It will officially be Michigan vs. Saint Louis Saturday for a spot in the Sweet Sixteen. Billikens play fast, make a boatload of 3s, and just obliterated Georgia. Avila vs. Mara will be fun.
Quick turnaround for Michigan, even quicker for Saint Louis: 12:10 p.m. ET, game on CBS.
@DanWetzel They are 32 in KenPom so right on the 8/9 line. They played no one all year (only four top fifty games three of which were against VCU) and Georgia played particularly poorly. I would avoid making these kinds of judgments based on one game. They are probably seeded correctly.
@umhoops Please explain Mara playing only ten minutes and Morez only 12. Tschetter th same minutes as Morez. Sometimes I just question the sub patterns.
Michigan's offense was nearly perfect ... and it only leads by 4 points at the break.
Howard with 10 first-half threes and has made this a game.
Michigan with a lot to figure out defensively at the break.
@_ZachShaw Maybe someone can explain what the hell Dusty is doing. Mara ten minutes. Morez 12. Tschetter playing the same number of minutes as Morez. This is empirically insane. Forfeiting your major advantage is quite a choice by the Michigan coach.
40-33 Michigan with 3:32 to go in the first half. Wolverines cruising at 1.60 points per possession, but Howard's 7 3s have them in strkng distance as the half closes
@99_enthusiast@RyanGarciaESM@peterp2000@ChrisKirschner In spring training I'm only paying attention to his stuff, not the results
Spring training is for experimenting and getting your feet under you
Guys don't pitch with the intensity or strategy that they would in a game that actually counts
High Point went 30-4, hasn't lost since mid-January - and wouldn't have sniffed an at large bid
Miami (OH) went undefeated in the regular season, finished 31-1 and ended up in Dayton
We REALLY need to re-evaluate how we go about selecting at-large teams for the NCAA Tournament
@t_mporal@ChrisKirschner They don’t. He threw like shit today. Not for the first time. The season starts in six days. Let’s see how he throws in his first start.
@Kinglewis567@ChrisVannini Miami played 21 games against sub 200 KenPom teams. Including three games against non division one games. Travis Steele gamed the system and won.
High Point coach Flynn Clayman after beating Wisconsin:
"It looks obvious high-majors need to play mid-majors during the season. They said we didn't play nobody. … Nobody would play us, just like they wouldn't play Miami (Ohio). But they have to play us in this tournament."
Kentucky coach mark Pope heavily suggested that Yaxel Lendeborg's claim to the AP that Kentucky offered him $7 to $9 million to transfer from UAB to the Bluegrass was inaccurate. But, AP who first reported the story, defended its position, writing Pope did not explicitly deny or confirm Lendeborg's reported offer. my take: I don't believe it happened. But Pope needed to be forceful in his denial.
@RyanGarciaESM At least he has a track record. More so than Weathers. They are clearly concerned about Gil and it’s only ST. Failing to throw strikes matters. That should be the minimum. Weathers might be OK. But he was awful today.
Michael King has an ERA of 9.95. Do you think the Padres are thinking about terminating his contract right now lol? Jesus Luzardo has an ERA over 9 and the Phillies looked at that and paid him nine figures.
@RyanGarciaESM@pirates_at448 Obviously it’s spring training. They also just hit three rockets off of Winquest who also hasn’t been great this spring. Season starts in six days. Almost not ST any longer.
@peterp2000 And even after it, I stand by it. Sorry I just don’t care about anything other than K-BB% and Stuff+ relative to last year this time of year. Neither should you.
@RyanGarciaESM@pirates_at448 74 pitches. 44 strikes. Could not put anyone away. Remember very few swings and misses. On the other hand Cody Ponce has been filthy. It’s only spring obviously but I would say this is a bit concerning. It doesn’t mean nothing. He’s had other average starts as well.