Official Selection Monday thread
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They are 2-2 vs the RPI top 100. The other 28 games were against teams worse than #100. 20 games were against teams worse than #200.
They are a good team, and we have our work cut out for us. I'm just explaining how a 30-2 team can have an RPI of 48.
Well, 10am our time means following by Live Stats on computer (in meetings this weekend in M'town).
And I don't like the idea of playing Marist; it seems like they have almost always been a lower seed and won their first round game.
And I don't like the idea of playing Marist; it seems like they have almost always been a lower seed and won their first round game.
30-2, 26 game winning streak...
I'd be happy to get out of the first round, let alone get past Duke and into the Sweet 16.
Marist beat Nebraska by 5 at home it looks like. They lost to St Johns. Beat Houston by 8 who is also in the tourny.
Best wins were on a neutral floor in Las Vegas tourney in December. They beat Louisville, and Houston as their best wins. Next best RPI in the conference is 131. Metro Atlantic is the 23 best conference out of 31.
Nebraska game was in Las Vegas - it was the game Dominque Kelly went down for Nebby.
Not true. Palm projected Marist as a 7 and Creme had them as an 8.
The committee goofed up. Marist should have been at least a 9, and Charlie Creme's latest Bracketology had Marist as an 8. I'm sure they feel they were underseeded, and the last thing we need is a talented opponent with a chip on their shoulder.
Marist is #1 in the nation in scoring defense, #1 in fewest turnovers, and #3 in FG% defense. Seems kind of similar to us in some respects. They traditionally shoot a lot of threes.
So were we so this is essentially an 8/9 game with winner playing a 2 instead of a 1.
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Looking over some box scores, they are a guard oriented team with a pair of 5-8 shooters (sr and jr). They have 6-2 and 6-4 sophmore inside players who contribute but don't appear to be first option.
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Also, they have only been in 5 games with a less than 10 pt differential, going 3-2 in those games. This means either they are real good (ala UCONN, Stanford) or they play weak competition. It also means they are not as accustomed to tight endings and could be more nervous/unsure if it is a tight game at the end.
