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Originally Posted by Trojan97
My wild prediction for tomorrow IF a crazy wild upset is to happen is #14 Iona over #3 Oregon. Oregon underperformed down the stretch with close wins to Cal (by 3) and Stanford (by 2). They then entered the Pac-12 tournament and were tied at half vs Arizona St, got an ugly win vs Cal that went right down to the wire and then lost in a competitive game to Arizona in the Pac-12 Championship. Now they've lost Chris Boucher (tho to their credit they competed well without him vs 'Zona) who is a major leader/piece of that team which could hurt them. Oregon is like 140th or so in FT%, if it's a close game late that could kill them.
Or they'll come out and blow the doors off Iona and win by 20... regardless, hoping day 2 is better than the opener.
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Is Boucher really that big of a loss as everybody else seems to be making it? He had been relegated to reserve status because of the strong overall play of Jordan Bell.
I love Rhode Island to beat Creighton. Creighton struggled to the finish line following the loss of Maurice Watson, to an ACL injury.
Rhode Island, meanwhile, closed strong, getting healthier down the stretch and winning the Atlantic 10 conference tournament in convincing fashion. Rhode Island began the season in the top 25 and fell out after a few early losses to good teams.
Part of the struggles early on was due to the play of E.C. Matthews, who missed all of last season with an ACL injury.Matthews was just returning to form when the team’s best inside scorer and rebounder, Hassan Martin, got hurt and missed five games. So Creighton is an overrated No. 6 seed and Rhode Island is an underrated No. 11.