Do we really want duke or NC State for a third time

[dasher]

Pitt, UVA, UNC, Rutty, UB, Bryant all had huge games against the Orange. Something about Syracuse gets teams focused.

We had a lot to do with that.

 

[OrangeDW]

Pitt, UVA, UNC, Rutty, UB, Bryant all had huge games against the Orange. Something about Syracuse gets teams focused.

Starting a nonsensical starting 5 that doesn’t defend is probably a big part of it.

 

[Orangezoo]

If we get NC State and win the one thing that helps is we get UVA, a team we played before with them being on the double bye which tends to favor the team who just played. TB always has them ready but at least there are numbers that support the benefits of playing the day before vs a team playing it's first tourney game.

 

[Eric15]

"Its hard to beat a team three times" in college basketball is arguably my least favorite sports cliche.

 

[orange79]

GTown in 03 as well I believe

Did it to uconn as well, think that was the Fab / Drummond year

Speaking of Final Four years, we beat Providence 3 times in 1987 (3rd time was the F4 Semi's)

"Its hard to beat a team three times" in college basketball is arguably my least favorite sports cliche.

OK, you shamed me into it. Here's the list in the JB era:

UConn 83-84
BC 85-86
Providence 86-87
BC 87-88
Seton Hall 87-88
Providence 88-89
Seton Hall 88-89
Pitt 89-90
Pitt 92-93
BC 98-99
Georgetown 02-03
UConn 11-12
Pitt 18-19


BC and Pitt 3 times.
UConn, Providence and Seton Hall twice.
Georgetown once.

 

[Alsacs]

Pitt, UVA, UNC, Rutty, UB, Bryant all had huge games against the Orange. Something about Syracuse gets teams focused.

We are a passive team. That allows the opponent to feel comfortable.

 

[007]

Draw a team you have already beaten twice, or draw a team that rolled you for 85 points.

 

[CuseBBall]

Hopefully unc runs it up. With runs in the acc tourney, both them and/or Clemson can move our wins up to Q1s.

 

[samspann1]

Duke with or without Jalen Johnson?

 

[Alsacs]

Want no part of Duke. There guys would get comfortable shots against us.
The intensity of UNC D is keeping Duke uncomfortable.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Want no part of Duke. There guys would get comfortable shots against us.
The intensity of UNC D is keeping Duke uncomfortable.

There would be some regression to the mean with both teams. We wouldn’t play that bad and Duke wouldn’t play that good. I’m pretty sure of that.

 

[dasher]

Okay, 007 asked the same question that I just came on to ask. The question really is who would we rather play? The team, playing without their best guy, who we beat twice already vs the team that just pounded us two weeks ago? Tough question. I am going to go with the team we know we beat.

 

[Alsacs]

There would be some regression to the mean with both teams. We wouldn’t play that bad and Duke wouldn’t play that good. I’m pretty sure of that.

Duke is a soft team. They struggle with aggression.
We aren’t a good matchup this year with them.

 

[Cusefan0307]

Hurt tries to undercut guys on ever shot contest.

 

[Alsacs]

Hurt tries to undercut guys on ever shot contest.

He is like Bruce Bowen. Trying to hurt people after they shoot it.

 

[bballbeadle]

Man! What a painful painful game for Duke fans. What a glorious game for Carolina fans!

 

[oTTo113445]

NC state moves us and we are 5-5 against tier one and tier 2. That should be pretty solid.
No real bad losses.
We had a pitt blunder after covid break. Lost big 10 without buddy.

 

[hoopsupstate]

I think NC State is a better match up for us and I'd rather play UVA over FSU.

FSU shoots very poorly when they don’t play at home. Virginia has shooters everywhere and Ruff kills us. Virginia is more consistent and better coached.

 

[oTTo113445]

16-8 vs 11 11. that would be an 8 game play in differential.

 

[Halfmooncuse]

The losses to Pitt and Rutgers puts this team on the bubble bubble

 

[ottodaorange]

It looks like we get a bye and then play NCS in the second round. If we win there, we play #1 seed Virginia.

 

[Halfmooncuse]

We have to beat nc st and Virginia to be in tournament

 

[Cuseball]

We have to beat nc st and Virginia to be in tournament

No only NC State and likely in. Enough good stuff happening to all bubble teams. We are not in a bad spot as many think.

Cuse

 

[CU44SE]

We have to beat nc st and Virginia to be in tournament

I used to think we had 0 shot. And then we won the two games this week. And the bubble teams have imploded. Yes, we have beat up on bad competition up until this week. But I think beat NC St and I actually feel we are 70-75% in, if not more. Virginia win would put us at 100%.

 

[Finwad32]

We have to beat nc st and Virginia to be in tournament

I can see the argument to that point, but as everything stands right now I disagree. I think we’re in with 1.

Lot of bubble teams doing bubble things.

CUSE with nowhere to go but up in revised brackets tomorrow.