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  1. Cats192

    Final 4 Picks?

    I think we beat Creighton and lose to UCONN.
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    Bracket upset picks? Provide as much reasoning as you can

    MSU=Mississippi State or Michigan State? I assume Mississippi. I think they have a real chance to steal one from UNC with Hubbard and crew. Not sure if I can bring myself to pick it. Agree with everything you've written. I've got McNeese and JMU winning. I labored over Florida and...
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    Bracket upset picks? Provide as much reasoning as you can

    I agree. Haven't been able to bring myself to pick it as of now.
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    Final 4 Picks?

    I have UCONN winning it all. Though they'll have multiple chances to lose. Illinois and Iowa State could both beat them. Auburn would need to have a day, but it's possible. Kentucky loses to UCONN in the Final 4. We have all the bad juju from the last 2 seasons. But I really like the way...
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    Bracket upset picks? Provide as much reasoning as you can

    Drake over WSU: Drake actually favored by Vegas NM over clemson: Vegas has NM favored. NM higher in both NET and Kenpom. Nevada over Dayton: Nevada favored by Vegas. Nevada (and the whole MWC) underseeded. JMU over Wisconisn: Wisconsin sputtered out to end the regular season. Decent...
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    This is what it will take for Cal to change the starters.

    Cal is stubborn and isn't going to do what the majority of the fan base is demanding on a message board. If you guys wanted change, you should demand he stop playing Reed and Rob all together.
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    The Committee Basically Admitted...

    There were some mild effects. But a lot of teams got little to no bump in either direction. Illinois was a 4 and moved to a 3 with their run. Duke was probably a 3 going in and got knocked down to a 4. But we lost and held onto a 3. UT lost and still wound up as the top 2 seed (I assume...
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    Where's the excitement?

    I think as we win some games and pick up momentum, the excitement will explode. I think we all have a little PTSD from the last 2 tournaments. If we get out of the 1st weekend, everyone will be back.
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    Watched Oakland live this week

    I'm not gonna sweat Oakland. COULD they upset us? Yes. Crazy upsets happen every year. I have a lot of double digit seeds pulling off upsets. But we should handle Oakland. We can't stop anyone. Neither can Oakland. Their defense is ranked 165 on Kenpom. Ours is 108. Their offense...
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    CHRIS HOLTMANN HEADED TO DEPAUL.

    I think there are only so many people on the planet that are good enough to be a D1 coach. Holtman won't ever be the best coach. I doubt he ever makes a Final 4. But he's in the group of people that are good enough to coach D1. If I'm DePaul, I'm pretty content with this. I just don't...
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    CHRIS HOLTMANN HEADED TO DEPAUL.

    I think he's vanilla ice cream. He's a base hit single. Is he amazing or sexy? No. But he'll get the job done. DePaul hasn't made the tournament in 20 years. They just want some ice cream. They just want to get back on base. If Holtmann gets them to the tournament in the next 3 years...
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    UK launching NIL fund "making UK basketball the top NIL destination in college basketball."

    A&M has oil barons for boosters. The owner of Buccees is an A&M booster. We're probably not going to compete with A&M football money. Basketball: I don't think we have to. I think that program is way more concerned with football. And kids don't grow up dreaming of playing basketball at...
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    Path to a #2 Seed is There

    On a happy note: If we win tomorrow night, we should jump the loser of Iowa State/Baylor. I Think we go to bed tomorrow night as the top 3 seed. Which very likely gets us to the Midwest with Purdue +/- Marquette.
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    Path to a #2 Seed is There

    I think the door is about shut. We need Marquette to lose tomorrow to have a shot. The committee may still give them a pass with Kolek out. As it stands: 1 of UT and UNC will be a 2 seed. Arizona will be a 2 seed. Whoever wins Baylor v Iowa State gets a 2 seed. Marquette: If they win...
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    CHRIS HOLTMANN HEADED TO DEPAUL.

    I respectfully disagree. Butler had an amazing run under Stevens, who is clearly one of the best basketball minds on the planet. Butler has 2 Elite 8's and 2 Final 4's in program history. Both thanks to Stevens. They're not some basketball power house. I'm not able to refute how people...
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    CHRIS HOLTMANN HEADED TO DEPAUL.

    I'm not here to tell you Holtman is anything special. But neither is DePaul. He had success at Butler. He got them to the tournament 3 straight years. They won 4 tournament games. He made the tournament in his first 4 years that there was a tournament. He had a bad last 2 years. He's...
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    Path to a #2 Seed is There

    I don't get the "I hate Cal supporters" thing right now. The team is firing on all cylinders. I want to win. Cal has to coach us. So I'm gonna root for Cal to do a good job. I'd love it if he rode off into the sunset. But while he's coaching a time with a chance at a final 4, I'm sure...
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    Path to a #2 Seed is There

    Bracket Matrix lags a fair bit. Some of the guys are way more active than others. And the less active ones tend to pull a team like us--with a late season surge--down the board. I've engaged with a couple of the active ones on Twitter. The vibe seems to be that a 3 is the ceiling. If we...
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    Path to a #2 Seed is There

    A few years back, they removed the "Last 10 games" criteria. I think we're one of the 4 best teams. I just think our early season resume is gonna hold us down. For all the "UNC-W will cost us a seed line" talk, I don't think that loss killed us. We just played too many cupcakes.
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    Will Wade

    This is hilarious. You don't think Wade is good because he hasn't made deep NCAA tournament runs. And you don't care about making the tournament, just winning games in it. You like Bob Richey. Bob Richey has ONE NCAA tournament appearance. He won one game. Pretty inconsistent set of...
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