A nonymous
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They are good??? According to what standards? I've been analyzing teams to see who should get the at large invites for weeks now, and honestly, if MTSU had not won their conference tourney, they wouldn't have gotten into the tourney. THREE bad losses, TWO of them home games, just 2 Top 50 wins and only 4 Top 100 wins?? Compare their resume to the likes of Iowa and Syracuse who didn't get in. Would Iowa or Syracuse be picked to beat us? I'd be far more scared of Iowa or Syracuse.
They beat a whole bunch of creampuffs, I'm not impressed. Last year, when they beat MSU, they shot 56% from 3 pt land. But only 29% vs Syracuse the very next game. If they can shoot 56% against our defense, then good for them, they deserve it. But what are the odds they will do that?
I agree with you on this. They are a good quality mid major team but the entire reason they are seen as a likely upset is because they beat MSU last year and because there tends to be a 5 vs 12 upset - neither of which have anything to do with what they have actually displayed on the court. I wouldn't be surprised if MTSU made it a close game or even won, but I think we should be pretty confident the gophers will advance unless they absolutely fall apart. Like both Lynch and Murphy fouling out, Mason gets dribble happy, Dupree not being able to make a shot to save his life, Konate and Curry getting entirely lost on defense - I think literally all of those things need to happen for the gophers to lose. We play a style that is good for the tournament - solid defense and rebounding, guard the 3 point line, don't turn the ball over, let your guards make plays. And We don't rely on the 3pt shot which is always good because I think a lot of times if you rely on 3's, the tourney environment has a way of clamping down on your offense (I think ucla is going to have a lot of trouble for this reason). No clue what happened with MSU last year, but I have a feeling it was a 1 in 100 type situation and I don't think MTSU is sneaking up on the gophers.
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