Keeping an eye on the national rankings

[anderjao]

Eh, IDK. The 2015 team was ranked #10 in the country and only got a 5 seed. I have trouble seeing them seed us above a 7, and we'd have to win out. In all likelihood we're wearing purple in round 1, justified or not.

Agreed. We were a 9 seed in 2010. Hard to see us getting much higher than that, fair or not.

[06panther10]

It doesn’t matter what seed we are. We can beat any team in America this year.

Just have to get in.

[kochrab]

It doesn’t matter what seed we are. We can beat any team in America this year.

Just have to get in.

This. No matter who we play if we're playing good offense with decent defense we've got a great shot at just about anyone. I would say that we have a better shot with teams who are unfamiliar with our style of play. Hence why we can beat a good Colorado team and go toe-to-toe with WVU but also lose to teams like ISUr and SIU.

[UNIGrainer]

I’m not a fan of any evaluation system the encourages running up the score.

[BCPanther]

This. No matter who we play if we're playing good offense with decent defense we've got a great shot at just about anyone. I would say that we have a better shot with teams who are unfamiliar with our style of play. Hence why we can beat a good Colorado team and go toe-to-toe with WVU but also lose to teams like ISUr and SIU.

Imagine that statement 5 years ago, lol....

[UNIAlum95]

What a crazy year with the amount of offense this year. Never would have thought I'd see the day. When we make it, I hope that we are seeded favorably that allows us to have a bit of a run. This team deserves it. Imagine that this team will likely only be better next year...

[CincyPanther88]

If we didn't have AJ Green, everyone would constantly be raving about how good Phyfe is. Dude's been crushing it, at a high efficiency (shown here), and has been playing some quality defense in the post as well. Certainly "good enough" defense. Very exciting that the main three point shooter and the main post player are both sophomores on a team that's already so good at both aspects.

He's been a blessing this season. He has a tendency to get into foul trouble at times but you can say the same thing about a lot of players. Earlier in the season there were times that Dahl was outplaying him. Not anymore.

[catsize]

What a crazy year with the amount of offense this year. Never would have thought I'd see the day. When we make it, I hope that we are seeded favorably that allows us to have a bit of a run. This team deserves it. Imagine that this team will likely only be better next year...

Our core players will be experienced-Berhow, Phyfe, Green and Pickford, but then we only have 3 other players (the freshmen) that will have, somewhat limited so far, D-I experience on the squad. We're going to be very inexperienced outside of the top 4 next year.

[UNIAlum95]

If we didn't have AJ Green, everyone would constantly be raving about how good Phyfe is. Dude's been crushing it, at a high efficiency (shown here), and has been playing some quality defense in the post as well. Certainly "good enough" defense. Very exciting that the main three point shooter and the main post player are both sophomores on a team that's already so good at both aspects.

So assume Phyfe's stays on this pace for the rest of the year. Is he first time all-conference or are they going to default to the senior in Krutwig?

[BCPanther]

So assume Phyfe's stays on this pace for the rest of the year. Is he first time all-conference or are they going to default to the senior in Krutwig?

They'll both be on it. Right now first team is pretty easy--Green, Krutwig, Freeman-Liberty, Key, Phyfe.

Scary thing is all 5 of those players are back next year. League is going to be the best its been since Wichita and Creighton were still around next year.

[Wxcpanther]

They'll both be on it. Right now first team is pretty easy--Green, Krutwig, Freeman-Liberty, Key, Phyfe.

Scary thing is all 5 of those players are back next year. League is going to be the best its been since Wichita and Creighton were still around next year.

Ya, we lose by far the most of anyone, and still bring back arguably 4 of our top 5 players, including presumably 2 first team all conference guys and a second team all conference guy. Another year of Mullins, Devries will have another year of recruiting, Bradley and LUC will be good again, the MVC is going to at minimum be 5-6 quality teams deep next year. Just need teams to schedule like it.

[clenz]

They'll both be on it. Right now first team is pretty easy--Green, Krutwig, Freeman-Liberty, Key, Phyfe.

Scary thing is all 5 of those players are back next year. League is going to be the best its been since Wichita and Creighton were still around next year.

Imagine mudra's level of erection seeing 2 post players on a first team list.

[Wxcpanther]

Imagine mudra's level of erection seeing 2 post players on a first team list.

Imagine if they decided to put Liam Robbins on instead of Key

[sivert]

If we didn't have AJ Green, everyone would constantly be raving about how good Phyfe is. Dude's been crushing it, at a high efficiency (shown here), and has been playing some quality defense in the post as well. Certainly "good enough" defense. Very exciting that the main three point shooter and the main post player are both sophomores on a team that's already so good at both aspects.

	G	MIN%	PRPG!	BPM	OBPM	DBPM	ORTG	USG	EFG	TS	OR	DR	AST	TO	BLK	STL	FTR	FC/40	FT		2P		3P
#1	21	76.9	5.8	10.1	9.5	0.6	118.9	30.2	57.8	59.6	13.1	23.6	8	9.4	6.2	1.3	40.7	3	90-138	65.2%	163-280	58.2%	22-59	37.3%
#2	19	66.9	4.2	7.1	5.3	1.7	125.9	21.3	66.4	66.4	15.2	17.2	15.5	18	2.8	1.2	52	4.7	41-65	63.1%	83-125	66.4%	0-0	0
#3	19	70.3	3.8	10.4	5.5	4.9	113.8	21	77.4	69.9	12.3	24.7	8	22.7	11.3	1.3	62.4	3.3	35-83	42.2%	103-133	77.4%	0-0	0

Ok, here's three post players.

Defense:
#1 and #3 are higher in Defensive Rating and blocks.
DBoxPM favors #3 with #2 a little better than #1.
OBoxPM favors #1 with
Offense:
#2 is higher in Off Rating.
#1 is the worst on 2Pt%, but also shoots some 3s at a pretty good rate. But even with his 3ptrs, #1 still has the lowest EFG%
#2 has about double the assists the others have.
While #2 and #3 are higher in 2pt%, #1 has taken more 2ptrs than #2 and #3 combined.

Overall, all three have high PORPAGATU!, BoxPM, DefRating, and OffRating.

They are: (not in order) Phyfe, Garza, Azubuike.

[Trapped in California]

Imagine mudra's level of erection seeing 2 post players on a first team list.

You're acting like Mudra is Spanish Moon and his borderline obsession with Eglseder.

Now that you mention it, I've never seen Mudra and Spanish Moon in the same room at the same time....