Maryland got the best draw by far. I would’ve loved that even being Thursday
Where’s the part where they grill some nervous guy from the committee? Looking forward to that.
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And Vandy should be our 10-seed matchup, not OSU
Yeah, bad draw in some ways, but happy to be in the section of the bracket with Kansas, Oregon, and Purdue as the 1-4. I don’t see us losing to OSU, so if we beat the 'Ville I really like our chances to win that region. Maybe the revenge tour continues. And we did get a Friday date, so that’s good.
I think U.K and Duke are much worse matchups for us. I haven’t watched any Arizona games, so I’ll plead ignorance on them. I’ve seen a few Louisville games. They’re a rugged, fairly athletic team that plays good defense. They don’t shoot well and fell off a bit towards the end of the season.
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I read on Twitter and agree, not an easy draw in the first two games but if the goal is to make a deep run, the rest of the bracket and matchups is a good draw
Also, total BS the committee aaid they were going away from RPI. None of that justifies any of that
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Trying so hard to ignore the 6-seed snub so that I can continue to bask in the glory of the B1G 2017 Tournament CHAMPIONS. I’ll let the internet stew on this for a while, hear some developed opinions on the justice of the draws.
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Evans. And some white boy sniper whose name escapes me who scores a lot.
Amazing that Ok St lost their first six conference games in a row, then won 10/11.
They can score the ball and will put a lot of pressure on our D with dribble drives.
Phil Forte I believe
I know before the B1G tournament kenpom would’ve had us a 3pt underdog to them. I’d imagine now it’s a pick em or we’re barely favored.
Definitely would like to see them slow those two guys down. I don’t see any way they slow us down. We tear up bad D’s with easy 2s and opens up easy 3s.
Cowboys lost last three games, giving up 90 a game in defeat. 
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yup. that’s him.
The 10-seed kenpom variability is pretty wild: Wich st (8!!), VCU (52), Marquette (28), and OSU (24). More fuel to the “committee still loves the RPI” fire
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Vandy at 9 is the seed I’m most perplexed by ---- I know the RPI, but it was boosted by mid/low-majors with strong records.
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Yeah. They certainly score a lot. But we carve up teams with bad defenses. Honestly, with just a average performance on defense (easier said than done against the OSU offense), we should be fine.
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It’s only one more loss than MSU, and they beat Florida 3 times
How many B1G teams lose their 1st round game?