NC State

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Oso is not ready for NBA, he needs another year to work on his game.

He's not taking another year, and he is appearing on pretty much all of the mock drafts that I have seen.

Furthermore he doesn't need to be in college "to work on his game." He can on an NBA or G-League bench.

[WarriorFan]

Respect to NC State for figuring out how to win a few games.
Respect "the run" because when a team is winning they expect to win.

Then, go beat them by playing better basketball.

[MuggsyB]

Burns is almost 300 lbs like I was a great high school athlete. 

Burns is a large, large, man pbi and doesn't miss many meals.

I'm sticking with 325. 

[NCMUFan]

Marquette is an anomaly in regards to avoiding the transfer portal.
Speaking to my brother in law who is a Wake Forest grad, he said he did not know anyone on the team at the beginning of the season due to the complete transferring in and out of players.
Not sure if NC State was created the same way.
But it would seem this give MU a large advantage at the beginning of the season, but maybe not as much at the end.

[tower912]

Marquette is an anomaly in regards to avoiding the transfer portal.

2 P6 conference teams did not bring in anyone via the portal.  Both won at least one game in the tournament.

[NickelDimer]

Marquette is an anomaly in regards to avoiding the transfer portal.
Speaking to my brother in law who is a Wake Forest grad, he said he did not know anyone on the team at the beginning of the season due to the complete transferring in and out of players.
Not sure if NC State was created the same way.
But it would seem this give MU a large advantage at the beginning of the season, but maybe not as much at the end.

Shaka post game “relationships are our number one advantage and I believe it won us the game”

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Sorry if I point out MU faults occasionally

Just two games, both wins:

Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass. Only guy that came to play is Kolek.
Somebody needs to step up, or does Kolek need to carry the team.
Kam, get your head out of your ass. Or is that why you did not fare well in BEast accolades.
Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass. Only guy that came to play is Kolek. (Ed: Yes, he posted this twice).
Jop and Kam contesting whose head is further embedded in their ass. Wait, Reeker wins.
Bad idea
Ramsey headstill up his ass along with Osos
Get jobs ass on the bench. He is adding nothing except dung. This is a 15 seed beating our ass
What a pile of dung.
Oso is not ready for big time.
Shaka not ready for prime time either. A 15 seed.
What an embarrassment. Over ranked, over seeded and under coached.
He is not ready for the NBA and is proving it, just like he did against UConn.
Based on this performance, something is obviously wrong. Pure dung.
Even if we pull it out, which is highly doubtful, this is obviously embarrassing.
A 15 seed.
Based on this performance, something is obviously wrong. Pure dung.
Even if we pull it out, which is highly doubtful, this is obviously embarrassing.
A 15 seed. (Yes, the idiot double posted this as well)
There is no doubt. They won't.
Kam and Oso both with their head up their ass. Please both need to come back for seasoning
He needs to do something positive
Some people don't know basketball.
Heads firmly embedded in their asses
As usual, Brick City by Gold. Officially changing his name to Brick Gold.
Very weak by him.
Joplin dorking it up on both ends of court.
Their coach telling them they are fouling way too much. That is good strategy the way we are blowing FTs
Terrible puke rebounding.
Cmon Kolek. Wake up.
Joplin wake up
Brick Gold with another brick.
yes it is. Kam only guy that came to play. But right now he is playing hero ball.
Kam is playing out of control last minute
X should continue to foul. We cant make them.

[The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole]

Sorry, but who's "Ramsey?"

[Galway Eagle]

Sorry, but who's "Ramsey?"

A guy who's apparently very skilled with colonoscopies.

[Uncle Rico]

Sorry, but who's "Ramsey?"

Dung’s make belief friend

[MU82]

Sorry, but who's "Ramsey?"

He meant to say "Ramsay."



Thankfully, we unleashed the hounds on him!

[Hards Alumni]

[wisblue]

Even though there have not been anywhere near as many upsets of top seeded teams in the NCAA Tournament this year as there were  last year, the tournament has still provided several examples that illustrate that the difficulty of the path that a team has to follow to reach the Final Four depends a lot more on specific matchups and how the tournament plays out than what specific seed the team receives.

MU has the rare opportunity to make it to the Elite 8 without facing a team with a single digit seed. And yet, as we saw with Colorado, the fact that a team has a 10 seed does not guarantee that it will be easier to beat than a team with a higher seed.

Even if the NCAA seeding process were a perfect science. because it treats all games throughout the season equally, it does not account for teams that may be peaking at the end of the season. 11 seeds have reached the Final Four twice in the last 5 tournaments (Loyola in 2018 and UCLA in 2021).

When you see 11 seeds winning 3 of 4 against the 6 seeds, and 9 seeds winning 3 of 4 against 8 seeds (continuing the history of these games being tossups), it becomes pretty clear that the overall quality of teams on seed line X is not much different than the teams on seed line X+1.

[Viper]

Burns is a large, large, man pbi and doesn't miss many meals.

I'm sticking with 325. 

so, you sayin’ Davante’s work w/Oso no good, hey?

[drewm88]

Last year's Sunday regional finals were at 2:20 and 5:00 Central Time.

I believe that was ET. 1:20/4:00 CT last year.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

Even though there have not been anywhere near as many upsets of top seeded teams in the NCAA Tournament this year as there were  last year, the tournament has still provided several examples that illustrate that the difficulty of the path that a team has to follow to reach the Final Four depends a lot more on specific matchups and how the tournament plays out than what specific seed the team receives.

MU has the rare opportunity to make it to the Elite 8 without facing a team with a single digit seed. And yet, as we saw with Colorado, the fact that a team has a 10 seed does not guarantee that it will be easier to beat than a team with a higher seed.

Even if the NCAA seeding process were a perfect science. because it treats all games throughout the season equally, it does not account for teams that may be peaking at the end of the season. 11 seeds have reached the Final Four twice in the last 5 tournaments (Loyola in 2018 and UCLA in 2021).

When you see 11 seeds winning 3 of 4 against the 6 seeds, and 9 seeds winning 3 of 4 against 8 seeds (continuing the history of these games being tossups), it becomes pretty clear that the overall quality of teams on seed line X is not much different than the teams on seed line X+1.

.... and you can't know what those matchups are going to be so the best thing you can do before selection sunday is to earn as high a seed as possible because that gives you the best chance of an easier path.

If you are going to be in the top 9 seed lines, it is always better to try to move up a seed line,  this is not a controversial take.

[Scoop Snoop]

so, you sayin’ Davante’s work w/Oso no good, hey?

Remember when you were a little boy and saw adults near you? All adults looked like giants, right? Most of us get bigger ourselves and then we are no longer awed by big people. 

[MU82]

Oakland's thin 6-6 center, Trey Townsend, was able to get shots he wanted pretty easily and consistently despite being much shorter and lighter than NC State's bigs. He did hit two 3s, but mostly he shot from within 5 feet of the basket - taking the kind of jump hooks and other short shots that Oso takes (and makes with great frequency). The three times he pulled from 3 he was wide open, suggesting Gold might have those looks Friday.

NC State's two post players, Burns and Middlebrooks, did have 5 offensive rebounds each against Oakland, but NCSU also surrendered 11 offensive boards to a small Oakland team. Their other tall regular, 6-10 forward Mohamed Diarra, only had 1 offensive rebound as he often drifted along the arc, but he did have 13 rebs overall.

These tall players figure to challenge us on the boards, and as others noted Burns is surprisingly nimble around the basket ... but if Oso is right, he will present a significant matchup problem for them - he is much taller than Townsend but just as quick. If Joplin plays as well as he has been lately, he also would be a difficult matchup for them.

Our backcourt is miles and miles better than theirs. Of course, so was North Carolina's ... yet NCSU beat the Tar Heels just over a week ago to get into the NCAAT.

The line seems justified to me, but any Sweet 16 opponent is and should be a dangerous one.

[wisblue]

.... and you can't know what those matchups are going to be so the best thing you can do before selection sunday is to earn as high a seed as possible because that gives you the best chance of an easier path.

If you are going to be in the top 9 seed lines, it is always better to try to move up a seed line,  this is not a controversial take.

I don’t disagree about a team trying to get the highest seed possible, but I think it’s good to keep all of this in mind when people start getting too worked up about what seed a team is going to get or complain about what seed it receives.

When you’re talking about a spot or two on the seed list which might (or might not) mean moving to a different seed line, IMHO that  chance for an “easier” path is somewhere between nothing and insignificant.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Just two games, both wins:

Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass. Only guy that came to play is Kolek.
Somebody needs to step up, or does Kolek need to carry the team.
Kam, get your head out of your ass. Or is that why you did not fare well in BEast accolades.
Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass. Only guy that came to play is Kolek. (Ed: Yes, he posted this twice).
Jop and Kam contesting whose head is further embedded in their ass. Wait, Reeker wins.
Bad idea
Ramsey headstill up his ass along with Osos
Get jobs ass on the bench. He is adding nothing except dung. This is a 15 seed beating our ass
What a pile of dung.
Oso is not ready for big time.
Shaka not ready for prime time either. A 15 seed.
What an embarrassment. Over ranked, over seeded and under coached.
He is not ready for the NBA and is proving it, just like he did against UConn.
Based on this performance, something is obviously wrong. Pure dung.
Even if we pull it out, which is highly doubtful, this is obviously embarrassing.
A 15 seed.
Based on this performance, something is obviously wrong. Pure dung.
Even if we pull it out, which is highly doubtful, this is obviously embarrassing.
A 15 seed. (Yes, the idiot double posted this as well)
There is no doubt. They won't.
Kam and Oso both with their head up their ass. Please both need to come back for seasoning
He needs to do something positive
Some people don't know basketball.
Heads firmly embedded in their asses
As usual, Brick City by Gold. Officially changing his name to Brick Gold.
Very weak by him.
Joplin dorking it up on both ends of court.
Their coach telling them they are fouling way too much. That is good strategy the way we are blowing FTs
Terrible puke rebounding.
Cmon Kolek. Wake up.
Joplin wake up
Brick Gold with another brick.
yes it is. Kam only guy that came to play. But right now he is playing hero ball.
Kam is playing out of control last minute
X should continue to foul. We cant make them.

Final butt stuff tally - 13

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I don’t disagree about a team trying to get the highest seed possible, but I think it’s good to keep all of this in mind when people start getting too worked up about what seed a team is going to get or complain about what seed it receives.

When you’re talking about a spot or two on the seed list which might (or might not) mean moving to a different seed line, IMHO that  chance for an “easier” path is somewhere between nothing and insignificant.

Moving within a seed line can be the difference between playing two hours down the road or on the other side of the country so I understand why fans care. Also the difference between a 1 and a 2 seed is significant, same with a 3 and 4 seed. Between a 2 and a 3? Less so

[tower912]

Just two games, both wins:

Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass. Only guy that came to play is Kolek.
Somebody needs to step up, or does Kolek need to carry the team.
Kam, get your head out of your ass. Or is that why you did not fare well in BEast accolades.
Ramsey head thoroughly up his ass. Only guy that came to play is Kolek. (Ed: Yes, he posted this twice).
Jop and Kam contesting whose head is further embedded in their ass. Wait, Reeker wins.
Bad idea
Ramsey headstill up his ass along with Osos
Get jobs ass on the bench. He is adding nothing except dung. This is a 15 seed beating our ass
What a pile of dung.
Oso is not ready for big time.
Shaka not ready for prime time either. A 15 seed.
What an embarrassment. Over ranked, over seeded and under coached.
He is not ready for the NBA and is proving it, just like he did against UConn.
Based on this performance, something is obviously wrong. Pure dung.
Even if we pull it out, which is highly doubtful, this is obviously embarrassing.
A 15 seed.
Based on this performance, something is obviously wrong. Pure dung.
Even if we pull it out, which is highly doubtful, this is obviously embarrassing.
A 15 seed. (Yes, the idiot double posted this as well)
There is no doubt. They won't.
Kam and Oso both with their head up their ass. Please both need to come back for seasoning
He needs to do something positive
Some people don't know basketball.
Heads firmly embedded in their asses
As usual, Brick City by Gold. Officially changing his name to Brick Gold.
Very weak by him.
Joplin dorking it up on both ends of court.
Their coach telling them they are fouling way too much. That is good strategy the way we are blowing FTs
Terrible puke rebounding.
Cmon Kolek. Wake up.
Joplin wake up
Brick Gold with another brick.
yes it is. Kam only guy that came to play. But right now he is playing hero ball.
Kam is playing out of control last minute
X should continue to foul. We cant make them.

Big meanie head.   Willie needs to be able to speak his truth without challenge.

Oh, wait, by saying this, I am criticizing you for speaking your truth.  My apologies for not spotting this hypocrisy sooner.

[MU82]

The Athletic ranked the S16 matchups 1-8 ... and not surprisingly, our game is #8. Here's their take:

Can NC State really keep this up? The Wolfpack won five games in five days at the ACC tournament just to get into the field and then needed overtime to survive the second round against Oakland. They must be grateful not to have to play again until Friday. Marquette will have to deal with the massive DJ Burns Jr. inside, but the Golden Eagles got a pretty good practice run for that against Colorado’s mountainous Eddie Lampkin Jr. On paper, Marquette should be a solid favorite here. But there’s no real explanation for this NC State run.

[CountryRoads]

Feel some 2013 Miami vibes with this game. Nothing to do with the opponent, just think MU will be playing loose and firing on all cylinders. With the first weekend pressure out of the way, think they will ball out this weekend.

[BM1090]

I said this against Colorado too, but it was more me being an optimist than anything based in reality.

In this game, I truly think MU wins by 10+.