Selection Sunday Open Thread
by Ben Broman on Mar 15, 2009 1:56 PM EDT
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PrintBrackets released at 6:00 pm on CBS. Post any and all reactions here.
FWIW, Joe Lunardi is furiously updating his bracket...he moved UMD down one spot, but now they're playing LSU. I'd love to play LSU, especially because they haven't played a decent team in like two months.
For more news, check out the two SBN blogs on college basketball Searching For Billy Edelien and Blogging the Bracket.
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Frank Haith Might be Leaving Miami
http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/03/15/frank-haith-out-at-miami/
Hmm…he was never a great coach, but Miami was worse off before him. Wonder who they’d get as a replacement.
I f*cking told you al
Bruce Pearl sucks.
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UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
No one here
But CBS sportsline, foxsports, having to listen to everyone talk about what an elite program Tennessee is…
Gary Williams does not lose that game to Mississippi State, bejus.
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UMD 8/04 - 5/08: Go Terps!
Tennessee's Lose
That hurts. I think the Terps deserve a bid more than Creighton or Saint Mary’s but the NCAA loves stories and the Terps winning a first round game isn’t as big a deal as a mid-major.
If the "story" idea truly applies
I’m not sure it does, but if it does, we’re in 100%. If they’re that concerned about mid-major stories, they’d care because publicity/money/ratings/insert other cynical term here, right? No popular team (UVa, VT, Georgetown) from the area is even close to getting in. They’ll want the midatlantic to give a **** about the tourney, especially because no one cares about mid-majors anyway.
If they don’t care about mid-majors, we’re in anyway. Win-win, right?
It's strange because...
I can’t remember as a Maryland fan ever being this uncertain about getting in the tourney… Usually were worried about what seed we’ll get or we just have no realistic shot.
On who we might play (assuming we're in)
Ok, so we’re an 11 seed, 10 at best.
That means we would play a 7 or a 6.
So here are the teams that lunardi has ranked 6 and 7:
Ariz. St.
Utah
Marquette
California
LSU
West Virginia
Tennessee
Illinois
Really, I don’t think there is a team on that list that I think the terps won’t have a chance of beating.
However, the team I’d most like to play would probably be Marquette who is nothing without D. James.
The team I’d least like to play is surprisingly Utah. Their best player is a 7’3’’ monster who averages a double double a game. We would have absolutely no answer for him and he would force us to take too many jump shots.
I wouldn’t mind playing Illinois actually. A team who scored 33 points in 40 minutes can clearly be beaten.
marquette hasn't really won a game of importance
since james went down…and they’ve had plenty of chances….
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
No, but they've always played well
They haven’t won a big game, but they haven’t been blown out. I don’t think they’re a horrible matchup, but they’re not a great one. Jerel McNeal is pretty good.
My team of choice is still LSU – their conference is ****ing horrible, and I just have a good feeling about that. If we could get Tennessee I’d be ecstatic. I’ll take Illinois. Just please, please don’t get Utah or Arizona State. They would throttle us.
gimmie a guard oriented team please!
what we want is a team who has no clue how to attack a zone (i.e. get it inside through ball movement)…guard heavy teams try to drive into the middle of the zone…that’s what we want
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 4:33 PM EDT up reply actions
OT: I've been looking at Padge and JWill
They really could be great. I didn’t realize how highly they were regarded. Both just went off their senior years. Rivals still has them at 3*, but that hasn’t been updated in forever. Scout and ESPN tend to be better in hoops (Rivals dominates football, struggles in basketball), and ESPN has both as very high 4 star guys. I’m very intrigued by their potential. Williams will start day one, and if Padgett puts some weight on, he’ll be all-acc before long. Even if Padgett stays at the same weight, if he is just average with his scouting reports, we have another James Gist. Williams could be dominant, actually. Obviously, he’s harder to judge, but even if you scale his numbers to better competition, it’s still pretty sick.
Of course, Stephenson would be the crown jewel, and a lot of insiders in NYC are predicting him to Maryland. I’m actually getting excited about the future.
Haha not quite yet
Didn’t do it with Gary in mind. I was checking out Lance, didn’t really find anything new, and just started googling the two. They are legit. I gotta say, though, he impressed me with getting these guys before they blew up.
padgett t i think
is a more polished dino
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 5:18 PM EDT up reply actions
wisconsin moving closer to the bubble...
now in the last four in…
could lunardi be privy to some leak from the committee and prepping the badgers for some bad news?
OT: next year
think about this as a potential recruiting class:
padgett
jwill
vinson
stephenson
when you add those guys to tucker, bowie, mosely, hayes, dino, brax (guys i expect to be back as contributors) and maybe, just maybe GV we are looking at being a top 10 team if all the pieces fall into place…if gv and stephenson come, we are final four material
All depends on who develops/leaves
I don’t think we could have all of the four + everyone coming back. Goins may transfer, I think Brax will as well. Tucker could still leave. But still, this lineup:
GV
Hayes
Lance
Milbourne
JWill
——————
Bowie
Mosley
Vinson
Dino
Padgett
That would be a hell of a lineup. Not final four unless Hayes plays like the ACCT, Mosley has a big jump, and JWill has to live up to his rep, but it’d be ACC champ potential. I could see an Elite 8 run.
brax....
i hope he comes back…he is our next will bowers
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Of course
Now that we’re hopeful, the odds of Lance coming here have dropped like 65%. I’m bracing for getting left out of the tourney, having Lance Stephenson declare for Kansas, and Vaz declaring he goes pro. Seriously, if Lance comes here, GV probably stays and we’re elite 8 material. If he doesn’t, GV probably leaves, and we’ll probably be NIT-bound. I hate hinging on one recruit’s decision, but we really are right now.
no way we go to the nit next year
we have too many good young players like mosely, tucker, dino and bowie who will develop…i’ve seen it before…they will never be superstars…but they are already good and their weaknesses are all things you would expect could be addressed….milbourne is a all acc player next year too
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
final thought b4 i move to selection mode
here are the scenarios:
gv stays, stephenson comes, we nab vinson: i think that makes us final four material
gv stays, stephenson comes, no vinson: still final four material
gv stays, no stephenson,but vinson: sweet sixteen material with the potential for a deep run
gv stays, no stephenson or vinson: tourny lock, who knows
gv leaves, stephenson comes, vinson comes: tourny lock, who knows…
gv leaves, no stephenson, but vinson: bubble team
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions
that line up would kill people
think about it…all we are missing is someone who has an inside presence…as long as jwill can be a big body inside…that line up would kill people…
expect brax to be our wilbo…five fouls to give…and expect him to develop more touch in the post a la wilbo…
i’m f-ing excited man…even if we don’t get lance…and even if gv jumps…i’m excited…i like the group of core players we get to have on our side the next couple of year…
oh and mosely is a starter next year…no doubt…he’s potential all acc by the time he leaves
Over Hayes? Alright
I could see that, I guess. I was thinking Gary might give the senior a nod, especially because he doesn’t care about the starting lineup at all, but Mosley could start in that situation.
bill self seems to think
there will be a lot of upsets…I sure hope so
ughss...calipari again?
we get it…you think the selection committee has been fair to you and that you should be a one because you’ve not been upset lately…
honestly…how many times is this jackass gonna pre-emptively whine?
He's a boldfaced liar
“I’m just a coach, and I’m not going to get into that, but we have only lost two games and deserve to be a one seed.” He completely flip-flopped within one sentence.
unfortunately
he will be cutting the nets methinks
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 5:58 PM EDT up reply actions
OT: as a law student...
i get a kick out of the fact that lebron would do a commercial where he is a lawyer…
guards stepped up against cuse
guard play is the key for them…they need someone to get them buckets down the stretch
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:02 PM EDT up reply actions
3 big east number 1s...memphis gets snubbed
probably b/c calipari is such a jackass…his team deserves a number one but nobody likes a whiner
I disagree
Memphis’ SoS was too low and their conference sucked too hard. They need to play an all-star schedule in the nonconference to ever get another #1.
top ten rpi tho
just sayin…also give them the eye test…they are looking great…
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:06 PM EDT up reply actions
also
it doesn’t really matter…the top seeds can settle these differences on the court…
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions
they were on the outside looking in
according to most
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes...
that was a team not expected to be in.
I just hope that was Creigton's Spot...
I dont think they deserve to be here.
nor does st. mary's
they had their guy back and still lost to the zags
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
lunardi is all kinds of off so far
got the number ones wrong…dayton was a lot closer to the bubble…zona is in….
Hey man any given day.
You gotta play the game.
dude...sweet sixteen wasn't realistic anyways
we have a good chance to win our first game…that’s all that matters…then…who knows
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely we got to the dance that's all that matters...
anything at this point is just they cherry on top
i know what you mean but...
you never know! thats what makes the ncaa’s so exciting, if we have a good day and they’re not so hot…we know we can COMPETE with the best. we’ll see what happens
I live in saint louis
but don’t have a car…i think i’ll have to figure something out…
saw the terps in the tourny in buffalo get hosed against butler and that was a great experience
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions
hmm interesting
texas v. minnesota
then duke
duke may struggle against a tubby smith team…but would massacre texas imo b/c they turn it over too much
Minny doesn't have the talent
They’re not good enough to beat Duke. 9 times out of 10, Duke wins. Texas has enough talent for that to be intriguing.
texas will not beat duke
no way, no how…mark it down….they are too poorly coached…they have talent, but are crazy with the ball…that’s the kind of team duke kills a la fsu today
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:34 PM EDT up reply actions
ahhh washington state??
vasquez totally deserved the game changing award, he was terrific for the whole game, not just for one shot
Haha LSU
is going to ge destroyed by Butler
maybe..maybe now
butler did just lose to cleveland state
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:36 PM EDT up reply actions
wow what a killer bracket that is
a state
temple
cuse
then on the bottom
clemson
michigan
oklahoma
that is my must watch bracket
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 6:38 PM EDT up reply actions
No one is giving us any respect...
good, hope Gary can use it.
My thoughts exactly
Don’t want to take off…although, depending on the time, I may be able to watch the game on my iPhone.
Doesn't look good for us
Cal is incredibly good at threes, and we don’t have the size to exploit them. Fortunately, they don’t have the size to exploit our lack of size, either.
live by the three...die by the three
we don’t have the size…but good luck keeping mosely off the glass with your skinny pretty boy guards who shoot three’s
take a deep breath…we are playing on house money….and we will be a tough, tough out for anyone….because we never, ever give up
by tiimbitz4786 on Mar 15, 2009 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions
Can I also say...
I now have an even bigger reason to root for my local Cal State Northridge to beat Memphis. It’s not going to happen, but i’m happy all of my friends are gonna get the thrill of them watching an important game against a great team.
Good luck, Terps! Should be a fun game.
I just hope I don’t have to hear any “JUST LIKE FOOTBALL” chants!
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