azcatz11 wrote:Chuck Everett wrote:azcatz11 wrote:
Speaking of the FAU coach - wonder if he goes to Michigan…just saying
Ohio State is the favorite. Oregon is taking it to your Cats. I just turned it on after watching the MAC semis. I can't watch Virginia play. Hoping NC State knocks them out.
Yeah…we went to Trader Joe’s. I thought the game was over and we’re down by 10.
We will lose early in the tournament anyways (like every year)
Man, I just checked the score, because earlier I was thinking about tuning in, checked the score and saw we were up 27-14 so I thought "I'll just watch the Suns for now and maybe tune in later" and then fell asleep for a bit.
It's pretty concerning to lose to Washington and Oregon in 2 games out of 3. I suppose the plus is that I already mentioned I didn't know if winning the conference tourney was the best thing necessarily going into the tourney because sometimes a loss is a wake up call. Now they will have a week off to think about it, rest, get prepared, etc...after playing b2b games...and many of the better teams will be playing b2b2b games Thurs-Sun of this week.
I have no idea what to expect though. I think this team can beat anyone but lose to anyone. They seemed quite a bit better early in the season.
I have never thought it mattered too much if you are a 1, 2 or 3, as long as you are top 3. The first games are always easy, but the second game is never a pushover opponent. For example...in the latest bracketology NC is a 1 seed but would play FAU in the second round.
If you are the 2 or 3, you would have had to beat each other anyway, and then you only face 1 of the 1 or 4 (or whoever makes it through). It puts off a potential meeting with the 1 seed to the elite 8 and you can maybe gain momentum and there is a chance someone else knocks them off...particularly the 4 seed. If you are the 4 seed you meet the 1 seed in the sweet 16 in the 3rd game which seems quick.
I don't think AZ will drop to a 4 seed. They will probably stick to at least a 3. Even after this loss, there will still only be 5-7 teams with better records than us and we played a pretty tough non conf schedule.
Tennessee (ranked one spot ahead of us) got beat by Mississippi St by 17, who had a losing record in the conference. Kentucky, who were 3 spots behind us, just lost to TX A&M by 10, who was 500 in the SEC. Creighton, at #8, two spots behind us, lost yesterday to Providence, who was 500 in the Big 10. Lots of upsets...Duke lost to NC State. Marquette. #10 had to go to OT to get the win against Villanova, a mid/low tier team in the Big East.
This tournament is going to be wild. It does seem like the top 3 teams (Houston, Purdue and UConn) are head and shoulders over everyone else and after that it's somewhat of a crapshoot...which should make for a good tourney, and even if two of those teams make it to the championship, it should be a great game.