The committee did some weird things, it’s hard to understand what they value. Is it a good record vs quality competition? Then how did a UNC team with a 1-12 record in Q1 games get in? Is it computer ratings and no bad losses? Then how did Memphis (49 NET, multiple Q3-4 losses) get a 5 while Gonzaga (8 NET, 0 Q3-4 losses) gets an 8.
Gonzaga is the best 8-9 seed in the tournament—they’d probably be the best. 4 seed if seeded appropriately. For comparison, they’re fairly similar in style and talent to Arizona (coached by Fews former assistant), who UH just beat twice. The seeding was unfair to Gonzaga, Georgia, and Houston, but such is life. Houston will still be a healthy favorite if and when they meet.
They used to do this to us in the American, so in going to do it now. The competition in the WCC isn’t competitive as it is in the big 12. Metrics can be inflated because of that……can we lose? Most definitely. But I think we have gone up against great defenses and still managed, (Kansas and tech).
they in a way remind me of us back in the 21-22 season when we struggled to close out games until just before the big dance
but they still have next to no time to prepare for our killer defense and us going out in the first weekend after having the best big 12 slate in history and the best 3 point/ free throw shooting team we’ll get under cks would he quite the dissapointment
Gonzaga is going to get d’d up. No stopping us this time. I haven’t seen a better team this year than us. Add to that the mentality of this team, then add Sampson. Im just looking to enjoy the wins.
this is a wild take , and im not sure why it has so many likes. Gonzaga’s pre-tourney kenpom rating is better than EVERY team that has beaten us in the NCAA " in recent memory" except Baylor
context for the non basketball folks: kenpom is known as the best predictive metric in the sport
don’t let the committee’s seeding fool you… they are a tough team … they blewout SDSU, Baylor, Indiana. every single loss they had all season came down to 1 shot in regulation (wvu and oregon st were OT games). this exact same gonzaga but slightly luckier or played in a better league is a 3 seed,… the 8 seed speaks more to their conference than them
dont get me wrong , I like the match, i think we should win…but some here are downplaying how good gonzaga is and how real a possibility of a loss is … a loss wouldn’t be symbol of how bad we are underestimation of how good they are…
I think this game will be as tough as that Auburn game in ‘23. We are about an 8 point difference with Gonzaga now. On a neutral. We were about an 11 point difference versus Auburn, but played them in Birmingham. According to KenPom. My guess is the line will be about 6.5-7.5 on Saturday.
We should win this game. I think somewhere in the 8-12 point range. But definitely a tough round 2 game.
i also dont get the tossup arguments between Georgia and the Zags… its the tournamet, anything can happen and i hope Georgia pulls the upset…
but outside of drinking the SEC Kool-Aid, Gonzaga should win, likely comfortably … it a match of the most disorganized team in the field vs the the most organized…Gonzaga is #1 nationally in assist to turnover ratio, Georgia is comfortably the worst in the field of 68 (bottom 60 nationally)…
id much rather play Georgia, so we can hope
