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2023 NCAA Tournament and Bracket Discussion

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DubCoffman62 said:
and where did the preseason number 1 finish?
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Hey, UNC lost Larry Bird off last season's team - a lot of people seemed to forget that.

25 teams is a pretty good chunk to not be included in if you're actually a heavyweight #1 or #2 seed. I'm not saying the polls are always right, but unranked at the start of the year has a high correlation with general lack of tourney success in #1 and #2 seeds going deep. Marquette this year might be an outlier, though.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Matt Painter is a moron. Your entire team is built around a 7'4 center that is allowed to grow roots in the paint. God smiles upon you with a match up against a medium sized high school team. You lose as you allow your team to shoot 26 threes while your 7'4 center takes only 11 shots.

Moron.
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They were flustered because they couldn't hit open 3s and couldn't find a flow offensively. They double-teamed Edey the whole game from both sides which made post entries tough. Some of those guys like Gillis they weren't even trying to guard at the 3-point line. This is why you need to not just be a 1-man team. I would fault them more for being passive and not attacking the basket against the press. They seemed to have a controlled approach offensively rather than an attacking mindset.
 
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1926Buckeyes said:
Matt Painter is a moron. Your entire team is built around a 7'4 center that is allowed to grow roots in the paint. God smiles upon you with a match up against a medium sized high school team. You lose as you allow your team to shoot 26 threes while your 7'4 center takes only 11 shots.

Moron.
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It was also a great job by FDU's coach. They were collapsing everyone around Edey, covering him front and back. That made it tough to get the ball to him and left a lot of wide open threes. But when you only make 19% of them, you're fucked.
 
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DZ83CK said:
They were flustered because they couldn't hit open 3s and couldn't find a flow offensively. They double-teamed Edey the whole game from both sides which made post entries tough. Some of those guys like Gillis they weren't even trying to guard at the 3-point line. This is why you need to not just be a 1-man team. I would fault them more for being passive and not attacking the basket against the press. They seemed to have a controlled approach offensively rather than an attacking mindset.
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Also, Edey must have the weakest hands in basketball. He'd get the ball, but those little fuckers would strip it right away before he could raise it above his waist.
 
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