The dreaded 8/9. I don't like the UTEP matchup. I know they haven't played tough competition and got stunned by Houston today, but I've heard them picked as a team that could stun a couple, and I think we have a real problem getting a second body on both Derrick Caracter (6-9 275) and Arnett Moultrie (6-11 225). They are both shot blocker typs and Lazar would have to really body up Caracter and not foul him to keep us from giving up a ton of offensive boards.
if we have to be an 8/9, I'll take Duke as a second round. Not a physical team that can push us around, and hopefully we can be hotter than them from behind the arc. Saw the state today though that the last 20 No. 1 seeds have all made it through the first weekend, so still hope we can avoid the 8/9 somehow.
Whatever our seed, we will have to deal with it.
The most important point is we must come to play--not like the clumsy performance we had against GTown.
Lunardi has never picked matchups very well.
Anything but opposite KU in the 8-9 game in Oklahoma City is fine with me.
Quote from: bamamarquettefan on March 14, 2010, 01:39:32 AM
The dreaded 8/9. I don't like the UTEP matchup. I know they haven't played tough competition and got stunned by Houston today, but I've heard them picked as a team that could stun a couple, and I think we have a real problem getting a second body on both Derrick Caracter (6-9 275) and Arnett Moultrie (6-11 225). They are both shot blocker typs and Lazar would have to really body up Caracter and not foul him to keep us from giving up a ton of offensive boards.
Except Zar is already familiar with how to outwork Caracter.