DeaconBrews
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Duke is lucky as shit.
Nate Oats and Buffalo lose by 20. And it wasn't that close. Didn't look like Buffalo was ready for P6 level play. Is his coaching ready to step up. Of course #smallsamplesize.
Wonder what the record is for favorites reaching the sweet 16. We’re looking at 4 1s, 4 2s, 4 3s, 2 4s, a 5, and a 12/13.
This tourney hasnt had many exciting upsets but the trade off is that there are a lot of good matchups and games between strong teams the rest of the way.
Duke is lucky as shit.
VaTech into Sweet 16.
Yeah, but they didn't look good in doing it. NAW had an awful game, and there was a long stretch in the 2nd half where no one on either team could hit a shot. That was actually 1 of their worst games of the year - good thing Liberty stopped shooting at halftime. And speaking of shooting guards who now can't shoot, Kyle Guy has just had his worst 2 game shooting funk I've seen him have. He and Hunter need to step it up this weekend.
Duke is likely still under 50% to make the Final Four. Their metrics are deflated slightly due to the time without Zion, but they're only five point favorites over VPI on KenPom and would be underdogs to Michigan State if they played today.
No they wouldn't. They were like -150 in vegas to win it all.