Championship game vs Purdue

[JScottWriter]

Damn why do they have to play MTSU first? I was hoping to root for my alma mater for at least one round.

 

[johnny2x2x]

I think the 4 and 5 in our region are better than Utah, the 3. Great draw. Now go out and win the whole thing. Forbes breaks out of his slump and we cAn beat anyone.

 

[gotime909]

I'd rather have this draw than if we would have gotten the 1 out west.

 

[LuciousGameWinner]

I'd rather have this draw than if we would have gotten the 1 out west.

I disagree. Kansas and Oregon got really easy draws.

North Carolina got absolutely screwed. That whole bracket is loaded.

 

[gotime909]

I disagree. Kansas and Oregon got really easy draws.

North Carolina got absolutely screwed. That whole bracket is loaded.

I'd rather play in St Louis and Chicago vs Spokane and Anaheim.

 

[Spartanmack]

vitale just picked KY to go to final four. go home dicky v, you're drunk

 

[Sbee]

I like the draw and where we play, I don't like the disrespect with the 2 seed. Funny that UVA didn't win their conference and didn't win the conference tourney, you rarely if ever see a 1 seed that didn't do either.

 

[Sbee]

can't express how much these last two games help us, we've blown people out for the last month basically and then we go and win two tough games when jumpers aren't falling. we won those games with big defensive stops late with Davis and Costello making plays.

this is a perfect practice exam

 

[boogerlovejoy]

I like the draw and where we play, I don't like the disrespect with the 2 seed. Funny that UVA didn't win their conference and didn't win the conference tourney, you rarely if ever see a 1 seed that didn't do either.

I will not complain about the seed with that draw. If we don't make it out of that bracket we don't deserve to be in the final four. There isn't a team it our region we can't beat if we play a B+ game.

 

[Spartan23MSU]

:cheers:

I like the draw and where we play, I don't like the disrespect with the 2 seed. Funny that UVA didn't win their conference and didn't win the conference tourney, you rarely if ever see a 1 seed that didn't do either.

Exactly, the fact we arent a 1 is a fucking joke.:bs:

 

[Spartan23MSU]

I like the draw and where we play, I don't like the disrespect with the 2 seed. Funny that UVA didn't win their conference and didn't win the conference tourney, you rarely if ever see a 1 seed that didn't do either.

not to mention beaten by us back to back. weaksauce

 

[Sbee]

not to mention beaten by us back to back. weaksauce

decent chance we don't play them anyway but you're going to have someone decent in your bracket.

 

[MSUMatt28]

Us not getting a 1 aside, this is easily the worst job I've ever seen done by the committee. Agree Virginia getting a 1 without a regular or tournament championship is bad. They did some good work OOC but it wasn't that murderous of a schedule. All the love given the Pac 12 when best I can tell all they did was beat other. Oregon's best OOC win was Baylor. Oregon State's resume was that of a bubble team and they're a 7. South Carolina played a crap schedule but if you're 11-7 in the SEC and 24-8 overall you need to be in. Monmouth with the best non-conference resume of a mid-major that I can remember can't get in, and Tulsa does nothing and finishes 5th in the American and does? Texas A&M a 3 ahead of Kentucky who tied them in the SEC, beat them in the tournament and who also had wins vs Louisville and Duke.


Just a really bad job and inconsistencies everywhere.

 

[johnny2x2x]

Us not getting a 1 aside, this is easily the worst job I've ever seen done by the committee. Agree Virginia getting a 1 without a regular or tournament championship is bad. They did some good work OOC but it wasn't that murderous of a schedule. All the love given the Pac 12 when best I can tell all they did was beat other. Oregon's best OOC win was Baylor. Oregon State's resume was that of a bubble team and they're a 7. South Carolina played a crap schedule but if you're 11-7 in the SEC and 24-8 overall you need to be in. Monmouth with the best non-conference resume of a mid-major that I can remember can't get in, and Tulsa does nothing and finishes 5th in the American and does? Texas A&M a 3 ahead of Kentucky who tied them in the SEC, beat them in the tournament and who also had wins vs Louisville and Duke.


Just a really bad job and inconsistencies everywhere.

How about St. Boniventure? 29 RPI, 3-1 against top25 teams and they get left out. Tulsa was a bubble team before getting blown out by 20 in the first round of the tourney. UM got paired with them because the committee wants to see UM-ND. Texas and Texas A&M are paired to play in round 2. Kentucky and IU are set to play in round 2.

The Big Ten got screwed on almost every seed. The PAC 12 is overrated.

 

[tomdalton22]

How about St. Boniventure? 29 RPI, 3-1 against top25 teams and they get left out. Tulsa was a bubble team before getting blown out by 20 in the first round of the tourney. UM got paired with them because the committee wants to see UM-ND. Texas and Texas A&M are paired to play in round 2. Kentucky and IU are set to play in round 2.

The Big Ten got screwed on almost every seed. The PAC 12 is overrated.

Outside of MSU, the Big Ten was really bad this year. It wouldn't surprise me if MSU is the only team in the Big 10 that makes it past the first weekend.

 

[Sbee]

Outside of MSU, the Big Ten was really bad this year. It wouldn't surprise me if MSU is the only team in the Big 10 that makes it past the first weekend.

I wouldn't guarantee anyone. I have Purdue losing to ISU but against my better judgement I have Iowa making the sweet 16. I think they can gather themselves and beat Villanova.

 

[Spartanmack]

I wouldn't guarantee anyone. I have Purdue losing to ISU but against my better judgement I have Iowa making the sweet 16. I think they can gather themselves and beat Villanova.

Iowa State is totally overrated - the way people talk about them you'd think they still had Fred Hoiberg and 2 former Spartans on their roster. Niang is at best a scorer - he doesn't know how to win. That said, I don't think Purdue is anything special either - it looks like a matchup of 2 teams that aren't going anywhere. Iowa looks awful right now but you would think they could at least pull out of their slump and play a really good game.

The team that scares me the most in our bracket is Seton Hall. They are playing really well right now. But they are young, so they could easily underperform. I think our bracket is primed for the 1 and 2 seed to make it to the Regional Final.

 

[MSUMatt28]

I agree that things point to another MSU-Virginia matchup. I think we are better than Virginia, but to knock them out a third year in a row is going to be tough.

 

[Spartan23MSU]

As a virginia fan you know they had to gasp at seeing us in their bracket again. Damn michigan state AGAIN" lol

 

[Sbee]

I agree that things point to another MSU-Virginia matchup. I think we are better than Virginia, but to knock them out a third year in a row is going to be tough.

I wouldn't put any stock into that. we will beat Virginia this year if we are better than they are and play well, the fact that we beat them two years in a row shouldn't play a part. our players know their players and they know us so there is no advantage there. As for extra motivation or revenge, I think our guys have all of the motivation that they need.