New Lunardi bracket

[Frozen]

Surprise! SU is the #1 in Boston (Pittsburgh).

8 UVA
9 St. Louis

(4 Indiana, 2 Duke).

http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology

 

[orangecuse]

UVA would be a tough match-up...like the stall game as well.

 

[Jake]

I want no part of UVA. That team can DEFEND.

 

[Alsacs]

UVA's coached by Tony Bennett the son of the former Wisconsin coach Bennett who is the godfather of "stall ball." This game would be single digits the entire game unless we got off to great start. I think we would beat UVA but with stall ball it would be hard to watch. I will settle for UVA being in our 8-9 game if it keeps Duke or UNC out as our 2 seed. Give me mediocre BCS teams 2nd round over mid-majors with solid 4 year players. BTW that Lunardi bracket has 6 seeded Vandy playing in its home city against 3 seeded Michigan that would have Vandy-Duke written all over it in Boston. If we got this bracket I think the regional final would be Syracuse-Vanderbilt.

 

[Upstate]

They'd still have to beat Majerus.

 

[44PRIDE]

goddammit...if we have to play UConn in the BET and again in the NCAA's, I may just puke.

 

[Marsh01]

I want no part of UVA. That team can DEFEND.

I would love to see UVA. Here is why.

They cant score. They average only 62.7 ppg which is 282nd nationally. They also cant rebound. They only average 32.7 rpg which is 269th nationally. Also in the one area where we struggle, defensive rebounding, UVA is second to last in offensive rebounds in the ACC.

Yes they play pretty good defense but I think this would be a pretty favorable matchup.

 

[baggerbob]

I love those brackets Kentucky is 1 seed in south Louisville a 4 could meet in regional semi-finals in atlanta if win could face North Carolina again in reginal finals and i doubt they would get by both of them twice this season. If they won they would face west winner which could be Michigan st.

 

[PoppyHart]

I would love to see UVA. Here is why.

They cant score. They average only 62.7 ppg which is 282nd nationally. They also cant rebound. They only average 32.7 rpg which is 269th nationally. Also in the one area where we struggle, defensive rebounding, UVA is second to last in offensive rebounds in the ACC.

Yes they play pretty good defense but I think this would be a pretty favorable matchup.

Some of the rebounding totals are probably related to the fact that they take fewer shots, no?

 

[Knicks411]

I watched UVA this weekend, and my dad is a graduate of there, and before I came to SU they were my team.

They play one of the slowest paces in the country, so you need to take their raw st ats with a grain of salt. That being said, they aren't a good offense, 106th in the country. But they are a great D; 4th in the nation. One of the things I really look for in opponents is offensive rebounding; it's our weakness defensively. UVA is not a good offensive rebounding team, as marsh says. (They are great on their defensive glass, fwiw) Of course part of that is because they want to shut off the opposing transition game.

Mike Scott is a great player, but they don't have a lot of other guys that can really hurt you. Jontel Evans, their PG, is fast but can't shoot.

St. Louis is kind of overlooked here; Pomeroy loves them; they are 11th in his ratings. Sagarin has them 18th. Would be a tough break to get them as an 8 or 9.

 

[HoustonCuse]

I would love to see UVA. Here is why.

They cant score. They average only 62.7 ppg which is 282nd nationally. They also cant rebound. They only average 32.7 rpg which is 269th nationally. Also in the one area where we struggle, defensive rebounding, UVA is second to last in offensive rebounds in the ACC.

Yes they play pretty good defense but I think this would be a pretty favorable matchup.

Not sure I like this. Nobody can score against us. Very tough defenses give us fits though (although we still win the games are grinders). One thing nobody has pointed out is that we have played a string of very capable defensive teams in USF, GTown, UConn (x2), and Louisville.

 

[Marsh01]

Some of the rebounding totals are probably related to the fact that they take fewer shots, no?

Certainly yes however I have watched Virgina probably 5 times this year and they do struggle to score a lot of the time and often get killed on the glass. Carolina shot 33% and still beat them mostly because they outrebounded them 44-29. I think our defense would give that team fits and would be the best defense they face all season.

 

[Knicks411]

Certainly yes however I have watched Virgina probably 5 times this year and they do struggle to score a lot of the time and often get killed on the glass. Carolina shot 33% and still beat them mostly because they outrebounded them 44-29. I think our defense would give that team fits and would be the best defense they face all season.

Believe it or not, UNC ranks pretty close to us defensively. (Actually they are slightly ahead in Pomeroy's ratings. Different kind of defense though; they don't force turnovers like we do and we can't rebound defensively like they can)

Also worth pointing out that Virginia might be the best defense we would've faced all year. (They ar ea smidge ahead of Lville).

 

[Marsh01]

One thing about their team is they dont shoot a lot of three pointers. They have only made 141 this season (we have made 187 and I dont consider ourselves as a three point shooting team) so I think it would be tough for them to score with us.


Who knows. They probably get shipped out west and that will be the end of it.

 

[CorduroyG]

This talk of potential opponents is silly, nobody knows for sure. But 1 thing is for sure, no matter who the 8/9 seeds are in our bracket, half of the board is gonna say how awful matchups those teams are for us, and the other half will say how favorable they are.

 

[EastCoast2]

Would be hilarious to beat UConn 4 times this season

 

[Orangemen]

I watched UVA this weekend, and my dad is a graduate of there, and before I came to SU they were my team.

They play one of the slowest paces in the country, so you need to take their raw st ats with a grain of salt. That being said, they aren't a good offense, 106th in the country. But they are a great D; 4th in the nation. One of the things I really look for in opponents is offensive rebounding; it's our weakness defensively. UVA is not a good offensive rebounding team, as marsh says. (They are great on their defensive glass, fwiw) Of course part of that is because they want to shut off the opposing transition game.

Mike Scott is a great player, but they don't have a lot of other guys that can really hurt you. Jontel Evans, their PG, is fast but can't shoot.

St. Louis is kind of overlooked here; Pomeroy loves them; they are 11th in his ratings. Sagarin has them 18th. Would be a tough break to get them as an 8 or 9.

St. Louis also just lost at URI this weekend. So it's safe to say they've got some flaws.

 

[Madbiker]

Hope we avoid teams like UVA who slow the game to a crawl, use the entire shot clock and force a low number of possession half court game in the 50's. Always the proven formula to beat SU. Ugh. AND NO WAY UCONN SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE BOSTON REGION. Don't care how bad their seed is. That is just ridiculous to take the chance that they win and then have a huge home court advantage over the supposedly protected seeds. Is Lunardi (and the Committe) that stupid.

 

[orange2win]

No

I would love to see UVA. Here is why.

They cant score. They average only 62.7 ppg which is 282nd nationally. They also cant rebound. They only average 32.7 rpg which is 269th nationally. Also in the one area where we struggle, defensive rebounding, UVA is second to last in offensive rebounds in the ACC.

Yes they play pretty good defense but I think this would be a pretty favorable matchup.

Not so sure about that.

Scoring Margin - SU = #5, UVA = #30
Rebound Margin - SU = #221, UVA = #64

Source: Official NCAA site team statistics.

 

[CusefanATL]

i dont care who we play.

 

[CorduroyG]

most 8/9 teams are gonna be slow it down type of teams, not too many of those teams are uptempo offensive juggernauts.

 

[Orangemen]

Hope we avoid teams like UVA who slow the game to a crawl, use the entire shot clock and force a low number of possession half court game in the 50's. Always the proven formula to beat SU. .

If we've learned anything this year, it's that the old rules about SU basketball (February swoon, always lose to Pitt and Ville, What losses) do not apply to this team.

I'm with CusefanATL. This team has done enough to convince me that I don't care who we play.

 

[orangenirvana]

Virginia is exactly the type of team we don't want any part of in the Tournament.

Teams that play hard-nosed, in your face, disciplined man-to-man defense are the teams that have given us fits over the last decade - Vermont, A&M, Butler...it doesn't matter if they don't score a lot, they have a chance when they shut down SU's offense.

 

[TexanMark]

Would be hilarious to beat UConn 4 times this season

Not sure my mental well being can take playing UConn 4 times...you imagine beating them 3 times then losing the 4th game?

 

[BuffOrange]

St. Louis is kind of overlooked here; Pomeroy loves them; they are 11th in his ratings. Sagarin has them 18th. Would be a tough break to get them as an 8 or 9.

That was the first thing that jumped out at me.