At home. Lost on the road and neutral. What is your point? Clemson is a good team and a hard matchup
Ok, sack up, how far does this team go?
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I think he addressed the “don’t see how we match up” point.
I addressed the height matchup. Clemson has also lost their glue guy for the season to a broken hand.
Agree. If Purdue and Clemson both make it to the second round it would be a tough game and Clemson could very well win, but it seems crazy to say that we ‘can’t’ match up.
And their coach is going to IU…..that team is ripe for a mental lapse.
They still need to beat Mcneese first!
McNeese was the popular upset pick last year and they laid an egg.
Not holding my breath.
Didn’t you hear, beef? Winner of Mcneese Clemson, gets the IU job! Clemson will prob lose on purpose then.
Analyst Seth Davis Makes Bold High Point-Purdue Prediction in NCAA Tournament
CBS college basketball analyst Seth Davis is already picking No. 13 High Point to upset No. 4 Purdue in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
Easy money to be made in driving clicks by calling for upsets. Who knows, maybe they're right. The upside for the talking heads is that there's zero impact on them if they're wrong.Analyst Seth Davis Makes Bold High Point-Purdue Prediction in NCAA Tournament
CBS college basketball analyst Seth Davis is already picking No. 13 High Point to upset No. 4 Purdue in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Basketball Tournament.www.si.com
Paid to talk about college hoops.......I missed my calling!!
I think they get by High Point. Purdue vs Clemson could be. Unless Houston gets upset, I am not sure Purdue has it to upset Houston.
It's time for Painter to prove he's a Hall Of Fame coach. I think he's shaky in that regard especially in NCAA first round upsets.
Agree. A first-round loss would be disappointing but anything beyond that is house money for this team. Houston is a tough matchup, this Purdue team would have to have a great shooting night to keep it close.
Any monkey with a computer can make the High Point over Purdue pick. Someone broke down the 10-15 upset options by their ability to beat better teams….High Point would be the outlier if they did it.
Colorado State is a better upset pick.
Except that it wouldn't be technically. Colorado St -2.5. It's actually gone up.
I've been watching that line. Do you remember a 12 being favored over the 5 prior to this?
I'm pulling for CSU due to Morty.
Still can't route for Duke and hope they get bounced....sorry Mason.
I really don't know what to make of Gonzaga. They can beat just about anyone and can lose to Santa Clara and Oregon State as well.
I recall a couple being close lines, but I don't ever recall a #12-seed as an opening betting favorite; however, I defer to you as the board expert.
Some may find this interesting -
Since 1985, No. 12 seeds carry a 55-101 record all-time against No. 5 seeds. There's been at least one 5 vs 12 upset in 33 of the last 39 tournaments with the exception of the following seasons: 1988, 2000, 2007, 2015, 2018 and 2023. Three 12’s advanced in 2019, as well as in both 2013 and 2014.
Also, I don't think a #5-seed has ever won the NCAA Tournament. Only top-8 seed position not to have pulled it off since 1985 -
#1, #2, and #3 - (multiple times with the lion's share #1 seeds more than half the time)
#4 - Connecticut ('23) and Arizona ('97 - defeating three #1-seeds)
#6 - Kansas ('88)
#7 - Connecticut ('14)
#8 - Villanove ('85)
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Is he surefire for the HOF if he were to retire tomorrow? Naismith or College Basketball HOF?
Who would his comp be on the Naismith list with fewer than 500 wins, no NC's, and one national coach of the year award? I think it would be unprecedented but am honestly not certain.
Oh you said now…haha ok fine didn’t read it all the way haha. I guess not yet then.
I think he’s within five years of being a lock for Naismith HOF. Sooner rather if he makes another FF before then.
PS - he might be a lock for the CBHOF already.
Feels kind of like the Baby Boilers freshman year. A lot of “experts” had Baylor as the sexy 1st round upset over the kids from the Big Ten. The Boilers went on to blowout Baylor. I’m hoping for a similar result.
Digger couldn't get the highlighter out any faster for the Bears....seemingly as soon as that pairing in the bracket was announced. That was a refreshingly sweet one to shut him up.......and watch Rece Davis remind him of the pick.
Phelps was also the all-time leader with listings of "this team is on a mission." Davis would be sitting there with as much professional restraint as humanly possible.
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Was noticing we don’t have a catch and shoot guy any more like Cline or Dakota. That is something we are missing.
I didn't do a bracket but I'm hoping for sweet 16. I will be disappointed if they don't get that far and thrilled with anything beyond that.
When did those two become catch and shoot guys? They weren’t that way when they first started were they?
I feel like Dakota always had that in his bag. Cline maybe later.
Could be a poor memory
So there’s still time for fletch. Cline became Cline God his senior year when he went fly fishing. He hadn’t shot it as much as fletch and was about same percentage up until that point. Hopefully fletch can channel in the inner cline god next year.
There's a lot of top teams that would take Loyer right now and pay him good money.
I’m one of the two FF votes… not because I feel strongly we’ll get ther but when I filled out my brackets I put us there as a means to be a diehard supporter and picked a couple upset besides Purdue. I wanted to put in my bracket playing both Gonzaga and TN again this year and beat them both again…VOLS fans would totally lose it…
I agree, although I’d love to see Fletch start today vs next year.
The statistical comparison between the two is really interesting. RC shot a significantly worse three point percentage than Fletch as a sophomore and junior and did so on materially more attempts in fewer minutes. Something like 80% of RC’s shots came from deep versus less than 50% of Fletch’s.
So Ryan was more aggressive in looking for his shot and in his shot selection and put the ball on the floor far less frequently. As a senior he attempted 7.4 threes a game versus 4.6 a game from Fletch this season.
I’d love to see Fletch take three more threes a game and think he could easily do so by taking one or two more lightly contested threes that he passes on and pulling the trigger from deep on one to of the shots where he is instead putting the ball on the floor. Even if he only shot 35% on those more difficult incremental shots his total percentage would still be well north of 40%, the efficiency on those incremental threes would be greater than his drives and it would likely make his drives more effective as defenders would have to close out harder.
Go get ‘em Fletch!
Exactly. I believe all of the fan base would be ok if he took a contested 3 or several as he is one of the best in the country on 3s. We can live with a few more misses, if that means more makes (theoretically).
Let’s hope for a W today. Gonna be a tough one.
