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  1. During construction, they clearly dug up and destroyed the demon idol that was buried on the land. The sleeping giant can now awaken from it's long slumber!
  2. There are clearly intangibles that analytics can't capture. There is no measure for leadership, cohesion, and camaraderie. The analytics try to explain it away in this model with a generic term "luck", but there is nothing lucky about the way USF has been playing and winning. I have a system with my own analytical rating and USF is #1 in the nation in the Youngblood Leadership Index. I'm not caught up in the numbers with this team because we can see what has been happening on the court. I just hope we win out, get a 10 seed, and shock the world on our way to the Elite 8!
  3. Loyola-Chicago and UMass surging have really helped our cause in that regard. LC is 15-3 over its last 18 games and 9-1 over its last 10. While UMass has won 4 out of its last 5.
  4. If we make it to the AAC Finals and lose we will either be one of the last 4 in or the first 4 out.
  5. I agree that what FAU did was not sustainable, but they certainly figured something out with Goldin down the stretch. First time in a long time I saw our team rattled. Definitely have to pick you poison. This year's Purdue team is much better shooting than year's past but UCONN with Dan Hurley as their coach is one scary team.
  6. Purdue does have quite the reputation for choking. FDU couldn't stop Edey, but they neutralized everyone else. Surprisingly, they didn't shoot especially well at all, but Purdue didn't either, aside from Edey who had a great game overall. Against St. Peter's Edey was only averaging half the minutes that season that he is now. His game has definitely evolved over his 4 years in college. He is a much more complete player with much greater endurance than he had his first 3 seasons. Of the 3 upsets, North Texas is the only one that shot lights out from 3 point range and Edey was a role player on that team. USF definitely has the shooting ability to spring an upset against a team like Purdue and, as we know, defense travels. Let's hope we get to see the matchup.
  7. If you're Purdue you run a zone and never require Edey to leave the paint to defend make sure USF doesn't get any offensive rebounds. Walker and company are likely to get into foul trouble against a big like Edey or Clingan. I was just throwing it out there as a thought to eat up some minutes. We saw how quickly and easily Goldin was able to score when FAU adjusted their offense. With that being said, Clingan definitely is a matchup nightmare for everyone. UCONN is by far the scariest team in the NCAA.
  8. As far as the original poster's question, that would be a very nice draw. The only thing that could make it nicer would be being in with Houston or Arizona/Tennessee/UNC (whomever the 4th #1 ends up being). Purdue and UCONN will present nightmare matchups for us in the paint with Edey and Clingan. We saw what can happen when Goldin finally got going for FAU. Goldin is 7'1'' 240 lbs. Corey Walker, Jr. and even Pryor could body up against him and cause some problems or at least slow him down. Clingan is 7'2'' 280 lbs and Edey is 7'4'' 300 lbs....talk about 2 giants that are in a class of their own. I wonder if CAAR would give any thought to trying Tobiloba out there to neutralize bigs of their size. If not, the margin for error for USF shooting wise becomes very small.
  9. You may be right. KenPom just doesn't like us and the NET, while improving, just isn't going to be our friend. However, the committee doesn't rely exclusively on NET. USF's SOR (strength of record) is actually higher the the last 4 in on that list and only Seton Hall is above us out of the First 4 out. A lot will depend on how many at-large spots there are and how these teams perform down the stretch. If USF were to make it to the AAC finals and lose narrowly to Memphis or FAU, they could still sneak in.
  10. This team has adjusted all season long. A few chances to pull away, but Tulane kept answering. Just have to stay the course and hopefully build a comfortable lead.
  11. It certainly doesn't seem to be a good indicator of USF's overall strength at this point, that is for sure. Our RPI ranking of #39 and ELO of #25 are probably better indicators where this team currently stands. Our Strength of Record is currently #49 and is an indicator of how close to the cutline we would be if the tournament started today. The Bulls can likely only afford to lose in the conference tourney final and still hope to get an at-large. Right now, I am pulling for Memphis to beat FAU and Charlotte to lose one more so that Memphis moves up to the #3 seed. Then we would get to play the #8/9 winner and then, likely, the winner of #4/5 (Charlotte/SMU/UAB). Win those and then we would face the FAU/Memphis winner in the conference tournament final. If that is the case, the FAU v. Memphis game would likely be an NCAA tournament bid eliminator game.
  12. We appear in all but 15 of the voters' top 25 lists. High water mark of #15. 8 voters have us in their top 20. Basketball Grid View :: College Poll Tracker :: Breaking down college polls every week of the season. COLLEGEPOLLTRACKER.COM High wq
  13. It's plenty of love given the body of work thus far. There isn't a single team ranked ahead of us that doesn't have a better overall resume on the season.
  14. BYU will jump us and we will jump Florida. I think we may jump Dayton as well. Hoping for #24.
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