Thursday Sweet 16 Game Thread

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Two over the backs, letting the shot clock wind down every time, crappy shots, it's hard to lose being up 8 that late, but that's how you do it. The two Xavier three pointers helped.
 

DennyDoyle'sBoil

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Road is paved pretty nicely for the Zags. At least until next Monday.

I don't see Xavier doing it two games in a row. Still, no team is better than Xavier at beating better seeds. Their record is just crazy in the tournament.
 

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One of Gonzaga/Xavier/Baylor/Florida/South Carolina/Wisconsin will be playing for the national title on April 3rd.
This tournament couldn't be breaking any better for the Zags. It's hard to be an under-the-radar 35-1 team but they basically are given the attention being paid to the lower part of the bracket and all the future NBA talent there.
 

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One of Gonzaga/Xavier/Baylor/Florida/South Carolina/Wisconsin will be playing for the national title on April 3rd.
The best four teams left might all be in the other half (Kansas/UNC/Kentucky/UCLA).
 

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I don't see Xavier doing it two games in a row. Still, no team is better than Xavier at beating better seeds. Their record is just crazy in the tournament.
You mean 3 in a row? FSU may have been seeded too high, but Xavier has beaten a 3 and a 2.
 

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Xavier scares me since Gonzaga is going to be exhausted after the WVU game plus the whole Cinderella thing...

The one thing Gonzaga has going for it is they are an amazing defensive team. They contested 54 of the 60 shots WVU took last night and was able to win the game despite turning the ball over 17 times and giving up 20 offensive rebounds
 

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As I said upthread somewhere, Xavier should scare lots of teams. They were an early season top 15 team who lost their best player and had to sort through lineups, rotation, etc. in-season. Mack has apparently figured it out...great coach.

This is not a typical 11 seed.
 

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As I said upthread somewhere, Xavier should scare lots of teams. They were an early season top 15 team who lost their best player and had to sort through lineups, rotation, etc. in-season. Mack has apparently figured it out...great coach.

This is not a typical 11 seed.
Definitely not a typical 11 seed. They've beaten some extremeley good teams the past two games. Arizona was a title contender and rightfully so, they have a stellar team.
 

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Those zones they play 1-3-1 and 2-3 are hard to beat and Xavier plays them extremely well
 

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The best four teams left might all be in the other half (Kansas/UNC/Kentucky/UCLA).
It's hard to argue Gonzaga doesn't belong in that group. West Virginia was ranked 6 overall by KenPom. According to KenPom's rankings, West Virginia was by far the best team among the four that lost last night (Arizona is ranked 18th). The Zags proved their worthiness among the elite contenders with their win last night.
 

Ale Xander

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Weird day of games, 3 very close games and 1 blowout and it was the blow out that entertained me much more than the other 3. And I missed the 1st half and am not a Rock Chalker.

Gonzaga and WV, I enjoy both teams but that was an ugly game. Happy for the Zags, they got a yellow brick road to the Finals.
Michigan Oregon was ugly too. Good for Oregon that at least Bell showed up.

Sean Miller got Sean Miller'ed. Maybe Indiana now makes sense, and he can be closer to bro.

That Kansas 4 guard set is pure porn right now.
 

Dan Murfman

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Xavier scares me since Gonzaga is going to be exhausted after the WVU game plus the whole Cinderella thing...

The one thing Gonzaga has going for it is they are an amazing defensive team. They contested 54 of the 60 shots WVU took last night and was able to win the game despite turning the ball over 17 times and giving up 20 offensive rebounds
Sort of reminds of '99 West Elite 8 game. Number 1 seed who everyone kept saying will they ever make the Final Four against the double digit Cinderella .