I'm wondering what threats they really pose? They can rock you like a hurricane?
Other than the tourney, I had not seen them play, so decided to do some looking. What is there to fear?
ACC? Maybe a few years ago, but that conference is down, down, down.
Their biggest wins? Duke. Okay, but they split and it's not the Duke of old. Xavier and Purdue. Um. Okay. We know what X is and Purdue got bounced the first week again.
Tournament resume? Drake. Ugly game and won with FTs. The Hoosiers? Big Ten's also rans. Houston. Sampson is a good coach, but his players are pretty much street ballers when faced with real competition. This game was high scoring, but ugly basketball throughout. Cougar High abandoned all hope and tried to play keep up with the three once they fell behind. It didn't hurt that Pack played the game of his life.
Personnel wise, they really are not that deep. Wong, Omier, and Miller are the main guys. With little depth at the big position, we can exploit the paint all night long.
Their defensive rankings are, well, not impressive.
This looks like another team that has good guards with chemistry when they don't face much adversity. But the Longhorns are good at disrupting your chemistry.
It's a shot at the Final Four, so it's obviously time to be respectful of your opponent. But we're on a mission, and they don't seem to have the goods.
What did I miss?