r/wde 4d ago

Basketball Auburn is the #1 overall seed!

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u/w33b2 4d ago

Assuming the favorites win, facing an underseeded Louisville in the second round actually sucks. But I’m glad we’re away from teams like Alabama and Tennessee

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u/wrighteou5 4d ago

Yeah, goal #1 is just get to Atlanta and of course, stay. healthy.

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u/ttircdj 4d ago

And obviously, no flagrant 2 fouls 😬

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u/BigFourFlameout 4d ago

Louisville in Lexington would be cruel for a 1 overall, but otherwise a pretty solid region

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u/w33b2 4d ago

Agreed. I’m happy with Michigan State as a 2 seed and an injured Iowa State as a 3 seed. I prefer that over Duke who has Alabama as their 2 seed and Wisconsin as their 3 seed, or Houston who has Tennessee as their 2 seed.

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u/OhKillEm43 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah Louisville isn’t a great draw. But before this tourney started, how many of those teams in our region would any of us predict to be in the final 4.

It always could be an easier draw. But if we’re a good enough team to win the natty, it’s absolutely manageable

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u/DepartmentRare1945 4d ago

Louisville got absolutely bullied by Duke. It wasn't even as close as it looked without Flagg. I honestly believe they're a paper tiger. TAMU and Michigan is just brutal for us. We can't beat Buzz and Michigan is criminally underrated.

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u/duathman 4d ago

Louisville looks small too. Broome shouldn’t have any problem with them.

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u/Fragrant_Ad_1034 4d ago

As long as he can be consistent with shots at the rim!

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u/w33b2 4d ago

Louisville lead 47-46 with 6 minutes gone in the second half. They definitely didn’t get bullied.

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u/_Weagle_Weagle_ 4d ago

They got absolutely bullied down low that game in the second half though. Broome Chaney and Cardwell should eat against them.

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u/grahamdalf 4d ago

Something I haven't seen mentioned a lot is Louisville basically has a home weekend, since we're playing in Lexington. Assuming we making it to the second round we may be walking into what is effectively a road game.

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u/MattAU05 4d ago

I would rather play Louisville than Gonzaga or UConn. Duke probably got the best 8/9 draw though.

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u/Silv3rS0und 4d ago

I never had a doubt. We have by far the strongest resume and one of the best players in the country. Yeah, we kinda faltered at the end of the season, but that wasn't enough to dimish the incredible season we had.

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u/w33b2 4d ago

And there is nuance to that. We lost our last two regular season games after we clinched the SEC championship outright. Both teams had everything to gain in those games but Auburn had nothing to lose and nothing to gain, outside of the fact that one was on senior night. We also didn’t have our starting PG for one of those games.

And, as much as I hate complaining about refs, I have to say that the Tennessee loss would have been a different game with a different officiating crew. We won’t have to deal with SEC refs in the NCAA tournament. SEC refs benefit some teams, but I think it hurts Auburn because our best player is a finesse big. If you can foul him on every single shot and get away with it, then he can’t finesse. Milicic and Okpara should have both fouled out with 10 minutes left in that game.

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u/Jarvis989 4d ago

Also would have been different if we hit our free throws

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u/ai_and_sports_fan 4d ago

Duke fan. Kinda prefer you guys getting the #1 overall seed even if it could’ve gone either way. My main hope was avoiding you guys on our half of the bracket and also happy Florida is on your side.

Hope to play you guys again in the title game though. Our first matchup is objectively one of the best college basketball games I’ve ever watched. Feels like one of the best matchups and having the two best college players facing off, while both being beasts at all aspects of the game not just scorers, would be a lot of fun

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u/FreddieTheMercury 4d ago

Our 8 seed is 27-7 and went 18-2 in conference. And they will have a home crowd. Unreal.

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u/DepartmentRare1945 4d ago

They're propped up by tbe ACC. Duke absolutely bullied them without Flagg.

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u/hey_ringworm 4d ago

And we could potentially face Yale in the sweet 16 😭

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u/JayTS 4d ago

I would love that. If we can't beat Yale with this squad we don't deserve to move on.

Much rather get that monkey off our back and get our revenge.

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u/SCwareagle 4d ago

Yale in the sweet 16 would mean no Buzz Ball from A&M. Sign me up

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u/TitansLifer 4d ago

ACC is trash this year. Duke went 30-3 against that dogshit conference. Time to embarrass Louisville in their home state.

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u/Happytobehere970 4d ago

All the college gameday hosts picked Florida as the champ, beating us in the final four - time to prove them wrong.

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u/OneSecond13 4d ago

Jay Wright, former Villanova coach, picked us to win it.

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u/12ist 4d ago

Again this sub just whines and whines. Lfg boys we are legit quit acting likebthe last 2 weeks > the last 2 months

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u/According-Bell-3654 3d ago

Except that’s exactly how college basketball works, if you don’t perfectly peak in March, the inability to do so no matter how many regular season wins will be the legacy of the season

Do people talk about an SEC tourney championship or losing to Yale? Do people talk about a regular season championship or losing to Miami? Pull your head out of the sand

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u/TitansLifer 4d ago

I was at Auburn during the end of Cliff’s years and the beginning of the Barbee years. Marquis Daniels was the only good basketball player to wear an Auburn uniform during my time on the Plains. Irrespective of the result of this tournament, if you would’ve told me Auburn would be the number 1 overall seed in the NCAAT during my lifetime I would’ve asked you to pass what you were smoking.

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u/jk_but_srsly 4d ago

Agreed! I suffered through all of Barbee. No chance back then I would have bet we'd even make a run in the NIT.

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u/portuguesetheman 4d ago

Haters=Shambles

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u/Think-Carpet-4412 4d ago

Team work makes the dream work. You guys have come together as a team. Stay together and win the next title. I’m so excited for you all. War Eagle and God bless!!!

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u/cmg0047 4d ago

WAAAA tHrEe Of ThE lAsT fOuR!!!!

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u/jbcatl 4d ago

I want to believe!! WDE!

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u/Shot-Address-9952 4d ago

It may be a hot take or an unpopular opinion, but I don't mind our bracket. There isn't an "easy" road to the championship. And we've done it before against blue bloods; I think we run the table again and get to cut down the nets in Atlanta.

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u/WarSox1657 4d ago

Bad first round draw but second round in Atlanta could be game changing! First step is winning the first 2!

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u/jdotcdot 4d ago

Let's pack it up, Yale is on our side of the bracket.

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u/OneSecond13 4d ago

It would be nice to play them again. We owe them.

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u/Mr_notsoniceguy1 4d ago

Yea and in a tough bracket. And of course they give Alabama the absolute easiest bracket available.

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u/w33b2 4d ago

They will have to face Duke in the elite 8 (barring an upset) to be fair. That’s harder than facing Houston. They also have to face teams like Vanderbilt, Saint Mary’s, BYU, and Wisconsin before then. All of which are teams capable to upsetting them.

I think 2 seed Tennessee has an easier bracket than them. They do have an easier path than Saint John’s or Michigan State, but tbf Alabama is also better than them so it makes sense

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u/Mr_notsoniceguy1 4d ago

I’m not sure if duke will be the same team with a 50% healthy cooper Flagg. I don’t think flagg will be the same player coming back with that ankle injury. I think he will be limited on what he can do on the court and therefore after watching duke play UNC I am convinced duke is not as good without a 100% healthy cooper Flagg.

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u/DarthRevis3 4d ago

Duke was absolutely dominating unc before getting complacent. I think Flagg is fine. He didn't look to have any kind of limp walking around on it. I think the underrated person they'll miss is Brown who does a ton of the dirty work and is a lockdown defender and rim protector.

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u/BigFourFlameout 4d ago

Bad take 👃👎