Lunardi - 8 seed vs. UTEP then Duke in Jacksonville

[bamamarquettefan]

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.

[willie warrior]

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.

[Fullodds]

Lunardi has never picked matchups very well. 

[Eye]

Anything but opposite KU in the 8-9 game in Oklahoma City is fine with me.

[Brewtown Andy]

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.