***Official College Basketball Thread***

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Providence is well coached


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1 of my favorite things about the tourney is that pretty much 100% of the mid-majors who make it are extremely well coached and veteran teams who play really cohesively. Makes for a great contrast to some of the younger, more talented teams who aren't as synchronized.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Crazy play by Morris for ISU

Got ISU in my Final 4, taking them over Mich St. Don't let me down Lazy.

 

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Got ISU in my Final 4, taking them over Mich St. Don't let me down Lazy.

Don't worry, I won't let you down. I can only do so much doe.

 

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Cmon coastal Carolina!!!!!

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

James Young so bad.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Refs are screwing KSU.

*Happy doe, GO UK*

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

UK playing great defense, Randle rebounding like a monster.

James Young suck doe.

 

[Fishsticks]

1 of my favorite things about the tourney is that pretty much 100% of the mid-majors who make it are extremely well coached and veteran teams who play really cohesively. Makes for a great contrast to some of the younger, more talented teams who aren't as synchronized.

Yep the one and done universities don't have the gel time that a lot of mid majors benefit from. Anyone can be beat.

 

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UK game so UGLI. It's UGLIness will only be rivaled by Sunday's game.

 

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Georges Niang (ISU) broke his foot, out for tournament.

Pray for me guyz

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Georges Niang (ISU) broke his foot, out for tournament.

Pray for me guyz

Damn, that really sucks. Got any good backups to replace him at least?

 

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Damn, that really sucks. Got any good backups to replace him at least?

Not sure how Fred will do the lineups, but I'm guessing our JUCO newcomer Edozie will get more minutes. He'll be an upgrade on the glass and on the defensive end, but he can't do anything on offense. They also have Percy Gibson, but he's quite slow and doesn't know how to pass. Hoiberg might try putting Hogue or Ejim at the five for some minutes, but I don't know how long he'll be able to do that against Carolina.

This is a HUGE loss. The area where I feel Iowa State has an advantage over many teams is their ability in half-court offense, and Niang is the reason why. He's the main playmaker in the half-court because there is rarely anyone in the country who can guard him and he passes very well. Now we're pretty much limited to Kane pnr's and isos (which is still a fairly good option) and Ejim isos (which are so-so, much better in the post). I think Monte Morris (freshman PG) will be encouraged to make a few more plays in his absence. He's been good, but he's a freshman and hasn't had to initiate offense at all this year really.