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champs99and04 replied to the thread UConn vs Duke (Elite 8).Duke seems to have borrowed a lot of UConn's offensive concepts based on what I've seen. It's a lot of continuous motion with built in... -
champs99and04 replied to the thread UConn vs MSU (Sweet 16).Goran Suton is the guy you're thinking of. He only had four points against us, but I remember his presence in the game making a big...
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It needs to be drilled over and over into our guys that they have to stay home on Fears' pumpfakes and foul grifting. Alot of times...
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Creighton has a lot more money than Butler and a larger fan base. Think they are closer to Marquette than Butler if anything
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champs99and04 replied to the thread Demary and Stewart will be questionable for the UCLA game according to Hurley.I'm not an expert on ankle injuries. Is this the type of thing that can be made worse by "gutting it out" or is it more a pain...
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Really has nothing to do with the NET - has everything to do with them not being as good anymore. Don't forget the Zags and St Mary's... -
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Mid majors are being poached every year because of the financial incentive. I don't know how you can consistently build a program at...
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Uh yeah - drrrr. It’s a professional sport with an uneven comp structure across 365 teams. Those with the most $$ will take those with...
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Three things happened in the last 4 years: 1) Alston case legalized NIL 2) House Settlement paved the way for paying players directly...
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The Alston case and House Settlement changed college sports as profoundly as any event in decades. There is no going back.
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It’s the new norm - why you are trying to convince yourself otherwise holds zero logic. I’m not even going to get into the why as it’s...
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champs99and04 replied to the thread The lack of upsets, and way to fix the tournament.If you don't want to go by record, let's try point differential. Here are seeds 12-16: 2015 - (-11.5) 2016 - (-13.2) 2017 - (-14.5)...
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champs99and04 replied to the thread The last six 2 seeds to win by 11 or fewer points vs a 15 seed..Maybe, but the other 2-seeds all won by 30+, and there's no reason to think they were all that different. And the poor shooting has...
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champs99and04 replied to the thread The last six 2 seeds to win by 11 or fewer points vs a 15 seed..I agree with your premise that UConn can still make it far, but it's worth noting that, due to the portal, today's 15-seeds appear to be...