Got avoid the Maui hangover tomorrow

[Markedman]

Illinois just won a thriller on a 3 pointer with 2 seconds left to win by 1 against Gardner Webb.

GW was ahead most of the 2nd half.......great game.

[TheSultan]

It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to say that UMBC is the worst team we have played in about three years. They are a terrible team.

[IrwinFletcher]

Illinois beat Hawaii in overtime by a point and then this against GW. In between, they win the Maui classic. Go figure.

Although they did have an easy route in Maui. Hammered USC, got to play Chaminade, then beat a thin Butler team playing their 3rd game in 3 days.

College buckets are difficult to predict.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

This was one of the weaker Maui fields in awhile... It seems the battle for Atlantis is the new soup dejour

[2012Warrior]

This was one of the weaker Maui fields in awhile... It seems the battle for Atlantis is the new soup dejour

Next year's field does not look nearly as strong. Kansas was the only real top team I saw in the field. It seems like there are so many of these now, that the fields lack depth.

[TheSultan]

This was one of the weaker Maui fields in awhile... It seems the battle for Atlantis is the new soup dejour


Seth Davis agrees with you...

"After the tournament was over, Krzyzewski said "this field ranks as good as any that we've been a part of, [including] the NIT [and] Maui [Invitational]." There is a very good chance that as many as seven (and possibly all eight) of the teams who played in the Battle 4 Atlantis will play in the NCAA tournament. As soon as the final was over, the Atlantis revealed seven of the eight teams who will play here next year: Kansas, Tennessee, USC, UTEP, Villanova, Xavier and Wake Forest. That's not quite as strong as this year's field, but I'm hearing that the eighth team will likely be a very high-caliber program. North Carolina has already agreed to play here in 2014.

We are used to thinking of the Maui Invitatonal as the premiere annual early-season touranment, but while that event will continue to draw strong fields, it appears that the Battle 4 Atlantis is primed to overtake it. The biggest reason is the enormous guarantee money the hotel is shelling out. The Bahamas is also a lot easier to get to than Hawaii, for the teams as well as their fans."

[MUAlphaBangura]

Seth Davis agrees with you...

"After the tournament was over, Krzyzewski said "this field ranks as good as any that we've been a part of, [including] the NIT [and] Maui [Invitational]." There is a very good chance that as many as seven (and possibly all eight) of the teams who played in the Battle 4 Atlantis will play in the NCAA tournament. As soon as the final was over, the Atlantis revealed seven of the eight teams who will play here next year: Kansas, Tennessee, USC, UTEP, Villanova, Xavier and Wake Forest. That's not quite as strong as this year's field, but I'm hearing that the eighth team will likely be a very high-caliber program. North Carolina has already agreed to play here in 2014.

We are used to thinking of the Maui Invitatonal as the premiere annual early-season touranment, but while that event will continue to draw strong fields, it appears that the Battle 4 Atlantis is primed to overtake it. The biggest reason is the enormous guarantee money the hotel is shelling out. The Bahamas is also a lot easier to get to than Hawaii, for the teams as well as their fans."

Depending on the last team announced for the 2013 Atlantis tourney, I'd take this year's Maui Invite field in a heartbeat. Only Kansas is an elite team in that group. But you can never say for sure as teams change significantly from one year to the next. No doubt this year's Atlantis field was loaded.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

I would still take that Atlantis field over this years Maui... This year was incredibly weak with only UNC in the top 25 and they will likely take some lumps this year and possibly drop out. Just wasn't a good year.

[MU/Panther]

GW won at DePaul.

[MU_Iceman]

GW won at DePaul.

10 of us from this board could win at DePaul.