Every Expert Will Pick Murray St.

[Dish]

...and it doesn't matter. Every tv talking head that hasn't watched more than 2 college games will pick Murray St. They all have heard of Morant and Racers will be the easy/lazy national pick.

Don't let it bother you, none of that crap matters. If anything, Woj can use the "nobody believes in us" card.

[Benny B]

Bring it.  Team plays better as the underdog.

[NickelDimer]

Yep. And we got a cat that can drop 40+ at a moments notice. Hopefully getting away from BE refs allow Markus to get free more often and do his thing

[muwarrior69]

Yep. And we got a cat th
at can drop 40+ at a moments notice. Hopefully getting away from BE refs allow Markus to get free more often and do his thing

Big East refs have been assigned to every mu game

[MomofMUltiples]

This is so interesting because it was largely believed that if Murray State had not won its conference it would not make the tourney at all.  And indeed, if you look at their schedule they have not really beat anyone this year - lost to the only power conferences they played, Alabama and LSU.  I'll leave it to others who know where to find the details of Q1-Q4, but it's a head scratcher (outside of Ja Morant) why they're the popular upset pick.

https://goracers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=242

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

Gottelib didn't. He's kinda turned towards Marquette this year, real strange.

[drewm88]

This is so interesting because it was largely believed that if Murray State had not won its conference it would not make the tourney at all.  And indeed, if you look at their schedule they have not really beat anyone this year - lost to the only power conferences they played, Alabama and LSU.  I'll leave it to others who know where to find the details of Q1-Q4, but it's a head scratcher (outside of Ja Morant) why they're the popular upset pick.

https://goracers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=242

Alabama and Auburn. Both were single digit losses though, for what that's worth.

Here are the team sheets.
https://extra.ncaa.org/solutions/rpi/Stats%20Library/2019%20Selections%20Team%20Sheets.pdf

1-2 Q1 (neutral Belmont win)
1-2 Q2 (home Belmont loss, loss @ 130 Jacksonville St., win @135 Austin Peay)
4-0 Q3
19-0 Q4