We get the Winner: UVA and Colorado State - 8:10pm on truTV

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Edited March 17 by shadow_operative

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[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Shocked and somewhat stoked to see that Texas got a 7 seed, as that seems very generous to me, but the possibility of playing Virginia does not instill me with confidence.

Please convince me that I'm a pessimistic idiot.

[shadow_operative 15932]

jay bilas just picked csu to beat us, followed by jay williams picking uva to beat us. 

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

I'm sure we got bumped to No.7 for the potential matchup with No.2 Tennessee. The committee had their pick. Guess they figured we already got belted once by Marquette so might as well let Tennessee have a crack. Both are flawed Nos.2, though.

[Gut Wagon 8065]

Our ability to go on a "run" lately seems limited to one game. Maybe we're due for a good performance, but I'm not confident we'll play well twice in a row. 

[Wulaw Horn 19063]

Gift of a draw though. For a 7 seed. 

[jeevsie 3733]

Don’t pay much attention nationally. Anything cause the late season slump for UVA? Injuries?

[MrX 723]

Neither UVA nor CSU can rebound worth a shit which is what kills us. So if we play a little bit of defense I think we advance. 

[shadow_operative 15932]

UVA can shoot the three though which is a huge weakness of ours. my initial hit reaction was that i’d rather face UVA just because i’ve had a resale crappy perception of them all year long while feeling the opposite about CSU (although they slid late), but after looking over both teams’ resumes more closely i don’t like the thought of facing a UVA team that can limit the possessions and that can hit from deep, not to mention the obvious coaching advantage. i think i’ll be rooting for CSU this tuesday.

Edited March 18 by shadow_operative

[LTtxfan 49142]

I hope CSU beats UVa. 

It will be a much more fun game to watch if Texas plays CSU than a grind out kinda game vs UVa.  

[Jiggy-Z 3432]

13 hours ago, MrX said:

Neither UVA nor CSU can rebound worth a shit which is what kills us. So if we play a little bit of defense I think we advance. 

i.e. They suck and we should win  convincingly.

[HookEm 2463]

16 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

I'm sure we got bumped to No.7 for the potential matchup with No.2 Tennessee.

Hmmm. Not so sure about this. The committee would have LOVED to match us up as an 8 seed vs. Aggy as a 9 seed.  The fact that they didn't tells me we were very comfortably in the 7-seed or better range.

[Ignatius 4017]

16 hours ago, shadow_operative said:

jay bilas just picked csu to beat us, followed by jay williams picking uva to beat us. 

Too bad Jay Randolph is retired, we might have had a shot…

[Texas Wahoo 3389]

If we can stop Mamadi Diakite, we've got a shot.  This is still one of my favorite non-Texas college sporting memories.

 

 

[shadow_operative 15932]

we are so fucked.

 

[Js1 85261]

Only if he suits up in the final 30 seconds of the game

[shadow_operative 15932]

lol uva did not think they deserved to get in:

 

 

[The Dog 44017]

Spoiler

 

[TommysTinyTowels 785]

4 hours ago, HookEm said:

Hmmm. Not so sure about this. The committee would have LOVED to match us up as an 8 seed vs. Aggy as a 9 seed.  The fact that they didn't tells me we were very comfortably in the 7-seed or better range.

Yeah, they would have matched us with A&M, but the aggies just stole the Nebraska AD, so both the A&M and Husker men and women teams will face each other in the first round for drama.

That left Texas vs the Rickster for the story line for our game( If we both make it ), so they bumped us up to the 7.  We're not a 7.

[Js1 85261]

6 minutes ago, TommysTinyTowels said:

Yeah, they would have matched us with A&M, but the aggies just stole the Nebraska AD, so both the A&M and Husker men and women teams will face each other in the first round for drama.

That left Texas vs the Rickster for the story line for our game( If we both make it ), so they bumped us up to the 7.  We're not a 7.

NCAA committee had us 27th. NET had us 30th.  7 wasn't extreme. 

[Hank_Hill 18789]

2 hours ago, TommysTinyTowels said:

  We're not a 7.

Actually we are

[Huckleberry 32845]

16 hours ago, Js1 said:

NCAA committee had us 27th. NET had us 30th.  7 wasn't extreme. 

#27 in Kenpom, #30 in NET, #24 Massey, #29 in my EWP (not published)

We're not as good as we want to be but saying we don't deserve a 7 seed is silly. We are right in that range. 7/8 is exactly what we "deserve" based on our season. 

[Js1 85261]

6 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

#27 in Kenpom, #30 in NET, #24 Massey, #29 in my EWP (not published)

We're not as good as we want to be but saying we don't deserve a 7 seed is silly. We are right in that range. 7/8 is exactly what we "deserve" based on our season. 

If you asked most of us Sunday morning what seed we were going to be, I think the vast majority would have said 8. So a one seed like deviationdoes not warrant an egregious “over seeded” complaint. 

[The_Great_Hornsby 3236]

1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

#27 in Kenpom, #30 in NET, #24 Massey, #29 in my EWP (not published)

We're not as good as we want to be but saying we don't deserve a 7 seed is silly. We are right in that range. 7/8 is exactly what we "deserve" based on our season. 

I actually thought we had an outside shot at a 6 if we had beaten KSU. I thought we were firmly in the 7 seed territory and when I saw TCU show up as a 9, I knew for sure we would be a 7. 

[BigOrange1 6432]

anyone who knows how the fuck to read resumes knew all the bracketoligists had has underseeded all year long.

[Crockett 490]

19 hours ago, The Dog said:

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"Always dangerous"

[HookEm 2463]

I think we would rather play Virginia.  Colorado State is a much more experienced team. 95% of their conference win shares come from seniors.  Are efficient scoring the ball, ranking 18th in FG% vs.  #257 for Virginia.  

CSU has beaten some good teams including:

• #11 Creighton by 20 points!  in Kansas City
• #21 San Diego State by 8
• #23 New Mexico by 8
• #26 Colorado by 5

Virginia's best win was waaay back on November 11, beating #29 Florida by 3 in Charlotte.  Since then, they haven't beaten a single top-30 team.  The best they have done is beat #34 Clemson by 1.  They have seen a number of good teams, but the results have been ugly. They played UNC to within 10.  Duke blew them out. Virginia Tech blew them out.  Memphis blew them out.  Wisconsin blew them out. 

I wouldn't be surprised if CSU beats them by double digits tonight.

[Js1 85261]

Counterpoint: it’s March, so who the fuck knows 

[Rimbo 25908]

20 hours ago, The Dog said:

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@Pancho @immamac

please change thread title to reflect that the game is at 8:10 tonight on truTV. 🤘🏼 

Edited March 19 by shadow_operative

[Js1 85261]

1 minute ago, shadow_operative said:

@Pancho @immamac

please change thread totle to reflect that the game is at 8:10 tonight on truTV. 🤘🏼 

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

So who y'all got for dis? Care to make it interesting? I'm willing to wager any amount of @Rimbo's money.

[shadow_operative 15932]

i’ve had such a shitty perception of UVA all year that i have to think CSU will win. they’re from a tough conference too. they’ve got some good wins this year. i’m expecting them to win, but nothing will surprise me.

[Underdog 28544]

What’s a truTV? 

[YGIFS 19449]

It's tru, it's tru! /ripKAHN

[HouTex 1866]

I really hope UVa doesn’t win and then beat UT.  I have several UT friends whose kids couldn’t get into UT but got into UVA.  Some of them, amazingly to me, will pull for UVa against their own school.  I’ll never understand it.

[Deej 76751]

13 minutes ago, Underdog said:

What’s a truTV? 

The truTV games are on MAX.

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and the MAX games are on Slurp HD.

[jimmyjazz 45879]

17 minutes ago, HouTex said:

I really hope UVa doesn’t win and then beat UT.  I have several UT friends whose kids couldn’t get into UT but got into UVA.

That seems a little surprising, to be honest, but UT has a way of fucking up admissions.

 

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 Some of them, amazingly to me, will pull for UVa against their own school.  I’ll never understand it.

Wait, the kids are pulling against UT or the parents?  I'd tell my kid "good luck" and then to pound sand for a couple of hours.

[Underdog 28544]

Wagner to the FF… book it. 

[dcar00 14149]

5 hours ago, Js1 said:

Counterpoint: it’s March, so who the fuck knows 

This.  I mean, just ask Virgina...

[Js1 85261]

Just now, dcar00 said:

This.  I mean, just ask Virgina...

And Purdon’t

and ACU

Edited March 19 by Js1

[Hank_Hill 18789]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

 

 

Wait, the kids are pulling against UT or the parents?  I'd tell my kid "good luck" and then to pound sand for a couple of hours.

Yea I’d tell my dumbass kids they should’ve studied harder if they wanted to root for the same basketball team

[HouTex 1866]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

That seems a little surprising, to be honest, but UT has a way of fucking up admissions.

 

Wait, the kids are pulling against UT or the parents?  I'd tell my kid "good luck" and then to pound sand for a couple of hours.

No, the parents that are UT exes.  Still pissed their kids didn’t get into UT.  

[Herpa Derpa 6123]

Maybe they should have raised smarter kids.

[shadow_operative 15932]

lmao, uva shot clock violation on opening possession.

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UVA takes 57 seconds over their first two possessions before getting up a single shot.

Edited March 20 by shadow_operative

[Braff Zacklin 13552]

Pretty obvious foul on CSU's second possession--first defender was all over the offensive player, but instead of embellishing the contact, the offensive player waited for the defender to roll off him, which gave another defender time to adjust and block his shot.

[shadow_operative 15932]

2-0 score with 3:20 played.