(03-12-2019 04:20 PM)SomebodyToLove Wrote:  

(03-12-2019 02:35 PM)Zorch Wrote:  

(03-12-2019 07:54 AM)70shawk Wrote:  I think a (healthy) Northeastern team is the CAA's best one-bid representative. So good luck tonight!

I like NE better but I think Hofstra is better for the league as the one-bid representative.

If NE wins tonight, they go to Michigan State again (isn't that who you had last time?), they play respectably .....but probably lose (with bad officiating probably being a factor).

If Hofstra wins tonight, then perhaps....perhaps....maybe....Justin Wright-Foreman goes absolutely bonkers in the NCAAT and the Pride steal a win .....all the while getting massive media attention because of JWF's heroics. That is the kind of attention that the CAA needs and I think that a Hofstra team with JWF gives the CAA the best chance of getting that.

So, if all the calls seem to be going Hofstra's way tonight, then that means that the CAA agrees.

I'll biasedly and respectfully disagree. I think NU is the CAA's best team, and the way we can shoot 3's and drive to the basket gives us a chance against nearly anyone.

Last time in the dance we played ACC Champs Notre Dame and had the ball in our hands down by 2 with 10 seconds left but turned it over. Still kills me that we didn't even take a shot to tie or win. Hoping to get a chance at redemption.

Oh, I agree that NU is probably the better team -- just that having a "superstar" seems to usually be the best chance for mid-majors to get wins in the NCAAT.

I just now turned on the "radio" right at halftime and I see that NU is leading by 16. Don't get too comfortable, though, because JWF laid, like, 37 points on W&M in the second half the last time they played. Good luck.

I know somebody played Michigan State and I remember it because the CAA almost always gets lined up against the ACC. Maybe it was UNCW or Delaware.