At this time of the year, I like to project which team the NCAA will place in our path to knock us off during each round. I use http://bracketmatrix.com/ ↗ ↗ to get the teams and the seeds. The committee just loves putting vastly underseeded teams to try to mess us up. So the first run is if we end us as a 1 seed:
Game vs 8/9 seed
In the 8/9 game, guarantee they will throw Murray St against us. They want the David vs. Goliath angle on this one. Murray St is a very good little team that give us problems.
If not Murray St, Creighton has been a big roll, and they just beat the crap out of Providence.
Game vs 4/5 seed
This is where the committee will really hammer us. Arkansas, Houston, and UCONN stand out as very tough outs in the S16 game. I wouldn't be surprised to see 4- Arkansas play 5- Houston. And UCONN is going to be very underseeded. They beat Arizona, then their center misses time, and they stink for awhile, and now their center is back, and they almost took down Villanova last night. No thanks!
Game vs 2/3
If we make it this far, I am convinced we'll play Auburn, Tennessee, Dook, or Purdew. I have no doubts it will be the best #2 on the board. I will venture to say they could make 'Tucky the #2 in our region as insurance against us making it to the FF.
OUR MATCHUPS AS A 2 SEED:
Game vs 7/10 seed :
I'm putting Murray in here as well. They are on the cusp of 7/8, so that way the committee can sneak them in no matter what we're seeded. The 7 seed I fear is USC. Yep...they're baaccck. I think they only have 5 or 6 losses...massively underseeded like last year. They don't have Evan Mobley, but they do have his brother. Yuck. There is also Michigan St and Ohio St coming in at 7 seeds. That's not an easy draw by any means. And Memphis is a 10 seed, so there would be a chance we could see them. They have some major talent and athleticism. Would be a very tough draw.
Game vs 3/6
Tennessee and Purdew stand out. Purdew would be a very tough match up for us with Edey and Williams down low, and they've got some shooters, too. Tennessee isn't the world's most athletic team, but they sure have some great guard play and they defend.
Alright, so that's what I got so far. Feel free to disagree, modify, add, subtract, or ignore. It's one man's opinion.
