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[QUOTE="reedny, post: 224908, member: 1423"]
I like our draw:
 
1- People are forgetting something - we're in the East region. This will be familiar territory, no problems with long travel times/weird locations or even altitude issues, and our fans will be there in droves;
 
2- Although we'll play a spunky K-State team in the 2nd round, this is not off the chart-difficult compared to other 1 seeds. Ky has UConn, and MSU has Memphis;
 
3- We don't get to the other bracket until (if we advance) the Sweet 16 game, where we will face EITHER Wisconsin or Vandy. Both are as good as any 4/5 seeded teams, but we only have to beat 1 to make the Elite 8, and I think we can beat either team;
 
4- If we beat Vandy/Wisconsin to make the final 8, OSU/FSU will be a brawl. Neither team will play timid, and FSU is hot and has experience against quality ACC teams. If it's OSU, Sullinger will give us fits inside and cause foul problems. They also have shooters and Kraft is a great defender;
 
5- Notice that we do not have to play any team from our own conference that has our number (like Marquette last year). Cinci's is in the other half-bracket, and I would love to face them again instead of OSU. Either way -- it's great not having to canibalize our league by pitting us against a conference rival that has seen us multiple times;
 
Overall, if we can get by KSU, I think we have the team to beat Vandy/Wisconsin. Our guys have won against a variety of tournament quality opponents: quicker teams with shooters (GT, NCSt), clutch and grabs (Marquette), teams with shotblockers (UL, UConn), even grinders (USF).
 
And I love our talent, length, athleticism, experience, depth and coaching -- I like our chances.
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