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Enki_Amenra said:
You think FAU will win? I think we beat them and advance to the EE
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I think the way we go supernaturally cold teamwide forces me to believe anybody can beat us at any time.

If...we hit open shots we can beat anybody....they way this team has played all year makes that a HUGE if.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
But they aren’t better than Duke. It’s got nothing to do with being a P5 elitist. Duke has better players. That’s a fact. They would likely beat FAU handily. FAU is not as good as you want to believe they are. They will not beat us.
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Yeah they aren't as good as Duke, but they are seeded correctly. They are like 9 or 8 seed good. Memphis was no slouch and they went toe to toe.

They could get hot like Mizzou and beat us, but I still doubt it.

Would have loved to see how badly we would have crushed FDU
 
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Looking past FAU is a bad move. Louisiana came within 3 in our opening game and they are worse than FAU. FAU is #22 in KenPom and is top 37 in both adjusted offense and adjusted defense while playing a slightly harder schedule than Louisiana. FAU won’t be a cakewalk. If UT plays a good game like they did yesterday then they will win, but they can’t afford a mediocre game against FAU.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
I think the way we go supernaturally cold teamwide forces me to believe anybody can beat us at any time.

If...we hit open shots we can beat anybody....they way this team has played all year makes that a HUGE if.
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I don't think FAU will respond very well to our physicality. Also, they've not faced a defense anywhere near ours that I'm aware of. I think our bench is deeper with better quality depth.

They are good, I just don't feel like they are on our level. I have a feeling we're starting to gel into an identity without ZZ and we should keep getting better.
 
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Right now the Big East and SEC have 3 teams in the Sweet 16.

Big 12 has 2 (1 playing)
Big 10 has 1 (1 playing)
Ivy League 1
Mountain West 1
Conf. USA 1
PAC 12 1
AAC 1
ACC 0 (1 playing)
WCC 0 (1 playing)
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Dude get real. FAU isn’t beating us. If you think differently then give me the reasons why they will.
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There have been at least 10 crazier things happen in this tournament alone than the Kenpom 6 team losing to the Kenpom 22 team.

How often do 5 point favorites lose neutral site games? Is the answer “quite often for many, many years”?
 
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Nash_Vol97 said:
Looking past FAU is a bad move. Louisiana came within 3 in our opening game and they are worse than FAU. FAU is #22 in KenPom and is top 37 in both adjusted offense and adjusted defense while playing a slightly harder schedule than Louisiana. FAU won’t be a cakewalk. If UT plays a good game like they did yesterday then they will win, but they can’t afford a mediocre game against FAU.
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Ok if you want to use previous games as a barometer then what about the Duke game? FAU doesn’t have a Proctor or big guy the caliber if Dukes and we handled them. We will win by double digits.
 
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Jimmy Football said:
There have been at least 10 crazier things happen in this tournament alone than the Kenpom 6 team losing to the Kenpom 22 team.

How often do 5 point favorites lose neutral site games? Is the answer “quite often for many, many years”?
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Kenpom stats are irrelevant. We are the better team and you and the other jitterbugs will see.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Ok if you want to use previous games as a barometer then what about the Duke game? FAU doesn’t have a Proctor or big guy the caliber if Dukes and we handled them. We will win by double digits.
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..Just like Virginia was supposed to win by double digits. Just like Purdue was supposed to win by double digits..

No one is saying we will lose, they are saying we can lose. There have been MUCH more crazy things to happen this tournament than a #22 KenPom team beating a #6 KenPom team. It’s called March Madness for a ****ing reason.
 
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