I'm not sure what to say about today's game. Is there really a need to break it down? Bottom line: Duke is a better coached team with more skilled players and mismatches at multiple spots and they exploit those mismatches on every possession. But there's NO EXCUSE for letting them get any shot they desired. That's just bad scheming and coaching. Our coaching staff either doesn't coach D well or allows our players to slack on D. Its been bad since Capel got here. Our current KENPOM D is 145, just sickly bad. Georgia Tech got any shot they wanted too. Listen, this is ok as long as we're scoring and hitting 3s...but when we don't, we will lose almost every time.
For seeding in the Dance I'm predicting a 10 seed but would prefer an 11 so we can avoid the 1s and 2s in the first 2 rounds. Could we be a play in game candidate? Maybe but I doubt it. Okie State and UNC losing tonight helps greatly. Once Clemson and Ohio State get ousted (and they both will) and either San Diego State or Boise wins their conference tourney, this should clean up things from potential bid stealers.
For any chance in smelling the Sweet 16, we need to be paired up against a team that is almost as bad on D as us, possibly worse. And yes, this is actually very realistic. This way we can play freely, hit some 3s and play our pace of game.
3 teams I would love to be paired against with TERRIBLE defensive stats (based on realistic seed projections by Jerry Palm): Iowa (166), Providence (109) and our best matchup: MIZZOU (194!!) who is somehow around a 6 or 7 seed.
3 teams we need to avoid (same reasons as above but very efficient on D): Iowa State (7), San Diego State (10) , Kansas State (16).
Tico's Dream bracket within the bracket (Pitt 11 vs Mizzou 6) and then get a 3 like Baylor or Xavier in the next round. I'd call it the all-OVER bracket.
By the way: How is #30 Burns for NC State able to play minutes yet Hugley couldn't hang this year? Dude can barely run the court. Its exactly like watching Big John in November.
For seeding in the Dance I'm predicting a 10 seed but would prefer an 11 so we can avoid the 1s and 2s in the first 2 rounds. Could we be a play in game candidate? Maybe but I doubt it. Okie State and UNC losing tonight helps greatly. Once Clemson and Ohio State get ousted (and they both will) and either San Diego State or Boise wins their conference tourney, this should clean up things from potential bid stealers.
For any chance in smelling the Sweet 16, we need to be paired up against a team that is almost as bad on D as us, possibly worse. And yes, this is actually very realistic. This way we can play freely, hit some 3s and play our pace of game.
3 teams I would love to be paired against with TERRIBLE defensive stats (based on realistic seed projections by Jerry Palm): Iowa (166), Providence (109) and our best matchup: MIZZOU (194!!) who is somehow around a 6 or 7 seed.
3 teams we need to avoid (same reasons as above but very efficient on D): Iowa State (7), San Diego State (10) , Kansas State (16).
Tico's Dream bracket within the bracket (Pitt 11 vs Mizzou 6) and then get a 3 like Baylor or Xavier in the next round. I'd call it the all-OVER bracket.
By the way: How is #30 Burns for NC State able to play minutes yet Hugley couldn't hang this year? Dude can barely run the court. Its exactly like watching Big John in November.
