re: How far do you have us going?

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Hopefully anything but a disastrous performance will keep us well positioned to win the first one. But after that, I assume we'll need something generally better than we've seen in the last 4-5 games to advance. And we'll have to really get hot beyond that.

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This is a good assessment of where we currently are. We just aren't the same team that won 21 out of 23 and got us this seeding. But outside of our last game we have been gritty all year. We had the lead in the final two minutes on Florida's home court (a #6 seed) and hung in there with a hot shooting Arky team on their senior night. We really just need a break or two to make this a fun tournament run.

The good news is we got a great draw against CoC, who is really overseeded (should be a 15 seed according to KenPom) and has only beat one team ranked in the top 150 (Northeastern). Clemson also isn't the same team that got them the 5 seed and is beatable if we Bryce Brown and Mustapha Heron come to play. Kansas is also overseeded per KenPom and is a team we can hang with.

We haven't been the same team for the past month, but at least the bracket leaves some potential for some excitement in March and hopefully we can build some momentum going into next year.