In Reply to: Competing for a #7 seed posted by mh on March 09, 2026 at 11:15:42
Bracket Matrix has us solidly on the 8 line, but we probably would need to get to the championship game to solidly move up (and beating MSU and the Neb/Purdue winner is possible - IF we can keep MSU off of the offensive glass).
Would definitely need to show we can beat Minnesota first tho - they are a bad matchup for us, given that their offense is all about shooting 3s this year, and Cronin's Defenses tend to give up a lot of open 3 looks (but does pressure teams into mostly not shooting them as well as they usually do). We also need Freeney to play more minutes so he can crash the offensive glass v. the 2-3 zone - we were not prepared to attack our misses v. the zone last time.