TV: ESPN/2
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Pretty good draw actually. I like our chances in the first game against any of the three possible opponents.
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15 Pitt: #108 T-Rank, we won 67-47 at home on Feb 3 behind 15 pts from Sam Lewis
10 Stanford: #61 T-Rank, we won 70-55 at home on Jan 10 behind 22 pts from De Ridder
7 NC State: #38 T-Rank, we won 76-61 on the road in January and 90-61 at home two weeks ago. In the game at State, we were up 27 with about 7 minutes left before they made a meaningless come back.
Likely line against each team:
Pitt +17
Stanford +11.5
NC State +5.5
Love the matchups especially since we have State’s number this year, and Wade seemed deflated after our last game.
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I believe he said, paraphrasing ,that we’re just better than them and that if they played us 100 times they might get lucky and beat us once.
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Ryan Odom is 15-8 career in conference tourneys. 12-2 when the higher seed. Pretty good.
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While I agree with him, I would be a little concerned about getting everyone to lock in for a game against a team you’ve beaten pretty comfortably twice already. Human nature would be to get pretty complacent.
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State players talk a lot of trash. It’s pretty easy to get locked in vs them.
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So who we playing in the Semis?
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Benefit of having a team full of dudes who were just the guy at their respective schools last year.
Malik, Sam, Jacari, and Chance all were THE guys less than a year ago, and TDR is THE guys this year. I think it shows when teams like NCSU come in immediately jawing and getting chippy. Team is very mentally tough.
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And then there were two… potential victims, with about a 3/4 shot it’s NC State.
15 Pitt: #103 T-Rank, we won 67-47 at home on Feb 3 behind 15 pts from Sam Lewis. Likely line Thurs: Pitt +14.5
7 NC State: #38 T-Rank, we won 76-61 on the road in January and 90-61 at home two weeks ago. In the game at State, we were up 27 with about 7 minutes left before they made a meaningless come back. Likely line Thurs: State +5.5
Go Pitt! But I don’t think it matters. I think we make the SF either way.
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If we play NC state I would think they would get a lot more than 5.5 after what happened in our first two meetings.
I’ll be there tomorrow! Any other Hoos going?
@BDragon round 2?!
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Wish I could swing a trip up north. But I’m knee deep on the campaign trail. I’ll be watching from somewhere in the greater Atl metro area.
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No Charlotte trip for me, but I have blocked off my calendar and scouted out the opening times for bars by my office.
Don’t really care who we play, but given it’s 51-50 at halftime, I’m cheering for regression to the mean for tomorrow regardless.
I’m pulling for triple overtime myself.
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That works too!
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Line opens at 4.5. Would’ve guessed higher
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Hard to beat a team 3 times
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