Losing in the semifinal of Big 12 conference tournament to the #2 ranked team on a buzzer-beater can drop a team's stock a lot these days!
I agree, the rankings are awful. Is the 200th best team really any different than playing the 300th best team if you are in a power conference? Sure shouldn't be. Non-con should treat anyone outside of the top 100 the same and be weighted to your more difficult opponents. It's a worthless metric with how it is done.
Really because how often this season have any of those fouled out? Unlike in the past, our bigs are very good at not getting into foul trouble.
