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Duke will probably sell their gym out. UNC too. Both have fans all over the country.

We've had plenty of opponents the last few years say we won because of help from the refs too. I've read it on their boards. It's typically a weak excuse, even if true.

New Mexico has had good teams off and on for decades - that's why they get fans and recruits.

I mean....they did make the National Title game last year.

Right now Lunardi is putting more MWC schools in the field than a few power leagues.

We'll see, but I do think it is quite possible we get 3 teams in at this point.

Wichita State is way too talented to be this bad. I figure they'll end of with a few league wins.

A shot breakdown like that doesn't tell you if the shots were near the basket because of guards driving or because the front line players got the ball down low to begin with. I didn't think the game was called egregiously on their behalf. Fans (ALL fans in all sports) blame the refs for 90% of the losses when it's probably less than 10.

Did we even drive the paint a lot to force fouls? I feel like that's not our typical game. Sure we can do it, but our guards don't usually pin their ears back and go to the goal like some do.

We got the rebound with around 30 seconds, which reset the shot clock to 20. Buggs let it go with like 12-13 seconds on the shot clock.

Yeah, I mean he was red hot so I can't have much of an issue and I guess I don't. Still though, even if he hit it, you're leaving the Owls with a ton of time. I wanted to give them as little as possible to tie or retake the lead.

Doesn't get much easier for us. Blazers are almost always a tough out.

Not in the least.

Charlotte continues to show that wasn't a bad loss, other than the margin.

Davis is a potential All-American for a reason. It feels like every time we play the Owls we coulda/shoulda. The fact that we never do says as much about them as us. Gotta just tip your cap to them.

FAU 66 --------- NT 63 Final

I can understand Buggs' thought process, but he should have pulled it out.

NT 57 --------- FAU 57 3:54 to go Both teams making and missing big shots. Gonna be all about heart now.

NT 50 --------- FAU 49 7:12 to go Buggs is providing a HUGE lift right now.

FAU 45 --------- NT 44 9:48 to go Davis is killing us - not a shocker as a potential All-American. Noland is keeping us in it.

NT 38 --------- FAU 36 14:26 to go It feels like the pace is going more towards the Owls, but we're still keeping our nose in front. This is just as intense as the game the other night.

I feel like if we can do a similar job defensively in the second, we'll score enough to win.

NT 28 --------- FAU 26 Halftime Good half by both squads.

NT 24 --------- FAU 21 3:27 to go We recovered from their mini-run and have turned this back into our sort of game. Hitting some big shots with time running out too.

FAU 17 --------- NT 14 8:16 to go We had been doing a good job stopping their transition points. Gotta nip this run in the bud.