Joe Lunardi seals Hog victory against Butler

[HeyHogs]

http://es.pn/2tEckhB

He's a numbers guy.  He doesn't factor heart.

I take this as a good sign.

[hawgfan4life]

Hope MA posts this all over their lockers and pumps up the us against the world factor.  NR was a master at using that as an edge and I bet MA learned a little bit how to play it up. 

We got screwed with our seed!
We got screwed sending us to the far north!
We are getting NO RESPECT from the prognosticators!

Freaking prove them wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Something along those lines.

[revolution]

East coast bias, just like with Seton Hall last year.  They were the hot commodity, no respect for the Hogs.  Same with Butler this year.  We'lll be fine.

[davril98]

Screw Joe Lunardi!

[revolution]

This guy is obviously an expert!

[99toLife]

Hope MA posts this all over their lockers and pumps up the us against the world factor.  NR was a master at using that as an edge and I bet MA learned a little bit how to play it up. 

We got screwed with our seed!
We got screwed sending us to the far north!
We are getting NO RESPECT from the prognosticators!

Freaking prove them wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Something along those lines.

How so?

[The_Bionic_Pig]

You calm down Kelan Martin you win.... it's that simple.

[Gonzo]

http://es.pn/2tEckhB

He’s a numbers guy.  He doesn’t factor heart.

I take this as a good sign.

I would think a numbers guy would be pretty good with basic data. He refers to Butler as being the older team. They have 2 SRs and 2 JRs on the roster, compared to 6 SRs for the Hogs. Clearly he is considered a college basketball insider and very knowledgeable, but given that very basic failure in his analysis, I'd have to wonder just how much thought he's actually given to this game.

No matter, none of these guys, including the ones talking up the Hogs, make a difference on Friday. And hopefully the Hogs don't need bulletin board hits for this, likley the lowest seed they might face.


Go Hogs!

[sowmonella]

Screw Joe Lunardi!

Worst rug on ESPN

[AHorseWithNoName]

Hogs win big against Butler

[HawgHeadCheese]

You calm down Kelan Martin you win.... it's that simple.

I think Hall will see a nice amount of playing time and that will be his assignment.

[redleg]

Arkansas should have been the 6 seed and playing in Dallas instead of Florida.

[The Hogfather]

East coast bias, just like with Seton Hall last year.  They were the hot commodity, no respect for the Hogs.  Same with Butler this year.  We'lll be fine.

This.  Big East vs. SEC.

[BannerMountainMan]

https://theathletic.com/269336/2018/03/11/our-experts-ncaa-tournament-brackets-and-final-four-picks/ 3/6 experts pick hogs to sweet sixteen

[The real Hogules]

You calm down Kelan Martin you win.... it's that simple.

Stop Martin and control the boards against the smaller Bulldog team. Limit Butler to one shot per offensive possession or less and we'll win going away.

[The OTR]

We have a lot of conspiracy folks who think the world is out to get the hogs. 

[Locutus_of_Boar]

http://es.pn/2tEckhB

He's a numbers guy.  He doesn't factor heart.

I take this as a good sign.

Here is an interesting number:  One, the number of times Arkansas has lost to a double digit seed since the tourney expanded to 64 teams.  Despite all the fiascos of the last 20 years the only time this happened was Nolan's last tourney game in 2001 when 7th seed Arkansas lost to 10th seed Georgetown.

More importantly, amazingly enough in eight trips with UAB, Mizzou, and Arkansas, Anderson is 6-2 in the first round and was an underdog in the two opening round losses.

Going back to the smaller tourneys, Sutton's teams did show more of a tendency to lose in the early round probably because many of those team's seeding was inflated by the mostly weak SWC and Arkansas was facing tougher competition in the opener.

Anyway what all this suggests is that Arkansas under Anderson will stick to form probably getting by Butler and getting outmuscled by Purdue.

[Hollywood_HOGan45]

The "no respect" deal for us goes all the way back to the title team.

Corey Beck: "Aint nobody think we would win".

We just about stuck it to everyone last year until the baby blue striped zebras stepped in.

Tons picked Seton Hall last year but that was an 8-9 game. Never know what will go down. Seton Hall had (has) a good squad.

Wofford was a very very popular 5-12 upset pick.

[arkansas1994]

why doesn't he ever win the million dollars on the bracket challenges if he knows who will win

[hogfanny]

does this mean a 1st round bye then?

[Ugly Uncle]

We have a lot of conspiracy folks who think the world is out to get the hogs. 

Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.