Fuck yes

[gregh1]

I have the feeling this team is ready for a run!

I said the same til Wake Forest, but maybe we just needed one more chance to shake off some gunk. It would be nice if Withers stays hot and if Ian finds some spark.

 

[nycfan]

Got the good news just as I landed in Phoenix. Haven’t even had a chance to look at the bracket yet.

 

[ZenMode]

Got the good news just as I landed in Phoenix. Haven’t even had a chance to look at the bracket yet.

 

[nycfan]

 

[Mulberry Heel]

I am elated for them. I cannot say in good faith that they deserved this bid but I sure am glad for it.

Same here. Just glad they got in, and very happy especially for Withers. Hopefully he gets a chance to win a game for us in the tourney.

 

[nycfan]

Hopefully this ends up being relevant for UNC.

 

[donbosco]

Bracket now says the game is Tuesday.

 

[Rock]

UNC plays the late game (9-10pm tip) on Tuesday. If win we play 4:05 Friday.

 

[Carolina Fever]

Time to extend Hubert another 5 years.

 

[Ramrouser]

New metric put them ahead of other bubble teams. Believe it was taking schedule vs schedule and how each team would do with the other’s schedule. We played dook 3 times, Auburn, UF, Bama and MSU. Three 1 seeds and two 2 seeds for a total of 7 games. Lost them all but Heels played the games. Now give the Heels the big games on the other schedules. Possibly a different story.

What put us on the bubble was the bad losses. I get the Quad 1 wins but don’t lose to Stanford, Wake or Pitt and this isn’t a discussion.

Gotta give Adam Lucas credit. He had an article on this today.

 

[ColdBlueSteel]

I am elated for them. I cannot say in good faith that they deserved this bid but I sure am glad for it.

NET

 

[nycfan]

UNC was the punching bag for the ESPN2 NCAA bracket preview just now (what a travesty that we got in over WVU and how did we get in if Louisville is an 8-seed etc).

 

[nycfan]

 

[Ramrouser]

We’re going on a run in the tourney.

 

[OGtruthhurts]

new life!

 

[nycfan]

We’re going on a run in the tourney.

I hope you are right. Would love to see these guys get to the Sweet 16 (but if they do, that is likely where they run into their ceiling reflected in the Quad-1 losses this year).

Hopefully the near-death experience from the loss in the ACCT semifinals jolts the team to focus on the do or die NCAAT.

Somehow, this SDSU team beat Houston early this year — albeit in the third place game of that tourney (dropping Houston to 4-3 at the time — they finished 30-4!) , and they destroyed Cal by 21 in San Jose (a common opponent for reference, we beat Cal by 26 at our place). SDSU does have a 7-footer (Gwath) who has gone off on a number of games (though the freshman is wildly erratic and has had a lot more games in the 0-6 point range but a number over 20), which is obviously concerning for UNC.

 

[donbosco]

Gwath hasn't played since Feb. 22 and is coming off of a knee injury. He's a freshman averaging 8 ppg and 5 rpg. Named Mountain West Freshman and Defensive Player of the Year.