#5 Clemson vs. #12 McNeese: Upset Potential in This Matchup?

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00:00Let's get to our next game up. The 5-12 matchup in one that everybody loves to highlight from a

00:05potential upset perspective. In the Midwest region, Clemson is the 5 seed. Made it to the Elite 8

00:11a year ago against McNeese, the 12 seed. Into the big dance for a second consecutive year

00:17led by Will Wade. But we did get the news yesterday that Wade is heading to NC State.

00:23Do you think that factors at all DRS into your outlook for this game? The slight idea of

00:28distraction for the Cowboys and their head coach? It shouldn't, but in my mind it makes a big deal

00:34for me. Like, oh, you know, maybe I wanted to pull the upset from McNeese. Now let's see what

00:37Will Wade does. I hope they get beat by 40 points and everybody blames Will Wade for the loss because

00:41the team wasn't focused. I know you can't handicap or get into that. I'm pretty sure they're happy for

00:45Will Wade in their own way. But it's just, you know, taking that spotlight away when this could

00:48have waited just a few more days before he's out of there. Having said that though, once again,

00:52you're talking about lower level competition to McNeese. A very, very good basketball team though.

00:56But are they very, very good if they played in the ACC or the SEC at that point? Probably not.

01:02Understand this too. Clemson has an unbelievably good defensive footprint. The one thing that we

01:07do know also is McNeese plays defense, but again, against not like competition that Clemson has.

01:13The three-point game again is going to be big because Clemson likes to shoot it and McNeese

01:16will let you shoot that three-point shot. I do think Clemson wins in advances. I was higher on

01:21McNeese a couple days previous before actually getting into the numbers with a chance to pull

01:25off the upset, but I would be shocked if Clemson lost to McNeese again, who is a very good ball club.