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I hope we are an 11 seed favored by a half dozen points over some shit ass MWC 6th seed and stomp a mud hole in their ass.
I've been thinking and hoping the tournament committee won't be nearly as big on the MWC as Lunardi isI hope we are an 11 seed favored by a half dozen points over some shit ass MWC 6th seed and stomp a mud hole in their ass.
One of the mighty Mountain West teams will likely be in Dayton, so the stomping may have to happen there.I hope we are an 11 seed favored by a half dozen points over some shit ass MWC 6th seed and stomp a mud hole in their ass.
I keep saying it's the same offense that they've run since he's been here. They run a blocker/mover offense where both bigs screen down low for wings coming around them. It's not the offense. It's the lack of offensive talent. Beekman is great, and McKneely is a great spot up shooter, but that's it. Dunn won't assert himself on that end, and Minor, Harris, Rohde, Buchanan, Groves, Gertrude and Murray are pretty limited on that end.
I don't think the blocker/mover is outdated, and 1 of the positive things it does is it makes the other team's wings spend a lot of energy fighting through screens. That said, when your wings running around screens are guys like Harris and Rohde, it's not like the opposing D is terrified if 1 of them is open for a 3 after coming around a screen. UVA has also run some 3 man triangles offense against man D the last couple of years, and I think that's been worse. But I don't think any type of offense would work well/better with this 8 man rotation which only has 2 guys who can shoot and 1 guy who can facilitate.I’m not sure if you’re meaning to agree with me or not. He’s been there a while and was likely running it earlier in his career too. It’s an outdated offense. It can work if you have better offensive talent than he has currently, but why pick a mediocre offensive style that doesn’t set your team up for success?
I wouldn't say total joke - more like overrated. I think Boise and SD St are good, but I don't get all the love for CSU.The MWC is a total joke.
At this point, today, any bracket projections that have UVA seeded ahead of WF are also total jokes.
Give me Purdue round two. Then cruise to the FF.Obviously I’d like to just make the tourney first. But with that under our belt I’d prefer to be a 10 or 11 seed than an 8 or a 9. UConn Purdue and Houston are very good teams so that’s a 75% shot that even if you win a toss up first game you’re immediately starring down a heavyweight.
An 11 seed (avoiding Dayton) gets a 6 and then a 3, with two chances already that the 2 seed got upset. Alternatively, win the last four and the ACCT and then were like a 4 or 5 seed so that’s fine too.
Yeah, I'm not as sold on Purdue as I am Houston and UConn. They've been mostly feasting on a down B1G, and there are some good teams from other conferences who could score on their 1 man zone D. That said, I'm with numbers. I'd rather be a 10 or 11 than an 8/9 and hope we avoid a B12 opponent in the 1st round.Give me Purdue round two. Then cruise to the FF.
I know we all basically write off the ACCT but there is a decent shot we get 1-2 more Q1 games there too.We still need to win 3 or our last 4 games IMO. 2-2 and we will be miserably sweating every second. 3-1 and we will have at least 1 more Q1 with our metrics in a great spot. Lots of work left to do. 20% of our ACC slate is left.
I remember the era of everyone complaining about the big conference and giving the lesser conferences a chance. It has swung way too hard to 'correct' that - I do like the thought exercise of someone brought up of taking the top 6 in the MWC and going head to head with the top 6 of one of the major conferences. They would be lucky to win 1.Rothstein and Lunardi love the MWC and it is so infuriating. New Mexico lost to Air Force at home yesterday. Really do hope we draw one of them in the tourney.