Non-Lunardi update.

Jerry Palm now has us as his TOP 6th seed - avoiding any of the Texas teams and playing the winner of Dayton game between Penn State and Michigan.

I know these seedings and placement are all guesses at this point- but how nice would it be to get revenge against Michigan, the last team to eliminate us from the tournament, then play Gonzaga in the second round (many have said that the Zags are an ideal top 4 seed to get to play because Buzz and his coaches can scheme to take away Drew Timme) THEN in the Sweet 16 game we would likely get Marquette or Michigan State (lots of story lines with either matchup) - and finally, in the Elite 8 game, get Kansas as our region's 1 seed - another old familiar foe who we have vanquished in the past with a different superb point guard?

That was a long question!

Know Your Enemy said:

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I have no idea what we would do with Timme. Dude would go for 40 on us, I'm afraid. Then again, that doesn't mean Gonzaga would win the game.

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Timme has 2 moves in the post. He's nothing special midrange and can't shoot it deep. He's not physical and would have trouble with Marble bodying him up. I'd love getting Gonzaga in rd2. Their defense is pathetic and if they aren't having a really good shooting night, they'd have a big problem with us.

It still baffles me that, since February 15, we have:

• Won vs Arkansas
• Won @ Mizzou
• Won vs Tennessee
• Lost @ Miss State
• Won @ Ole Miss
• Won vs Alabama

And in that time, we have gone from an 8 to a 7.

Meanwhile, Tennessee has lost 6 of its last 10 games and has somehow remained as a 3 seed for pretty much the entire season.

GigEmMortis said:

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It still baffles me that, since February 15, we have:

• Won vs Arkansas
• Won @ Mizzou
• Won vs Tennessee
• Lost @ Miss State
• Won @ Ole Miss
• Won vs Alabama

And in that time, we have gone from an 8 to a 7.

Meanwhile, Tennessee has lost 6 of its last 10 games and has somehow remained as a 3 seed for pretty much the entire season.

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Tennessee was a 1 seed at one point.

this is where I think our OOC scheduling really hurts us, and this year our OOC performance hurt us. The narrative around teams get almost in stone by the time conference play starts. Teams that have established themselves early can play their way down a seed line or maybe two, but it is damn hard to play your way up 4-5 seed lines

bdp514am said:

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this is where I think our OOC scheduling really hurts us, and this year our OOC performance hurt us. The narrative around teams get almost in stone by the time conference play starts. Teams that have established themselves early can play their way down a seed line or maybe two, but it is damn hard to play your way up 4-5 seed lines

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You are right. I think most believe we can't get higher than a 5 seed. Lunardi is allowing for us to win the tournament and get there. Others think we are already there but guessing they don't see a way for us to move up which would really frustrate this board.