2015 Bracketology
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It involves attending practice on time and attending class.
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Ricky may be doing a self imposed double secret suspension.
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Mad max Masiello showed America what drinking 6 Red Bulls does to your adrenaline. Is it just me or do all the Manhattan coaches over the past 20 years appear to suffer from the same borderline personality disorder? He is very entertaining to watch on the sidelines however but that ISIS beard has got to gp!
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Thanks for thinking of me. And btw team rules usually means caught smoking weed
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Where? And where?
I have not seen Iona play before last night this year but was not impressed. They play lousy defense, do not rebound well for a team their size, do not create many turnovers and rely way too much on the three point shot. They missed so many easy shots inside and Manhattan finished.
I happened to watch some of all of each of the Manhattan/Iona games this year. They are lousy on defense. They need to outscore early because their havoc offense starts to breakdown under pressure. Amayo is a bull in a china shop. NBA body, lo major skills and manos de piedra, which is good in boxing. His missed slam killed their momentum.
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Smoking weed would make you late for practice and class I guess. I feel bad for Iona missing out on a NCAA bid again as they are actually an enjoyable team to watch and they have some talented players but the MAAC is a 2 horse stable and their conference record is rendered meaningless as a result. I actually think they can do damage in the NIT if they played better defense.
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Some. But Cluess is well liked, especially after watching Willard coached team for a few years. Like watching paint dry. Unfortunately, Cluess offense doestnt involve a big lumbering rebounder. That hurts come tourny time, as evidenced with Aston Pankey. He killed it.
Lunardi has Iona in next four out. This site has Iona matched up against Murray St in the NIT. I think Murray St deserves a bid
http://www.nycbuckets.com/2015/03/nit-bracketology-march-9/
The four teams in the country that SJU would have a tough time beating on SJU's best day are Kentucky, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Arizona, not necessarily in that order. Kentucky speaks for itself, and the blend of discipline, offensive efficiency, and lockdown defense of the latter three would be a nightmare for us. The stuff that we do well might actually have a better chance against Kentucky than it does against those three.
Happy to be in under any circumstance, but if we could avoid a second round matchup against these four, even better.
I agree, give me duke, gonzaga, or Kansas any day. But since we played duke and Gonzaga we might not get that matchup. I'd love 7/10 game with Kansas as the 2. I hope we shock nova and get that 6 seed. Would be great
Agree with both of these posts.
In the 7, 8, 9, 10 scenarios being discussed, being lined up with Kansas in the second round is the best of what we are seeing.
Taking a step back from that, really hope we beat Providence. Nothing to do with Tournament implications. We aren't winning it all, so it's really about these kids playing as many meaningful games as possible. Getting to Friday night in the Big East, likely against Nova, would have some serious juice. Hope they get to experience that.