Recent content by champs99and04

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 tolerance issue? Because assuming rest would help, I'd be tempted to try to keep him out one more time with the next game not being until Friday.

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) 2018 - (-9.9) 2019 - (-11.7) 2021 - (-11.7) 2022 - (-14.9) 2023 - (-12.6) 2024 - (-14.7) 2025 - (-19.3) 2026 - (-21.9) Notice the massive increase over the last...

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 become a trend that's harder to chalk up to just a bad night. Silas makes a huge difference, but I'm concerned about his ability to play and be near 100% on...

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 significantly diminished compared to what they used to be. Last night's performance should cause some alarm - ten years ago, if a 2-seed submitted that type...

One thing I've noticed is that people seem to have a very exaggerated view of what the Big East has been historically. We remember the glory years of the 80s and the post-expansion period from '06-'13, but for most of the 90s through the mid-00s, it was a very mediocre league by P6 standards...

I'd agree with this logic if all attempts were created equal. But the looks they'll be getting against a UConn team that has been one of the best in the country at defending the three are likely to be vastly different than the ones they've been getting in the Southern Conference. At one...

I'd be surprised if UConn and St. John's weren't already locked into their seeds before the Big East Tournament.

I think the Big East was treated fairly.

One of the problems facing programs trying to find a coach in 2026 is that "turning around" mid-major programs isn't as impressive as it used to be. If you're in a league like the Sun Belt, AAC, or even A10, pretty much every half decent roster is going to get raided every offseason. That...

I was in high school at the time and had a study hall last period - so I left around 12:45, dumped my backpack in my mom’s car (she teaches at the nearby middle school) and pretty much sprinted the whole 2 miles home to get there for the second half. Easily a top 3 sports memory in my life and...

I knew. I didn't know they would win the NCAAT or even the BET, but I knew right away it would be one of the most iconic shots in Big East history. It's so rare to see a defender's ankles break that cleanly on any play, much less a buzzer beater. The fact that Kemba was one of the most...

I think a lot of the voters made up their minds five games ago. Most of the guys who have been playing really well recently like James and Sellers don’t seem to be sufficiently respected. Meanwhile a lot of the guys who have been slumping like Solo Ball and Budd Clark are well-represented.

This. They’re a young team whose record does not reflect how well they’ve played recently. I never thought that this was going to be an easy game. Then again, these are also the things fans tell themselves when a season is slipping away. Nobody here would be giving Florida or Duke the...

Ironically, I think UConn's rivalry with Cincinnati eclipses most of its original Big East rivalries in terms of sustained relevance and dislike. Obviously you had the mutual feelings of misery once both were relegated to the AAC, but even in the years leading up to the split, they played a lot...

Everyone seems to think Nova is a lock for the tournament, and I'm not sure why.