Sweet 16 or better

[zephyr]

I stand by what I said in the off-season in the beginning of this year. This is a sweet 16 team especially when Kobe joins us.

I stand by what I said in the off-season in the beginning of this year. This is a sweet 16 team especially when Kobe returns

I love the enthusiasm but I don't think this team can defend well enough to win a big game or two in the tourney, one of which, would be against one of the top seeded teams surely. I don't think we're even going to finish in the top 2 in conference as there is a lot of balance in the league this year and people are going to double up on Brown from here on out. We're fun though and I plan on making a number of the home conference games.

[babysitter]

Delusion runs deep on this board. Sweet 16 when this guy hasn’t made it past the first round in his career ? Laughable.

[JMV JustMyView]

Delusion runs deep on this board. Sweet 16 when this guy hasn’t made it past the first round in his career ? Laughable.

#Whynotus

[ZoomZoom]

Anything can happen. Blind squirrel Fletcher found the nut one year.

[cajunref]

Absolutely laughable as long as Big Fish is around.

[JMV JustMyView]

Absolutely laughable as long as Big Fish is around.

So your saying there is a chance?

[Cajunsmike]

Absolutely laughable as long as Big Fish is around.

Does not matter who is coach, I don’t think this team is talented enough to win two NCAA games. Especially so since their first round game would likely be a traditional power. John Wooden probably could not take them to that level. Now that does not mean they can’t have success in conference play. Let’s start there and hope they get a chance to prove me wrong.

[CajunVic]

NIT

[lcitsh]

I stand by what I said in the off-season in the beginning of this year. This is a sweet 16 team especially when Kobe joins us.

I stand by what I said in the off-season in the beginning of this year. This is a sweet 16 team especially when Kobe returns

I understand when fans, no matter how unbiased they may be, think their team has talent and ability, and they are capable of being successful. But when you start making predictions about how they will do in the NCAA tournament, it's necessary to look at the practical aspects of such a prediction.

https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ran...442/team_sheet

This Cajun team just finished their non-conference slate with a 103 NET ranking, fourth in the conference. They have 1 Quadrant 1 game and 1 Quadrant 2 game, both losses. Their best win is over #148 Harvard (Quadrant 3). Their current position places them as a #15 seed in the tournament. This would place them against a team equal to or better than #9 Texas. The teams in the #7 seed and #10 seed range are primarily power conference teams. The only team they will be playing that is in that range is Southern Mississippi. It will take an incredible run through the conference, plus winning the conference tournament, to move up to a 14 or 13 seed and have a legitimate chance to win those two games you are predicting in the NCAA tournament.

[CajunVic]

NIT

[UL_Cajuns]

Bobby will never make the sweet 16. Come on man. Lmao.

[ZoomZoom]

I understand when fans, no matter how unbiased they may be, think their team has talent and ability, and they are capable of being successful. But when you start making predictions about how they will do in the NCAA tournament, it's necessary to look at the practical aspects of such a prediction.

https://stats.ncaa.org/selection_ran...442/team_sheet

This Cajun team just finished their non-conference slate with a 103 NET ranking, fourth in the conference. They have 1 Quadrant 1 game and 1 Quadrant 2 game, both losses. Their best win is over #148 Harvard (Quadrant 3). Their current position places them as a #15 seed in the tournament. This would place them against a team equal to or better than #9 Texas. The teams in the #7 seed and #10 seed range are primarily power conference teams. The only team they will be playing that is in that range is Southern Mississippi. It will take an incredible run through the conference, plus winning the conference tournament, to move up to a 14 or 13 seed and have a legitimate chance to win those two games you are predicting in the NCAA tournament.

Thank you for the research.

We have the same 1 in 14 chance of winning the SBC tournament. It comes down to who amongst the 14 members get hot in March.

USM will have their NET pummeled by conference play. Half the league is 200+ NET.