March 15, 200917 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 11:29 PM) Jesus, the South is stacked! Syracuse isn't a great 3 seed, but Arizona St. is a great 6 seed.
March 15, 200917 yr QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 10:30 PM) Illanoy has to play WKU and if they survive, Gonzaga in the NW, cmon. Gonzaga is the soft type of team thought that Weber thrives against though.
March 15, 200917 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 05:31 PM) Oklahoma vs. NC would be sweet. I don't like Michigan's match up. Yeah me neither but it's great to see them back in it. When was the last time? 11 years ago with Robert Traylor and the gang?
March 15, 200917 yr QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 05:35 PM) Ugh, Michigan/Wisconsin/Arizona over St. Mary's? Michigan is rightfully in. Gaels should be in over Wildcats. Edited March 15, 200917 yr by Brian
March 15, 200917 yr LSU could be a bad match-up for UNC. UNC can't guard the three, and Thornton's a fantastic player. Johnson has huge length, which could give Hansbrough fits.
March 15, 200917 yr Western Kentucky shoots a ton of 3s which gives me some concern because our perimeter defense isn't as strong without Frazier. And I really don't like us that much vs. Gonzaga without Frazier because I think our guards will struggle keeping Pargo out of the paint. Basically with Illinois this year though it comes down to whether we hit our jump shots, we do that we are a very good team. When we don't we can lose to just about anyone. Edited March 15, 200917 yr by whitesoxfan99
March 15, 200917 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 05:37 PM) Michigan is rightfully in. Gaels should be in over Wildcats. Two losses to Wisconsin, one to Penn State, they lost to Iowa, and barely beat Savannah freakin State. Yes, they beat Duke and UCLA early in the season, but they finished 9-9 in the Big Ten.
March 16, 200917 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 05:31 PM) Oklahoma vs. NC would be sweet. I don't like Michigan's match up. I think Michigan has a chance to actually go a few rounds where they are.
March 16, 200917 yr QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 04:48 PM) Two losses to Wisconsin, one to Penn State, they lost to Iowa, and barely beat Savannah freakin State. Yes, they beat Duke and UCLA early in the season, but they finished 9-9 in the Big Ten. While they beat Duke, they also lost to them.
March 16, 200917 yr QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 08:02 PM) While they beat Duke, they also lost to them. So that cancels it out? Got it.
March 16, 200917 yr I think Illinois got a good draw here. Going out west to start sucks, but they got a 5 seed when I thought they would get a 6 or even a 7 due to Frazier being hurt, and no matter how it plays out, they will have to beat two mid majors to get to the sweet 16. Gonzaga is a traditional choker this time of year, but I still think this is the most talented them they've had since their elite 8 team a decade ago. If there was ever a draw that Illinois could manufacture into a sweet 16 berth, this is it (although Carolina would blow them out.) I think Carolina will win this region though, I think they got a great draw here, although I would love to see Butler get past LSU because they always give really good teams major problems. And I think Wisconsin was the Big 10 team that didn't deserve to be in and got in anyways (other than Penn State, who is correctly in the NIT), Michigan deserved to be in the field. Edited March 16, 200917 yr by whitesoxfan101
March 16, 200917 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 09:04 PM) I think Illinois got a good draw here. Are you sure you arent just trying to see the sunshine on a cloudy day? Gonzaga is a pretty terrible draw for Ill.
March 16, 200917 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 09:12 PM) Are you sure you arent just trying to see the sunshine on a cloudy day? Gonzaga is a pretty terrible draw for Ill. Gonzaga's recent hot play has been against an awful conference. The one time they stepped out of the league, Memphis (who I still question), kicked their ass. Having to play out west isn't a great deal, but I was expecting Illinois to be a 6 or 7 and have to play Duke in Greensboro or Villanova in Philly in the 2nd round or something of that nature if they even got past whoever their first round opponent would have been in that scenario. So in relationship to my expectations, yes this is a great draw.
March 16, 200917 yr I love our draw here. We hadn't had much hope entering the tourney, but WKU isn't exactly a great 12 seed. If we lose, it'll be because of ourselves. Tisdale should be able to feast, and they'll also being showing a zone versus us. The Zags out in Portland isn't too much fun, but we would definitely have a chance. Their resume outside of beating on WCC opponents is not exactly great.
March 16, 200917 yr QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Mar 15, 2009 -> 10:01 PM) I love our draw here. We hadn't had much hope entering the tourney, but WKU isn't exactly a great 12 seed. If we lose, it'll be because of ourselves. Tisdale should be able to feast, and they'll also being showing a zone versus us. The Zags out in Portland isn't too much fun, but we would definitely have a chance. Their resume outside of beating on WCC opponents is not exactly great. Yeah really the only thing that scares me against WKU is that we go into one of our prolonged shooting slumps. Gonzaga is one of the most talented teams in the country but they haven't played well against good competition this year. It will be interesting and I would love to make the Sweet 16 to get our beat down from UNC.
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