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3 out of 5 pick Montana?

I actually hope that's not the case in general.. I don't want the Griz to be thought of as anything but the underdog by game time tomorrow. Esp. by Nevada.
 
GrizGuy said:
I actually hope that's not the case in general.. I don't want the Griz to be thought of as anything but the underdog by game time tomorrow. Esp. by Nevada.
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Don't worry, nationally Nevada is favored by 86% of the people. I know the standard response from their camp is how much they respect us, yada, yada, yada, but I bet they have been looking at more BC film than Griz. At least I hope so. A pretty damn good coach once told me scouting was easy, just read the box scores. Of course he was a little tongue in cheek, but he made a point.
 
With all the "experts" picking UM for the upset and all the national attention we have been getting, I think the Griz have lost the posibility of being overlooked by Nevada.
 
I really don't care if they overlook us or underlook us, I hope they bring their best game and we still beat them. The best team will win. It's not the best team season long that wins. The best team right now is all that matters.
 
Montana seems to be a 5-12 upset darling among prognosticators. Wonder why. Might one, some or all of these factors figure in?

1. Anonymity factor - never heard of `em so why not pick `em.
2. Chance factor - only four 5-12 tilts; by chance a quarter of the "experts will pick the Griz
3. Superior factor - Montana is better
4. Krysko factor - their coach is a rising star; look for him to seize the moment
5. System factor - Montana, in beating Stanford, dismantled the Nevada system (my favorite)
6. Favorite factor - for the first time the Pack is not a Cinderalla; good chance Nevada looks ahead
7. Neutrality factor - neutral court; Pack's on-paper advantage is diminished
8. your factor here
9. another one of your factors here
10. etc
 
The reason we're getting 3 out of 5 picks is because they all know #12's past success. It has very little to do with them truly believing in us. They get to our game which seems to always be in the bottom right corner (i.e.:the last region most people fill out) and they've only picked 0 or 1 #12 game all bracket, so they figure 'Well there's always a #12 winnner, I'll go with Montana, so I can say I picked it just in case". I doubt any of those guys has seen us play besides maybe the Championship game on tv.
 
Maybe some are predicting us to be this years UW-Milwaukee (sweet 16 last year). They came out of nowhere with nobody recognizable but Coach Bruce Pearl. Coach K has gotten all the hype, and I think that's why we have upset potential. Big upsets are very rarely due to better or more athletic players, it's usually always one team outcoaching the other. Pearl won two games in the tournament and is now coaching at Tennessee. It would be nice to be able to win a game or two and keep our coach.
 
evergriz said:
Montana seems to be a 5-12 upset darling among prognosticators. Wonder why. Might one, some or all of these factors figure in?

1. Anonymity factor - never heard of `em so why not pick `em.
2. Chance factor - only four 5-12 tilts; by chance a quarter of the "experts will pick the Griz
3. Superior factor - Montana is better
4. Krysko factor - their coach is a rising star; look for him to seize the moment
5. System factor - Montana, in beating Stanford, dismantled the Nevada system (my favorite)
6. Favorite factor - for the first time the Pack is not a Cinderalla; good chance Nevada looks ahead
7. Neutrality factor - neutral court; Pack's on-paper advantage is diminished
8. your factor here
9. another one of your factors here
10. etc
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Too bad Stanford doesn't run the "Nevada system".
 
Of the 2 that picked Nevada over UM...don't worry, because one of them picked Gonzaga to win it all! And most of us know how ridiculous that is!!! (Gonzaga barely won the conference tournament!) :drinking:

UM over Nevada, mark it down, take it to the bank baby!!! (disclaimer: I haven't seen Nevada play at all, so this prediction is based on just loyalty to UM) :D
 
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