IF this team beats OU...

ThomasFremont

...and assuming they don't shit the bed in conference play, that should all but guarantee a protected seed in the tourney.

Which means opening round games in either Seattle or Portland.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2012-11-12/preliminary-round-sites-announced-2014-2015-ncaa-tournaments

RaceBannon

Awfully cold for March

doogsinparadise

Upshaw isn't letting you back on the bandwagon.

ThomasFremont

doogsinparadise said:

Upshaw isn't letting you back on the bandwagon.

The only wagon I am off of is the NBA hype wagon.

dnc

I didn't realize Eastern was such a quality win. #42 right now on realtimerpi. Hard to imagine they stay top 50 but they'll certainly remain top 100, probably top 75. Combined with the 4-0 5-0 road/neutral record (thanks Key Arena!) and the UTEP and SDSU wins this is easily one of the strongest non conference resume's we've ever seen out of Romar. That Oklahoma game looms very large. If we can get a strong 27-30 minutes out of Upshaw I think we win that one at home. Great time for the Dawgpack to get their shit together.

A protected seed doesn't actually seem out of the question, which is nuts. I did not have that high of expectations for this year's team. Upshaw is a fucking difference maker.

dhdawg

Oklahoma isn't a home game

FreeChavez

Agreed on this year expectations. The team is gelling together well, and has heart that we have complained about for years. Watching NWG and even DJ hit big shots is something we haven't seen since IT ran around with the ball.

A sign of a good team is holding their shit together even when playing poorly. I'd say vs eastern we didn't see a great defensive game, and our shooting was once again failing us. That being said, they found a way to make buckets at the end of the game. Watching anderson rip someone to the hole and finish while getting hammered was a thing of beauty. Upshaw going out and hitting FT's after starting a crips 2/10.

NWG pulling that 3 was incredibly out of left field, and his reaction was fucking priceless. The anderson shot, the nwg dagger was what gave confidence to DJ to just pull up. Confidence and swagger spread on teams, just as much as discontent and being a fucking pussy(yes i'm pointing at quite a few recent UW teams) can go from one person to another.

DeepSeaZ

RaceBannon said:

Awfully cold for March

Maybe not.

http://www.seattle.gov/living-in-seattle/environment/weather/averages-and-records

ThomasFremont

DeepSeaZ said:

RaceBannon said:

Awfully cold for March

Maybe not.

http://www.seattle.gov/living-in-seattle/environment/weather/averages-and-records

@d2d TRUE???

dnc

dhdawg said:

Oklahoma isn't a home game

oh

ThomasFremont

dnc said:

dhdawg said:

Oklahoma isn't a home game

oh

That would make it even cooler if the students showed up.