If NC makes the final four, it will be Roy's eighth trip, which is fourth all time behind Coach K (13), Wooden (12) and Dean Smith (11). That's kind of impressive.
19 of 21 at the foul line (really 18 of 19 since Luke Maye doesn't count) was big too. That's so key this time of year when you look at some other teams struggle there.
I mean, you fill the tourney with teams with low seeds, you're going to get good draws
This isn't necessarily true all the time. Gonzaga was an 11-seed playing #3 Utah......and were favored in the game! So much of it is luck though. Providence was a 9 and played UNC tonight while Syracuse is a 10 and is playing Middle Tennessee State. Duke got Yale instead of Baylor......that is more luck than any good ole boys plan to help the Dukies.
I was talking specifically about drawing a #14 and a #15 in the second round, which is likely to increase the ACC's Sweet 16 representation from 4 teams to 6.
That's why I said it was "luck of the draw" rather than an intentional conspiracy to help Duke just as Syracuse wasn't helped by the committee....they were helped by MTSU besting Michigan St.
I agree DRoc. The top 25 has to be filled out by some set of teams of course, but it's rare that those teams have to experience playing against teams in a league (the ACC) that is really a half step above the NCAA and a half step below the NBA. The evidence bares this out, obviously.
If only BC could have played in that cute little AAC. Probably would have had 10-12 conference wins.
Pre-game and in-game smack talk is news these days? The only "report" I saw came from Marcus Paige who admitted that he was jawing back with (presumably) Bentil too. That's what happens prior to these tournament games and it will always be an angle used to get into soft players heads as it has for half a century.
Two national titles this decade would indicate we still live in the high rent district of CBB no matter what conference we're in.
Was referring to football since you brought it up. Fortunately, BC has renewed its football schedule with the one program it has always owned (aside from Rutgers).
