Kansas or UNC
Michigan will face the winner of Kansas/UNC this afternoon, as we all know. In March, its not all about the better seed being a harder game, its about the matchups. We all saw that against VCU, a matchup that weighed in our favor.
So who do we want to face: Kansas or UNC?
our game will be the earlier game cause they give the proposed early game to the # 1 seed as an advantage of having a little more rest time. That's why I think MSU v Duke Will be the later 2/3 seeded game in that region.
As far as who I'd rather play....Kansas' supposed height advantage ends with Withey, he's their only really big guy. With the way Mitch is playing, I like that match-up. THJ is a veteran and I like him to check McClemore, I like Trey to dominate their PG.
I think we would beat UNC as well, but I think Kansas is really over-rated
I think we would handle them better
I know it's early, but based on what I see from these teams right now I don't think either would give us much trouble. UNC's offensive rebounding worries me a bit, but neither team appears to have anyone that can score as easily as Burke and THJ (or GRIII, if he plays like he has this postseason)
UNC, no question.
How's your bracket doing?
Kansas can't throw the ball in the ocean from the beach to start this.
UNC and Kansas are currently playing horrifying basketball.
Kansas has no offense lol...and they can't shoot threes.
It's a tough one...but I would take UNC because of weaker D and the fact they don't have a giant
They both seem to have glaring weaknesses. Bring em on!
They both seem to have glaring weaknesses. Bring em on!
Most RPI top-50 wins in the country, 6-1 against RPI top 25, Won the Big 12 regular season and conference tournaments.
One thing that I haven't seen talked about yet (sorry if missed), is point guard play. I think Burke vs. Paige gives us a much better matchup than Burke vs. Johnson. Paige may be the better player but he is also a freshman while Johnson is a senior. Experience is definitely a key factor at this time of the year.
"Time Out." (hommage to Webber) I want them to be put in their place. . .
I don't believe this has been mentioned yet, but when we won the national championship in 1989, we defeated North Carolina in the Sweet 16. I certainly wouldn't mind history repeating itself.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-03-24/sports/8903290979_1_inter…
I'm in the process of hopefully getting a copy of that game.
Of course, anything I upload to YouTube gets blocked so it may not matter.
I want UNC. They have been inconsistant all year. It would scew my bracket. But, I want what is best for M.
If we play UNC, I imagine the commentators will mention Chris Webber's timeout about 50 times. We may have to watch that game on mute.
Well my satellite just went out here in Bloomington. Hoping it comes back on soon in this blizzard so I can finish watching this game.
kinda like the WKU game for Kansas
both of these teams look like garbage...UNC especially
But if Michigan plays like they did against VCU, we will beat KU. We'll just sick McGary on the KU giant!
The consensus seems to be UNC, and I don't exactly disagree, but Kansas sure is having trouble with a smallish, athletic, ballhandling team. Which reminds me of someone.
Withey scares me
Morgan will be playing the majority of D I hope. But yeah, I can imaging Withey swatting away almost anyone who tries to take it it the hoop
Plus I want revenge for Webber!!!
Kansas is playing at home and they will still have an advantage in the s16, but not nearly as much.
looks like kansas showed up at halftime
Wasn't able too see our game yesterday, was it pretty much the same?
Watching both games on TV, our crowd was happy and excited. But it was nothing like this.
Dear god, Kansas is deadly. They are gonna be TOUGH.
They have outscored UNC 45-12 in the second half so far.
The pessimist in me fears that THIS is the Kansas team we'll be playing. The second half team that's shooting over 80%. Not the first half team that couldn't score and turned the ball over 20 times.
They also have a guy who is seventeen feet tall and skilled. That is bad for us.
Going to be great matchup and good game.
And this is why we wanted UNC to pull this off. Yikes.
finds his shot and thj stays on fire, cuz we aren't scoring inside against withey