I'm afraid they'll make it to the Final 4.
--Memphis....Their starting line-up goes 6'9" 205 lbs; 6'5"; 6'5"; 6'0"; and 6'0", Their top reserves are 6'6"; 6'6"; and 6'3". One of their 6'6" guys is a really good rebounder, but I don't see how they cope with Edy. Looks like they have 2 really good players in 6'0 180 lb pg Kendric Davis and 6'9" 205 lb DeAndre Williams, who is their 2nd leading scorer and their leading rebounder by a lot. They play 10 guys over16 minutes per game. They shoot 3s fairly well (.353) and FTs (,748, mostly because of Davis), but only avg. 1 reb per game than their opponents.
--Marquette....They don't appear to match-up well either....their biggest guys are 6'9" 215 lbs & 6'8" 230 lbs. They don't play as many guys, take care of the ball better (10.7 TOs), shoot .348 on many more 3 pt attempts, but get outrebounded by almost 4 per game. They only lost by 4 at WL early in the year.....would be interesting to see how that game went. On the face of it, they really don't have 2 guys that are as impressive as Davis & Williams from Memphis; however, Tyler Kolac averages 7.7 assists per game.
--Duke.....Looking at the Duke #s.....they're not that impressive. They only hit .335 on 3s. Their two best players' #s aren't all that special. What they do have is height. They average 8 more rebounds v. their opponents. They have 4 guys 7'0" or over who play some + the Young kid from NW. What will make things interesting is that the 7 footer Filipowski attempted 118 3s on the year. Who will Edy guard. they have two forwards who attempted 52 (6'8" Mitchell) and 91 (6'7" Whitehead). So Duke might prove to be the hardest matchup.
If they got to the FF, they'd have to beat Alabama and Kansas (probably) to win it; that seems highly unlikely. But I do think they have a legit shot to get there.
--Memphis....Their starting line-up goes 6'9" 205 lbs; 6'5"; 6'5"; 6'0"; and 6'0", Their top reserves are 6'6"; 6'6"; and 6'3". One of their 6'6" guys is a really good rebounder, but I don't see how they cope with Edy. Looks like they have 2 really good players in 6'0 180 lb pg Kendric Davis and 6'9" 205 lb DeAndre Williams, who is their 2nd leading scorer and their leading rebounder by a lot. They play 10 guys over16 minutes per game. They shoot 3s fairly well (.353) and FTs (,748, mostly because of Davis), but only avg. 1 reb per game than their opponents.
--Marquette....They don't appear to match-up well either....their biggest guys are 6'9" 215 lbs & 6'8" 230 lbs. They don't play as many guys, take care of the ball better (10.7 TOs), shoot .348 on many more 3 pt attempts, but get outrebounded by almost 4 per game. They only lost by 4 at WL early in the year.....would be interesting to see how that game went. On the face of it, they really don't have 2 guys that are as impressive as Davis & Williams from Memphis; however, Tyler Kolac averages 7.7 assists per game.
--Duke.....Looking at the Duke #s.....they're not that impressive. They only hit .335 on 3s. Their two best players' #s aren't all that special. What they do have is height. They average 8 more rebounds v. their opponents. They have 4 guys 7'0" or over who play some + the Young kid from NW. What will make things interesting is that the 7 footer Filipowski attempted 118 3s on the year. Who will Edy guard. they have two forwards who attempted 52 (6'8" Mitchell) and 91 (6'7" Whitehead). So Duke might prove to be the hardest matchup.
If they got to the FF, they'd have to beat Alabama and Kansas (probably) to win it; that seems highly unlikely. But I do think they have a legit shot to get there.
