New Orleans Privateers (Overall: 20-11, Conf: 13-5)
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Team Strengths:
Four of New Orleans’ starting seniors are playing some very sound basketball together in their final year with the school, with Southland Conference Player of the Year Erik Thomas – averaging close to 20 points and eight rebounds per game – looking like a one-man wrecking crew. You can even say that Thomas alone is responsible for taking the Privateers to the Big Dance and hopefully overcome the long +100,000 odds at winning the national title.
New Orleans’ cohesion is made clearer with their crisp passing (15 assists per contest) and shooting efficiency (46.2 percent from the field) for the season, and the team’s tested experience playing together could certainly surprise a contender or two.
Team Weaknesses:
Ironically, the Privateers are one of the most mistake-prone teams around despite having a good number veteran starters mentioned earlier. Only two teams in nation turned the ball over more than them during the season, and they don’t have any weapons from three-point range, either.
In turn, those turnovers and lack of firepower from deep certainly came back to bite New Orleans. The team suffered three regular-season losses by margins of 30 points or more, with one of those defeats being a 45-point humiliation against the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Team Stats:
| CATEGORY | STAT / G | NCAA RANK |
| Points | 70.8 | 217th |
| Rebounds | 35.1 | 194th |
| Assists | 15.0 | 61st |
| Steals | 7.4 | 40th |
| Blocks | 3.0 | 198th |
| Field goal percentage | 46.2 | 64th |
| Three-point percentage | 31.1 | 325th |
| Free throw percentage | 71.0 | 148th |
| Turnovers | 16.5 | 348th |
Starting Lineup:
| POSITION | NAME | PPG |
| F | Erik Thomas | 19.5 |
| F | Travin Thibodeaux | 8.6 |
| G | Tevin Broyles | 8.0 |
| G | Christavious Gill | 11.7 |
| G | Nate Frye | 10.3 |
Writer’s Prediction:
The Privateers (+100,000) fail to advance from the First Four bracket of the tournament with a loss to Mount St. Mary’s.
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