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bradley
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02-28-17 05:55 PM - Post#224056
In response to Tiger69

I do not buy that either team will not be giving 100% effort on Friday night. The coaches may not show everything but there are no great secrets at this time of the year. The teams have one week to recover so there is no need to rest players. There is always an injury risk but ... It will be very easy to tell how hard both teams are playing based on defensive intensity, diving for balls, etc. as well as player rotations. I may be wrong.

A loss on Friday night will not be helpful for seeding purposes at the NCAA tournament if the Tigers or Crimson then win the God forsaken IL Tournament after losing Friday night. It might be a swing of one seed and we know what the odds are for the different seeds at the NCAA tournament. Right now, the Tigers have a combined average RPI rating of 60 vs. Harvard at 118 for the combined four rating services utilized by IL.

A stark reminder as to what can happen in one game is the 20.5 underdog BYU beating Gonzaga at Gonzaga down 10 points in the 2nd half. Play with great intensity but be confident.

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