re: #10 UGA playing #7 Michigan State Friday in Charlotte

I'm hoping its not early so atl people can make it up there easier

Agreed. I want as many UGA folks up there as we can get, which means we need a late day convoy into Charlotte

I'm pretty sure I'm gonna go.

But do people now see why dropping to the 10 seed instead of the 8/9 isn't a very good thing? I hope we win, but I would absolutely want a better chance for one game, than an extremely rare chance at two.

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But do people now see why dropping to the 10 seed instead of the 8/9 isn't a very good thing? I hope we win, but I would absolutely want a better chance for one game, than an extremely rare chance at two.

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I agree completely. All you can worry about is round one unless you are a top 4 seed. Want to be as high as possible, safely in and with the best shot at winning round 1.

Still think we have a shot but definitely not a good draw. Would much rather have the draw that LSU landed.

Not to mention we are basically playing a 1 seed if we beat MSU. Oh thank god we avoided duke and got virginia!

Oh well, Tom izzo is matt bucklins uncle so we are gonna win

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MSU is far and away the best 7 seed in this bracket. The other 7 seeds are Wichita State, Iowa, and VCU all of whom we would have a decent chance of beating so it was just bad luck getting MSU but we still have a shot against them

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I totally disagree. Michigan State has the name recognition, that’s about it. There is a reason the committee has them as a 7 seed. I think Wichita State and Iowa would’ve beat UGA handily. I’m not sure about VCU seeing as I only watched one of their game this year. Sparty is beatable. Don’t let their matchup with Wisconsin today steer you away from the fact they had an average season. Their best player averages 15 ppg, but shots under 40%. In other words, he is hit or miss. They are a guard oriented team, with little post presence. The Dawgs can exploit that with Maten, Thornton and Djurisic

I think Wichita state is much, much better than michigan state. They are a top 15 team by pretty much every measure and are a 7 seed. Total horse shite.

VCU lost their best player a few weeks ago. They have been alright without him but a 7 seems fair.

The draw isn't all that bad. The intimidating factor is just izzo in March. People see him as a god in this month mainly because of plenty of regular season underachieving to get a lower seed. That has happened again and it makes me nervous with how well they played in the big 10 tourney.

Aww man frick that!

Welp, guess I'll be getting drunk a little bit earlier on a Friday than I'd anticipated

I think Wichita St. and Northern Iowa are much better than their 7 and 5 seeds respectively. The committee favored the power conferences, which helped us, but I think was off. SMU deserved better than a 6 too.

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