Mark will be fine but no chance he plays vs Duke if I had to guess. That one might get ugly at home early and the folks will really get restless.

Everyone wanted a tougher OOC, seems many forgot that means losses too.

BUT if playing good teams early means we don't have that bad start in conference play then I'm fine with it. We're looking at 4-5 OOC losses counting Duke and the tough OU game in Tulsa.

Auburn, @UGA, @UF, A&M is a tough 4 game opener. That's a 'would love 3-1, but take 2-2, pls not 1-3 or 0-4 seasons over' start.

Right now I do not think we'd beat Auburn, UF or A&M.

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Posted by pioneerbasketball

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Posted on 11/26/23 at 7:39 am to UltimateHog

In the 3 losses, Other teams shot:
UNCG-48% shooting
Memphis-49% shooting
UNC-49% Shooting

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Posted by The Sultan of Swine

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Posted on 11/26/23 at 7:47 am to UltimateHog

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BUT if playing good teams early means we don't have that bad start in conference play then I'm fine with it. We're looking at 4-5 OOC losses counting Duke and the tough OU game in Tulsa.

Glass half full... if we can beat Duke and OU, we're right back in good shape.

Duke is flat out better than us but BWA is usually good for a magic win or two per season.

That would leave us 2-2 Quad I, 1-0 Quad II going into conference play. Hard to ask for much more than that.

Yeah we'll have the UNCG loss but metric wise it's probably not going to hurt us much (unless they collapse)

This post was edited on 11/26/23 at 7:54 am

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