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Consolidated Bracketology Thread 3/12/23 updates

So does the team and coaches hang around the basketball complex until the NIT selection show at 9P, or take a break and reconvene? Just wondering how this stuff works.
 
DownEastDeac said:
So does the team and coaches hang around the basketball complex until the NIT selection show at 9P, or take a break and reconvene? Just wondering how this stuff works.
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I can’t remember how it happened last time we were on the bubble, but wouldn’t surprise me if they’re at coach’s house.
 
Feel like CBS killed the suspense by have Wyoming as the only bubble team where they had a camera in the room-it was them, and like Norfolk State and a few other givens. Surprised A&M didn't get it-I would have understood-they picked up two wins in the conference tournament that are better than anything we had.
 
Gotta keep the perspective that we won six games last year and had a completely new roster. That influenced so much, beginning with the OOC that we played.

It's only year two of Forbes and we just locked him up long term. A lot of valuable lessons learned this year that I'm confident will not be problems moving forward. Dude is so connected in the CBB world that getting quality OOC games should not be a problem.

There are definitely teams that used NIT runs as a springboard to bigger things, Wichita State is one that jumps to mind, they won it in 2011, were a 5 seed in 2012 and were in the Final Four and nearly beat the eventual champs in 2013. Hopefully we can do something similar
 
UNC an 8, but the rest of the conf sucks? One win over dook gets UNC and 8.

VT, has the metrics and just beat dook and UNC and they are an 11?

Who knows what they are using to pick teams at this point.
 
DownEastDeac said:
So does the team and coaches hang around the basketball complex until the NIT selection show at 9P, or take a break and reconvene? Just wondering how this stuff works.
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They will probably go and eat some steak and talk about their wins over Wilkes Community College and Mount Olive.
 
If you are surprised by this - with 350th OOC schedule and shit all over ourselves against Clemson without their two best players and then against an absolutely pitiful BC squad (not to mention the tourney champ is an 11 seed) - you need a reality check. Worlds better than we have been but still a blip on the radar. Long way to go.
 
Currie on the phone right now with Richmond, Davidson, Marquette, Furman, Xavier, Vanderbilt, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma, Houston, Memphis...

I imagine next November and December looks much different.
 
PaddyWF said:
Currie on the phone right now with Richmond, Davidson, Marquette, Furman, Xavier, Vanderbilt, Florida, Texas A&M, Texas, TCU, Oklahoma, Houston, Memphis...

I imagine next November and December looks much different.
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Also hoping everyone is on the phone with Jake.
 
Dali Llama said:
Wake not even in First Four Out.

Jesus Christ.
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Team lacked mental toughness. Only close wins were against teams we now know are trash. If CBS had no heart they should have played the clip of Alondes pitching a tantrum after the charge call with 5 secs left vs BC as they cut to commercial. Most bizarre reaction by a player in a game I’ve ever seen especially when tied and can still win. Seems this team not built for pressure,
 
DeacDaddy said:
Yep, and #2 ND is a playin.

You get the feeling there's a fatigue with the ACC through the years, and with K retiring, there is a turning of the page with less respect for the conference as a whole. Also, the conference as a whole is actually pretty bad so they aren't completely wrong.
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This would be more true if dook was a 3 and UNC a 10. Not sure how you can show respect to those two and zero respect to VT.
 
Said in many ways - this season was built for positive momentum and getting more butts in seats with some soft Ws. Low bar, mission accomplished.

We had chances to breakthrough a year early, but didn't.

The bar needs to much higher in the new contract Forbes era.

Get Mintz in house, another solid transfer class, keep Jake, toughen up the schedule - and we are right back in the hunt next season.
 
TheAbster said:
You cannot take Michigan over Wake Forest. If you leave Wake out, there is no way in hell you include Michigan.
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Sorry but this is wrong, Mich resume is considerably better than Wake's - it's not that close.

Mich has 6 wins against teams in the Tourney including 3 on the road. They also only have one loss to a Quad 3 team and only 2 losses to non Tourney teams overall.
Their SOS is also one of the best in the country.
By every metric the Committee cares about Mich resume is better than Wake's. That's just the way it is.
Heck, I don't even like Mich but it is really easy to see that their resume is better than Wake's if you look at both of them.
 
Has the spring football game been announced? I'm getting ready for the Clemson game between two undefeated teams.
 
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