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We'll see just how tough Arkansas is in the 1st rd of the tournament vs Seton Hall...

The Pirates are hands down one of the toughest teams in the nation.

Angel Delgado and Desi Rodriguez are ready for war...
 
The Tournament is officially underway. There's a 5'5 dude in this game who can dunk.


[MENTION=430]Dr. Jones[/MENTION] I have UK winning it all. I had UCLA at first but went and re-watched that game and thought they can take them in the rematch.

I think Fox is gonna score 20 a game and lead the charge.. I was a bit weary because of Monk's recent cold streak but I trust he'll be ready.. This team has real depth for a coach Cal squad.. The likes of Mulder, Hawkins Willis and even Humphries I think are gonna be the x-factor..

I really wanted to push Wichita St thru but they got pretty much the worst draw in the entire bracket, never should've been a 10 in the first place but personnel wise UK is just a bad, bad, matchup..
 
PG_AB said:
We'll see just how tough Arkansas is in the 1st rd of the tournament vs Seton Hall...

The Pirates are hands down one of the toughest teams in the nation.

Angel Delgado and Desi Rodriguez are ready for war...
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What other teams would you describe as hard nosed/tough in the tourney? Those are the kinds of teams that I like watching typically, even if they are not the best teams overall.
 
Duck Rodgers said:
What other teams would you describe as "tough" in the tourney? Those are the kinds of teams that I like watching typically, even if they are not the best teams overall.
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Well, there's a bunch - these are the teams that have proven to be the most resilient over the course of the seasons so forgive the long list..

That Seton Hall team is one of the toughest tho.led by the nations leading rebounder 6'10" 250lb Angel Delgado from the DR.. He's a monster.

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Cincinnati, Villanova, Virginia, Baylor, South Carolina, Gonzaga, Notre Dame, WVU, Florida St., Some might think Arizona is a finesse team but they have a number of tough players, Kansas, Miami, Nevada, Purdue, Creighton, Rhode Island, UNC, Minnesota and I'd say Kentucky and USC even though I'm sure many would disagree..

I'm inclined to say Saint Marys is tough too, they haven't really been tested tho..

Some of those teams are more mentally tough than physically, some have just a few players I think are tough..

This game thats about to tip of next, KSU - Wake Forest is two tough teams especially DJ Johnson and Wes Iwundu on KSU, those are grizzled vets.
 
As much as I love watching St Mary's, I've noticed they tend to wilt a bit in the heat of the big game, still most of them will be back again next year as well. I expect them to lose to Arizona in the second round. Be interesting to see how Landale goes in the tournament, if he plays well the could upset Arizona.
 
Landale is their only possible NBA level talent (and I think he'll probably need to do a year or two in Europe like Aron Baynes before he's ready.) he has to play well for them to go deep in the tournament. I'm interested to see what Jock Perry the 7'1 kid from Melbourne will do next year, but when I look at the Gaels i see a team that is better than the sum of it's parts. If they played in a tougher conference I think they'd have the talent to go deep into the tournament but they just don't play enough big high pressure games.
 
I like Emmett Naar and Calvin Hermanson.. Those 2 are absolute dead-eye shooters and Naar is just a very efficient, nearly mistake-free player. Not a natural PG but he manages to keep a real nice AST:TO ratio.

They're the keys for a run, for damn sure. Different team when they're buzzing, all of a sudden the 3's start flying and then Landale can steady the ship from there..

I;ve said before Hermanson reminds me of the german shooter on that UConn national championship team, Neils Giffey(sp?).

I don't mind Dane Pineau either he puts in a workmans effort for them.
 
I can see Emmett and Dane coming home and playing here but i don't see them going much further than that, Naar just doesn't have the physical tools and Pineau lacks a little bit of size, both of them are rock solid players tho. Years ago both those kids would have a decent chance of going to an Olympics but such is the depth of talent with the boomers these days I can't even see them doing that. Vasiljevic and McDowell-White are both likely to be ahead of Naar on the depth chart for the national team, behind Mills, Exum and Delly. Pineau has Bairstow, Motum, Bolden, Simmons and that kid from Baylor all ahead of him at the 4 too.

Hermanson has to play well if they're going to beat anybody, he's got another year left will be interesting to see what he does as a Senior.
 
Rubashov said:
I can see Emmett and Dane coming home and playing here but i don't see them going much further than that, Naar just doesn't have the physical tools and Pineau lacks a little bit of size, both of them are rock solid players tho. Years ago both those kids would have a decent chance of going to an Olympics but such is the depth of talent with the boomers these days I can't even see them doing that. Vasiljevic and McDowell-White are both likely to be ahead of Naar on the depth chart for the national team, behind Mills, Exum and Delly. Pineau has Bairstow, Motum, Bolden, Simmons and that kid from Baylor all ahead of him at the 4 too.

Hermanson has to play well if they're going to beat anybody, he's got another year left will be interesting to see what he does as a Senior.
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Vasiljevic is hands down a better prospect than Naar (and McDowell-White).

That Miami team is gonna be showtime next year, it's gonna rain 3's. Australian fans should probably be rooting for Bruce Brown to declare for this draft to clear more space/pt for Vasiljevic.
 
PG_AB said:
Vasiljevic is hands down a better prospect than Naar (and McDowell-White).

That Miami team is gonna be showtime next year, it's gonna rain 3's. Australian fans should probably be rooting for Bruce Brown to declare for this draft to clear more space/pt for Vasiljevic.
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I'm talking about the taller of the two white boys who was ruled ineligible , their old man played league footy over here and was pretty good player (played nearly 300 game, won three premierships), i'm betting the boy will turn into a pretty good athlete and he can play.
 
What the national team really needs is a pure scorer at the 2, if only we had Andrew Gaze now...
 
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