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Official 2022-23 College Basketball Thread: UCONN - One Shining Moment

DeacsATS said:
I really feel like all of these pundits who still think UNC is a lock to make the NCAAs haven't looked at the ACC standings or "nitty gritty" type resume comparisons.

If they finish by themselves in 8th or 9th place in the ACC with (maybe) 1 Q1 win, it's going to be really hard to make the argument that they belong in the field.
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sure. but they'll still be in.
 
UNC probably one of the last four in or first four out at this point.

And Wake may have been one of the last teams in before the ACCT last year. There were a solid number of upsets in other conferences that ate up the bubble and we lost as a double digit favorite in our first game
 
Tyree league leader in points and assists after last night per ESPN.
 
Pilchard said:
Think the ACC is down this year. Look at the most recent mock 2023 NBA draft.

ACC has two projected first round picks, and one of them just started playing a couple of week ago: Filipowski and Baba Miller.

The SEC has 6, Big 10 has 5, Big 12 has 3 and the Big East has 3 (and the ACC has more teams than all of those conferences). Just don't think the ACC is very strong this year. Miami could make a run, and may be UVA could win a couple of games, but it looks to me like the ACC is not as good as the other power conferences this season.
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Which equates to a good opportunity to go out and win the whole tournament.
 
Kentucky improved when they benched their starting PG. I think now they need to bench Oscar Tshiebwe. He has been completely exposed this year on offense and defense. He can’t defend the 5 and he can’t play the 4 spot because he can’t shoot. He is probably the best college rebounder in 20 years, but he makes the team worse because they can’t make up for his shortcomings when he is on the court. Caliparis teams have always excelled with shot blocking on defense and attacking the rim on offense, and Oscar does neither of those things. He’s like the opposite of Anthony Davis.
 
Ballsy call by Stackhouse. Vandy nails a wide open 3 to win.
 
That’s really good. We could still end up with 0 from what we’ve played though. Duke and Wisconsin are both hanging by a thread.
 
BC is a better team with a healthy Quentin Post. Still not a great team, but better than the team that lost home games to half of New England.

BC and their season-long terrible metrics have a chance to spoil the following resumes (some of these teams are probably in regardless, but a loss will still sting):

H vs NC State - BC is a 6-point dog
A at Pitt - BC a 12-point dog
H vs UVA - BC a 9-point dog (again UVA is in but they don't want to lose this game)
A at WF - BC a 13-point dog
 
Aside from needing to beat Miami and/or State for the sheer number of wins, that would notch another Q1 win or two in our belts. Our Q1 record isn't going to look great regardless, but if we could get two more, 4-6 looks a hell of a lot better than 2-8, assuming Wiscy and Duke hang on.
 
It's hard to overstate how much Louisville, Tech, BC, Notre Dame, and FSU are bringing down the bubble chances of the teams in the ACC.

Pitt beat Louisville by 34 and moved up a spot in KP and like three in the NET.

They are a historically bad power conference team at 301st in KP.
 
by the way, LSU's free fall continues. They are 0-10 in 2023 with an average losing margin of 16 ppg.

KJ Williams was 7-9 from deep against WF. he is 16-46 (35%) in 2023, 12-40 over his last 9 games
 
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