WTKA Roundtable 3/15/2018: Basketball Christmas

That’s where I put my Komodo dragon when I fly United.

Things discussed:

• Michigan ends up seeded below MSU but with a more favorable draw.
• Last Michigan team that faced UNC was a very different team than a hypothetical rematch in the Sweet 16.
• Montana preview: The best 14 seed sure, but shut down their point guard and you’re in business.
• Don’t look past Houston, though. Ed’s numbers favor Houston and people are emailing. They can catch fire from three—Michigan’s ability to run them off the line makes us a bad matchup for them.
• Houston’s path to an upset is defense and getting hot from three. But they’re a small team so Michigan should be able to beat them in the paint.
• Virginia: how much does losing the 6th man of the year affect them?
• Callers: Angry Steve. Angry Phil.
• In-Studio: Angry Craig.
• Auburn is playing like there’s no tomorrow, because there’s no tomorrow.
• Don’t like playing against zones because Michigan just stares at them before they figure out how to shoot, and we don’t have a lot of rise-up shooters on this team.
• Around the brackets: How does Zona start two 7-footers and not be close to a top 50 defense? 1 seed Xavier is not favored vs 4 seed Gonzaga—do we believe it? Sam like Zona.
• First round games: Butler is the easy pick. Would you ever take a 10% sixteen seed?
• Who’s the last Teske that Michigan’s had? Craig starts to talk about the worst officiating call in the history of the Big Ten.
• When will teams start playing Z dishonestly? If they haven’t already there’s a there there.
• Final Fours: Brian: UNC-Purdue-Duke-Virginia, Craig: Cincy-Xavier-Purdue-Duke, Ed: Nova-Duke-UNC-Cincy