***2023-24 Mens College Basketball Thread***

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Before Rutgers Michigan, studio host asked Lavall Jordan what's been wrong with Michigan this year.
He said "three Rs."
I can't recall first two offhand but the third was resources (as in money). How in the **** does Michigan have a money problem?
 

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Before Rutgers Michigan, studio host asked Lavall Jordan what's been wrong with Michigan this year.
He said "three Rs."
I can't recall first two offhand but the third was resources (as in money). How in the **** does Michigan have a money problem?

Connor Stallions didn’t actually pay for all those trips out of his own pocket?
 

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Before Rutgers Michigan, studio host asked Lavall Jordan what's been wrong with Michigan this year.
He said "three Rs."
I can't recall first two offhand but the third was resources (as in money). How in the **** does Michigan have a money problem?
Are they talking about NIL resources?
 

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Are they talking about NIL resources?
No idea but I just thought it was really, really odd.
From googling about Jordan and Michigan, his daughter appears to be on the gymnastics team there.
A really interesting statement that I think means something.
 

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The 2000 team was so good and so dominant late in the year that I got my hopes up and was disappointed they didn't win the whole thing. With this team I'm just enjoying the ride. I think we can beat anyone in the country but also wouldn't be too surprised if we lose to anyone.
I remember watching UCONN go to overtime in their first round game in 2014 when they won the tournament. You never know the breaks you need to make a run. Of course that year we had a bad break literally or we may have been the ones to make that run.
 

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The 2000 team was so good and so dominant late in the year that I got my hopes up and was disappointed they didn't win the whole thing. With this team I'm just enjoying the ride. I think we can beat anyone in the country but also wouldn't be too surprised if we lose to anyone.
Didn't Florida Atlantic need a miracle to beat Memphis last year on the first round? Drake had Miami on the ropes also and they ended up in the Final 4. You just never know.
 

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Geez, Michigan sure has fallen.

Dead last in the B10, and got beat by 30, by the second worst team in the B10.

Oof.
 

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Honestly it makes sense to me. Drake's resume is significantly weaker across the board.

You can't just look at the quads either. Break it down into Q1a and Q1b and it becomes pretty clear that Gonzaga's quad 1 resume is more impressive.

Then you have gonzaga being spotless in Q3\4 and mostly beating the **** out of its Q3\4 opponents, while Drake has had several close-margin games in Q3, losing a couple, and losing a few at the bottom of Q2b that are also worse than any loss gonazaga has had.
 

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Who should be the higher projected seed?

Team A:
  • 20-7 (9-6)
  • 6-6 vs. Quad 1 teams
  • Five losses to unranked teams
  • NET #17
  • Kenpom #16
  • Torvik #10
  • ELO #12
  • BPI #16
Team B:
  • 22-6 (11-4)
  • 5-4 vs. Quad 1 teams
  • One loss to unranked teams
  • NET #8
  • Kenpom #10
  • Torvik #6
  • ELO #6
  • BPI #8
 
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