Welcome back to Western Illinois’ chase for greatness in College Hoops 2K8. You can find a full explanation of this project + spoiler-free links to previous seasons at the About page of this website. Share it with a friend! We pick up with our Leathernecks in the first round of the 2025 NCAA tournament. Here’s a recap of
Keita might be fine for the team with so much production coming from the big men, but individually he's been a somewhat of a dud imo. His numbers are the same whether he's playing 15 mins or 30. For such a low-scoring guard, I'd hope for more steals and assists. He's an efficient scorer which helps balance Price's streakiness. But the two times the 'Necks have won the chip it's been behind stand out guard play. You gotta recruit a top notch PG!
It is possible that the 3 best remaining teams/rosters are all in WIU's bracket? Florida has the highest top end, UConn is the deepest and WIU is probably the next best combination of depth and top end. Even Louisville is probably in the top half of the remaining 16 teams. Looks like those first weekend cake walks were just a warm up for this brutal upcoming stretch.
Looking at the Louisville game, the 100 shooting (and 40% from 3) is a little scary. But, hopefully the Necks' relatively tall SG and SF positions can give them a defensive advantage. I think WIU's overall size and depth advantage, especially in the front court is going to have them owning the glass and limiting Louisville to one shot on each trip.
Keita might be fine for the team with so much production coming from the big men, but individually he's been a somewhat of a dud imo. His numbers are the same whether he's playing 15 mins or 30. For such a low-scoring guard, I'd hope for more steals and assists. He's an efficient scorer which helps balance Price's streakiness. But the two times the 'Necks have won the chip it's been behind stand out guard play. You gotta recruit a top notch PG!
It is possible that the 3 best remaining teams/rosters are all in WIU's bracket? Florida has the highest top end, UConn is the deepest and WIU is probably the next best combination of depth and top end. Even Louisville is probably in the top half of the remaining 16 teams. Looks like those first weekend cake walks were just a warm up for this brutal upcoming stretch.
Looking at the Louisville game, the 100 shooting (and 40% from 3) is a little scary. But, hopefully the Necks' relatively tall SG and SF positions can give them a defensive advantage. I think WIU's overall size and depth advantage, especially in the front court is going to have them owning the glass and limiting Louisville to one shot on each trip.