Dark horses to make a Final Four run.

[rockycard]

There's still time.

UNC is not as good as there record makes them seem.

 

[lurkeraspect84]

UNC is not as good as there record makes them seem.

Too soon to bring up them beating UL on their home court?

 

[rockycard]

Too soon to bring up them beating UL on their home court?

We are horrible and they needed help to beat us. We were basically toe to toe with them and we suck

 

[rockycard]

Too soon to bring up them beating UL on their home court?

Miami beat them by 29

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Obviously Iowa.

Just need a few of our opponents in the first 4 rounds to take a dive....

 

[mtsuhog85]

I believe Notae was out with injuries for a while.

Covid

 

[ExitFlagger]

For lack of a better place to put this…Purdue’s hard to categorize. You’d have to call them a final four contender, but we know that you can’t win it all without a decent standard of defense. Their defensive efficiency on Kenpom is 103. By far the lowest of any team in the top 15. Maybe they’re good enough offensively to overcome it.

 

[Noahtogo24]

Also, forgot about Oregon. They still have some work to do just to get into the tournament. Their OOC season was atrocious. But, they have solid road wins over UCLA, USC, and Colorado. They have athletes. They have experience. And Altman is a great coach. I would not want to face them in the 1st or 2nd Round.

 

[Noahtogo24]

I gotta go with UNC.

Bacot is putting up insane numbers, over looked, numbers and it takes a little adjustment to switch coaches.

 

[kyjeff1]

For lack of a better place to put this…Purdue’s hard to categorize. You’d have to call them a final four contender, but we know that you can’t win it all without a decent standard of defense. Their defensive efficiency on Kenpom is 103. By far the lowest of any team in the top 15. Maybe they’re good enough offensively to overcome it.

I saw that this morning, that’s one hell of an awful defense for a potential 1 seed.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

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The last four out next four out is always so bad

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

This is challenging. I think we all will probably have a ton of early round upset picks, but to take it all the way to the F4 is a different ask.

I'll say ...

Notre Dame, and I'm not even 100% they are getting in. So they for sure qualify as a dark horse. Multiple shooters. Annoying to play, actually run a decent half court offense.

 

[snowsquirrel11]

Alabama
LSU
USC
Texas Tech
Texas
Villanova
Providence
Illinois
Wisco

Not sure TT, Villanova, or Illinois are really dark horses

 

[Noahtogo24]

I would say Hogs- were ranked in top 15 at one points, winning 8 straight right now..

 

[snowsquirrel11]

Purdue

Iowa can be the 7 seed in our bracket, but they have some work to do

 

[ExitFlagger]

I saw that this morning, that’s one hell of an awful defense for a potential 1 seed.

They’re an offensive machine, so maybe it will be a rare case in which defense isn’t necessary. Who knows…

I wouldn’t look forward to playing them solely because of Ivey. Seems like he can get a bucket anytime they need one.

 

[ExitFlagger]

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No quad 1 wins? With those losses? How can they even be considered for an at-large bid?

 

[Noahtogo24]

They’re an offensive machine, so maybe it will be a rare case in which defense isn’t necessary. Who knows…

I wouldn’t look forward to playing them solely because of Ivey. Seems like he can get a bucket anytime they need one.

Yeah - just my opinion , while Carson Edwards was a scoring machine , Ivey is more versatile overall player - makes it scary for any team facing Purdue next month.

 

[Bert Higginbotha]

Miami beat them by 29

so did Kentucky and UK emptied to bench to keep the score down.

 

[Ipartiedwithhopgood]

http://www.bracketmatrix.com

Not sure how good this site is tripped into it

 

[rockycard]

http://www.bracketmatrix.com

Not sure how good this site is tripped into it

I like matrix, it’s a combination of all bracket predictions