Saturday CBB open thread

Submitted by jmblue on

Games of note, with team we should root for in bold:

Wisconsin and Indiana are in a tight game midway through the second half. 

MSU and OSU play at 4:00.  (Root for whichever you dislike less.)

Kansas State plays Kansas at 6:00.  After rooting for KSU all year, we now want them to lose to protect our seed.

UNLV vs. New Mexico at 6:00.  A UNLV upset would be great.

Syracuse vs. Louisville at 8:30.  Very important for Louisvile to win here.

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eamus_caeruli (not verified)

March 16th, 2013 at 6:18 PM ^

OSU winning, and if Wisconsin takes the BIG tomorrow, I think those scenarios help helps a lot in bracketology. Losing to a top 20 team, top 5 BIG team an eventual either runner-up or champ of the BIG tourney all will be factored into seeding.

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ghost

March 16th, 2013 at 6:18 PM ^

Midd Tenn St. is going to be a really interesting case tomorrow.  Great record, but not much in it.  On the other hand the other bubble teams don't have much in the way of quality wins.  

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jmblue

March 16th, 2013 at 6:33 PM ^

I've got to say, Thad Matta is a better coach than I thought.  I used to think he was basically your standard "good recruiter, bad bench coach" type, but he's done a nice job this year.

 

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E. Gordon Gee

March 16th, 2013 at 6:34 PM ^

I use to never understand how Michigan fans could hate Nix but after watching his dirty playing style,  seeing all the tweets by him posted on Mgoblog and comments I now understand your hate. I'm so glad to see that he is leaving MSU.  

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dc22

March 16th, 2013 at 6:47 PM ^

The way the buckeyes have responded after losing 3 of 4 including the blow out at Wisconsin to reel off 7 straight and the way Craft has picked up his game are incredibly impressive - I don't think many teams would like to have them on their side of the NCAA bracket.

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J.Madrox

March 16th, 2013 at 10:01 PM ^

Louisville's offense does not look good right now. Not sure if its because they can't set up the press/aren't very good in the half court, or whether Cuse's zone is to tough for them right now. Either way we need Louisville to get it together to hopefully ensure Michigan a spot in Auburn Hills.

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trueblueintexas

March 16th, 2013 at 10:46 PM ^

So what is the real ACC Tourney Championship game? The Syracuse/Louisville game tonight or the Miami/UNC game tomorrow? Are the winners going to play each other Monday to decide the #1 seed? This realignment thing is really confusing.

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