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Some of Crews' Evansville teams wore the short sleeves jerseys I think

Correct. Doesn't matter what seed we are. We could play anywhere in the first round. The committee is supposed to try to give the top 4 seeds in each region a game close to home in the first 2 rounds but there is nothing set in stone. Just to prove my point check out the differences in sites between the CBS and ESPN brackets. Some are the same but the committee can set it up however they want http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/bracketology http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/bracketology

Usually we give away about 1200 tickets for students. 1000 in the student sectiion and about 200 more sitting above the students

RT @JohnStamos: Going to see my Bills play at the 'Fetz Weds night!!!

Basically just some defense chants and stuff.

With 7 A10 teams.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/21761771/updated-top-25-and-one SLU at 18. Butler at 19 here.

You can hear us throughout this entire video

http://bracketproject.50webs.com/matrix.htm Bracket Matrix. Only about 20 brackets have been updated since the Butler win.

The most coveted and elusive quality sought by any college basketball team is peaking at the right time. You'll be hearing that phrase often, because with March five days away, now is certainly "the right time." True, in 2010-11, Connecticut won a national championship despite stumbling late in the regular season, but we've already ascertained that Huskies team was the exception to the rule. For your standard team with high hopes, it turns out that winning in February is indeed a good thing. Certainly, teams such as Indiana, Georgetown and Gonzaga are peaking at the right time, and it's no coincidence that I've offered my thoughts on the Hoosiers, Hoyas and Bulldogswithin the past few days. But Tom Crean, John Thompson III and Mark Few don't have a monopoly on peaking by any means, so here are five more teams to add to the list. Consider them high achievers with good timing. Louisville Cardinals A lot of people were very quick to hop off the Cardinals' bandwagon when Rick Pitino's team lost three in a row in January. Then, when I sounded the all-clear and encouraged everyone to hop back on, Louisville promptly went out and lost again (though it did take 65 minutes for them to do so). Now I'm back, yet again, to sell you on the merits of a team looking up at Georgetown in the Big East standings, and tied for second along with Syracuse and Marquette. Hear me out. With four games left in the conference season, the Cardinals have outscored their league opponents by 0.16 points per possession, tops in the Big East. Say, that number sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before? Oh, yes -- last season, Syracuse outscored the league by the same margin on its way to a 17-1 record and a No. 1 seed. That was one of the best teams the league has produced in the past four seasons, and everyone recognized that fact at the time. Well, this Louisville group is just as good even if very few people realize it. Pitino's defense is as strong as it was last season (in other words, amazingly tough), and the offense is vastly improved. In Big East play, the Cardinals have rebounded 39 percent of their misses, the best such figure in the conference. (Gorgui Dieng and Chane Behananhave had a lot to do with that.) Louisville is currently projected as a No. 3 seed by Joe Lunardi, but there's a fair chance the Cardinals will actually be the best team in their region come March. Kansas Jayhawks Speaking of bandwagons and three-game losing streaks, the Jayhawks have reeled off four wins in a row since dropping consecutive games to Oklahoma State, TCU (yes, that really happened) and Oklahoma earlier this month. KU is now tied for first with Kansas State, as Bill Self's team attempts to win what would be an incredible ninth consecutive Big 12 regular-season title. The Jayhawks face a tall task in their next game, taking on Iowa State in Ames, where the Cyclones have won 22 in a row. But say this for KU: The Jayhawks enter that game with momentum. During this four-game win streak, Kansas has made 51 percent of its 2s, 14 percentage points better than what its past four opponents can claim. Ben McLemore might be the best pure scorer Self has ever had, and Jeff Withey is dominating the paint defensively yet again (while rather quietly assuming a larger role on offense). True, KU's offense currently ranks a not terribly impressive No. 5 in the league in Big 12 play; however, this defense is superb and getting better, allowing just 0.82 points per possession over the past four games. California Golden Bears Before his Oregon team faced California last week, Dana Altman branded the Bears as "the hot team in the conference." Prophetic words. Cal beat the Ducks in Eugene 48-46, and Mike Montgomery's team is currently riding a five-game win streak. In the Bears' case, peaking at the right time means putting themselves in contention for an at-large bid. Lunardi has Cal in the tourney right now, and the Bears will play their last three regular-season games in Berkeley. Montgomery can claim the best interior defense in the conference, one that's limited league opponents to 43 percent shooting inside the arc. He can also boast about a pretty good featured scorer in the person of Allen Crabbe, who got this win streak started with a 31-point outburst (on just 15 shots) against Arizona. For a "down" league, putting no fewer than six teams into the NCAA tournament seems more than respectable, and the Pac-12 may yet pull that off. If so, it will be because the Bears have done their part. Saint Louis Billikens This season's Atlantic 10 race was supposed to be all about the league's new arrivals, Butler and Virginia Commonwealth. As if to disprove that speculation emphatically, Saint Louis beat both teams in the span of just three days, posting a 76-62 win against the Rams at home and a 65-61 victory over the Bulldogs in Indianapolis. The Billikens haven't lost a game since Jan. 19, and Jim Crews' team has sole possession of first place in the A-10 at 10-2. Saint Louis will finally crack the polls this week and deservedly so, but let's make sure we're praising this team accurately. I've seen the term "poor man's Wisconsin" attached to Crews' men, and it's true they rank No. 1 in the A-10 in defense (holding conference opponents to 0.92 points per trip) while also excelling at taking care of the ball (giving it away on just 16 percent of their possessions in-conference). But that's where the eerie Badgers-Billikens parallels end. Bo Ryan's team has struggled on offense this season while playing at a slow tempo. Conversely, SLU has been outstanding on offense while playing at the A-10's "normal" pace. Saint Louis will continue to be underestimated on offense simply because Crews' balanced rotation offers no "star" to latch onto and promote. But Cody Ellis, Jordair Jett, Dwayne Evans and Mike McCall all do their bit, and as a team, the Billikens hit their 2s and get to the line. This is a very good team that will almost certainly be under-seeded next month. Memphis Tigers As a final farewell to the league they've dominated for so long, the Tigers are, you guessed it, dominating Conference USA one last time. Next season, Josh Pastner's team will make the jump to the Big East, and Memphis is definitely leaving on a high note. At 13-0 in C-USA action, there's a good chance the Tigers will run the table, though road games at UCF and UTEP do remain. Whether or not Memphis posts a perfect conference record, Joe Jackson, Adonis Thomasand company project to be a tough out in the NCAA tournament. Dating back to the John Calipari years, good defense is just expected from this program, and this season's Tigers certainly meet that test. What you may not realize unless you've been watching Pastner's men chew up Southern Miss, however, is that these guys are also the Creighton of C-USA, draining shots from both sides of the arc. And D.J. Stephens may be making the leap from statistical oddity to genuine star before our eyes. On paper, the 6-foot-5 senior's leading the nation in offensive efficiency as a never-shoot role player. But now he's starting to shoot, scoring 30 points over his past two games. Like his team, which hasn't lost since Dec. 15, Stephens is definitely peaking at the right time.

rudy is probably the Butler student that spit in the face of one of our students after the game.

Crews went undefeated at Indiana. I think that experience will really help us to keep our focus no matter how many games we win in a row. I do think St. Joes is a tough game. They seem to have quit on their coach. They were picked to win the A10 this year and I'm sure they'd love to have one positive moment this season. Not gonna happen though. This team doesn't care about their ranking or their media exposure. The goal since they came in as freshmen was to win the A10. They won't let a National Ranking get in the way of winning the outright title. Agree that GW is tough and the fans will definitely be in to it, but they just had a senior guard go down for the season with an injury. Guy only averaged 4 ppg in 20 minutes a game but according to their fans, they were already thin at guard. Our backcourt can wear them down. I don't know if we've ever won at GW, but we will next week. Xavier always a tough place to play. They play really good defense and they've been playing better as of late, but I just don't know if they can score enough against our defense. That's the game the worries me the most though. Still, a loss would surprise me. La Salle at home to finish the season. La Salle is a solid team but I just don't see the upset happening. La Salle could be desperate for a big win, but I don't see a let up from us at that point.

Here's a video of the big 3 that McCall hit to to quiet the crowd last night. You can definitely hear us back there and that wasn't our loudest moment. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwMqZNSYpCA

Came across this video today. No words to say really. http://www.cbssports.com/video/player/play/cbssportsnetwork/QAo1BvRLpU_W

Probably not his call, but SLU waited way too long to cancel classes today. 90% of students are done with classes by 3 pm

If Mizzou is a lock, we're a lock. You can't fault us for having 4 road wins and not fault them for having 1 against lowly Mississippi St. Somewhat related question that I asked 05 the other day. Would you rather miss the tournament or lose to Mizzou in the National Championship?

Wouldn't be the day before a big game without a C7 thread.

Tried to do this quickly from my phone but if I added it up right, Crews is 8-5 in his career at Hinkle.

Just beat Butler

05 loves Shaka.

Brad Stevens again said we're a Final 4 team today. Let's make him say that again after Friday.

I don't think they'll be mentally drained. Going to Butler tonight helps keep the concentration. Getting to practice in Indy tomorrow and not worrying about travel is big for focus I think. Plus I think Crews would like nothing more than to go to Indiana and get a big road win.

VCU is good. I agree with Roy. Don't want to play them for a 3rd game in 3 days in Brooklyn.

Team is leaving tonight.

I'll be there. Sounds like we'll have a decent crowd.