I'll preface this by saying I think it is probably down to 2 teams at this point of who we'll play, UCONN or Creighton, and both are terrible matchups for us. But we'll still breakdown the other teams on the off chance that we get another one. I'm also not going to break down Memphis because I don't think we'll get a 1st round rematch. Committee usually doesn't like doing that.


Creighton- As stated, I think it's basically a coin flip on if we'll play Creighton or UCONN at this point. Also stated, Creighton isn't a good matchup for us. Doug McDermott is a seasoned tournament coach, they shoot the 3 ball well at times, and we have no answer from Kalkbrenner. Ryan Kalkbrenner is who their offense is going to go through. We don't have anyone who can match his mix of strength and size. I would honestly consider starting Murphy if we draw them in Rd. 1. Steven Ashworth is their PG and their volume shooter. Good news, he doesn't shoot the ball well away from home and he's shot them out of some games this year. If they're hitting their 3s, then it's over. The only saving grace for us may be that they get a bit 3 pt happy at times and forget they have Kalkbrenner inside. Not really a deep bench, Fedor Zudic comes off the bench and plays about 10/mpg for them. Here's my guess at how we'll match up:

Steven Ashworth-Hubbard
Jamiya Neal-Kugel
Ryan Kalkbrenner-Nwoko/Murphy
Jackson McAndrew-Matthews
Jasen Green-Melendez


Baylor- This would be a dream matchup for us. I don't think the Big 12 is very good this year and they've been average in that conference. We'd have a definite height advantage over them and they really struggle teams who can shoot it. VJ Edgecombe and Norchad Ormier are kind of their two headed monster. I just think we'd be able to handle them and kill them on the boards. They also aren't very deep as Jeremy Roach is really the only bench player that plays significant minutes.

Robert Wright III-Hubbard
Jayden Nunn-Melendez
Norchad Ormier-Matthews
VJ Edgecombe-Kugel
Jalen Celestine-Nwoko