Tournament (Non-UConn) Thread - Sweet 16

[auror]

A lot of trash in the Elite 8. Clemson Bama and Duke NC State are garbage games.

The good news is that if we win tonight we're in a really good spot to get #6.

 

[Tenspro2002]

The good news is that if we win tonight we're in a really good spot to get #6.

Well, if we win tonight we'll be strongly favored to make the final (and in fact already are at -210 to get there and -105 to win it).

But so are Purdue. Tennessee would be no slouch either. Duke didn't look great but the Filipowski matchup might be a problem (though I expect either Purdue or Tennessee to take care of them).

Amazingly, if you look at the region-by-region odds to win the championship, the East is -125, but the Midwest is only +330. Those are the two highest seeds remaining in the field and would be favored over the South champ!

 

[tzznandrew]

They made the Sweet 16 so this is not a great take.

And they were in the Elite 8 last year

 

[Drew]

As it turns out…. It wasn’t that “Good” of a Friday for the Jesuit schools in the NCAA Tournament

…. I’ll see myself out

 

[superjohn]

The good news is that if we win tonight we're in a really good spot to get #6.

Yeah but it was always gonna be like that.

 

[Umami Zen]

Our Program's FF record speaks for itself once the Elite Eight is in rear view mirror.

Stay focused tonite on both sides of the ball .Play smart tough BB .One play at a time. Let's do this in Storrs North

 

[Scrappy3]

He put so much lane pressure on Gonzaga that they got great looks on the pass out
And edey got such deep position his own were mostly dunks

I know clingan a little different of a player
But bottom line is we have 7-3 275 and Illinois does not. Most of the talk has been about Shannon but we have the real diamond in the hole at both ends

 

[gsmooth]

I also didn't watch, but it sounded like the Duke win was more a consequence of Houston having no offense without Shead and that they were pretty unimpressive.

Houston was running their offense with Roberts being the facilitator of the offense. Also, they were heavily dependent on LJ Cryer, who is a very good player and played well, but is much better finishing the plays with Jamal Shead initiating the offense.