Bracketology and Team Resumes

[Crimson and Cream 5,763]

1 minute ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Tyler Tachman -

More info on Kent State: shooting 33.6% from deep, but held opponents to 31% from deep. Three players averaging in double-figures scoring per game, two of which are veteran guards.

Certainly plays in our favor

[Hoosier Guy 7,491]

Purdue is absolutely screwed if they play Memphis

[IU - Kaulie 1,889]

A couple of big surprises for me is Houston higher than Kansas and no Rutgers.  
 

I really like where we are and our path while that’s a nightmare road for Purdue.

[HoosierHoopster 6,524]

2 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Tyler Tachman -

More info on Kent State: shooting 33.6% from deep, but held opponents to 31% from deep. Three players averaging in double-figures scoring per game, two of which are veteran guards.

That’s not a bad matchup 

[Banksyrules 4,368]

Don't want to play Iowa but otherwise I'm good with our placing. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 82,987]

If you really want to dive into Kent State's team and player stats --

https://kentstatesports.com/sports/mens-basketball

[Hoosier Guy 7,491]

IU better come ready to play. Can’t sleep on anyone in this tournament

[str8baller 4,922]

1 minute ago, RaceToTheTop said:

Like the fact they haven't shot well from deep.  Typically three point defense doesn't mean that much against IU because we don't shoot them much.

Yea…We could lose. Any team could. Kent St has the profile of a team I’d want to play if I could choose.   
 

Our 3pt defense doesn’t pose as much of a liability. Nether do our 5 min scoring droughts. They’re good on defense but not used to playing guys like TJD and JHS. It might be close but we should do this.   
 

Miami on the other hand…yeesh. Go Drake!

[Banksyrules 4,368]

any early impressions of how we fair against Houston?

[Demo 18,986]

2 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Hmm that Vermont team…

Normally I’d be here too because Becker is just gonna out coach the other guy pretty much always. But I like Marquette pretty well and Kolek has become my Gabe Cupps comp as a player and a kid who just wills teams to wins. 

[HoosierHoopster 6,524]

1 minute ago, str8baller said:

Yea…We could lose. Any team could. Kent St has the profile of a team I’d want to play if I could choose.   
 

Our 3pt defense doesn’t pose as much of a liability. Nether do our 5 min scoring droughts. They’re good on defense but not used to playing guys like TJD and JHS. It might be close but we should do this.   
 

Miami on the other hand…yeesh. Go Drake!

Drake’s a pretty dangerous team…

[AKHoosier 6,654]

Last time we went to a Final 4 we took down Kent State in the tournament.

Hopefully that's a sign!

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,174]

Duke's getting Oral

My mind went to the gutter

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[FortWayneHoosier 5,869]

1 minute ago, Banksyrules said:

any early impressions of how we fair against Houston?

Gotta beat Kent state first. 

Houston is a very good team we lose to them.

[HoosierHoopster 6,524]

Just now, Demo said:

Normally I’d be here too because Becker is just gonna out coach the other guy pretty much always. But I like Marquette pretty well and Kolek has become my Gabe Cupps comp as a player and a kid who just wills teams to wins. 

Marq looks excellent. 
But no matter how we analyze the teams pretty much every year there will be big upsets as we know, I always like what Vermont brings

[Home Jersey 5,791]

3 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

any early impressions of how we fair against Houston?

I don't know a whole lot about Houston aside from the fact they prioritize offensive rebounding vs transition defense. I don't think it's a great match up at all for us, but they're definitely not invincible. It's going to be tough to beat any 1 seed so I'm not mad about the draw. I am concerned about getting past Miami

[LIHoosier 25,333]

10 minutes ago, HoosierHoopster said:

So many ways i could go juvenile…

 

1 minute ago, woodenshoemanHoosierfan said:

My mind went to the gutter

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[TheWatShot 13,500]

4 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

any early impressions of how we fair against Houston?

I saw the second half of their loss to Temple back in January. Their offense looked like a lot of 1 on 1, iso plays and forced drives to the rim. I'm sure they're better than what I saw that day, but if we couldn't be in Purdue's region, this was probably the next best option. Sasser being out could hurt them. 

[Stuhoo 78,068]

9 minutes ago, Hoosier Guy said:

Purdue is absolutely screwed if they play Memphis

Purdue is absolutely screwed with the FAU draw too. 

FAU has a very big, very strong, pretty quick defensive 7 footer and on offense the spread the floor and shoot threes. 

And then a potential very hot Duke team?!?

Oh goodness that’s a suck draw for Puredoo.

[Uspshoosier 44,710]

Non con sos matters.   Rutgers got left out mostly because of a 318 non con sos.   A&M at the 7 seed tells me they penalized them for a terrible non con