Best quote from a coach on hearing that they might play Duke:
NC Central coach: Us playing Zion Williamson would be like my 6-year-old son playing me
UVA is in our pod rather than UNC.
I don’t like being in the same bracket as Va Tech, especially with Justin Robinson back. I’d much rather prefer playing a team that doesn’t routinely play against us and knows our system.
My Hoos #1 in the south (louisville). Please not KY as our #2, thanks.
A lot of storylines for Duke...
Weird that VaTech is a 4 in our regional. But I'm fine with it.
Happy to play again in SC. Zionmania could be in full force.
NCCU may not be scared of Duke, but we should take them if they advance.
VCU would be a revenge game for 2007.
UCF would be playing against JD.
I'm also fine with the bottom half of the bracket. I wouldn't choose to see Ville again. Nobody really scares me, as it should be. But though Duke matches up well with MSU, but don't discount Sparty. They are getting better as the season progresses.
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UVA with an easy half of its region to make the Sweet 16 and the other half is not difficult although Villanova is always dangerous
Tough lower bracket for UVA...
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Ohhhh Virginia is not gonna be happy getting Tennessee! They’re the perfect type of team to take down Virginia, senior led with a dominant inside scorer.
We definitely got a better draw than the Wahoos in everything except potentially the 4 seed.
UVA got a great draw...maybe even better than ours. The other two brackets are going to be murder.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. - Winston Churchill
President of the "Nolan Smith Should Have His Jersey in The Rafters" Club
Do NOT look past NC Central/North Dakota State. And should Duke advance to the 2nd round, absolutely do NOT look past UCF or VCU. Coach K vs Johnny Dawkins would be cool and VCU won 16 games in the A10 this year and are about 10-11 deep while pressing for most of the game. Duke’s bracket to me is manageable but obviously some major hurdles exist between now and getting to the final four. One at a time!
For a team that wasn't going to get a bid unless they won their conference, I'm surprised that St. Mary's got an 11 seed. I guess a lot of teams are like Oregon, stealing bids. Doesn't look good for NCSU or Clemson.
I also noticed the geographic issues that Davis pointed out. Unfair, but life's unfair.
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On Friday, we are all Gaels!
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I will never talk about That Game. GTHC.