i just love that the MSU team we beat pre-season just stomped the ever loving shit out of kentucky.
I mean i love anytime someone stomps the shit out of kentucky, but that made it just a tad sweeter.
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I mean i love anytime someone stomps the shit out of kentucky, but that made it just a tad sweeter.
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Kentucky fans take over the town for neutral site games, from East Coast to Maui, even when they're not having a good season.
Kids to great grandparents rollin' in with oxygen tanks & such, it's like a retirement party on steroids ... to suggest cutting likely the biggest producer would not be wise ... Duke is the biggest brand draw, Kentucky fans show up in droves.
Kids to great grandparents rollin' in with oxygen tanks & such, it's like a retirement party on steroids ... to suggest cutting likely the biggest producer would not be wise ... Duke is the biggest brand draw, Kentucky fans show up in droves.
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Because ESPN and the media make it out to be a bigger tournament than it is. Literally propping up the "champions" of the recent era (yet, KY and MSU total 2 championships in the last 2.5 decades).
Get rid of the label or stop blowing the schools for narratives to sell (which influences younger high school prospects)
I think it would be a fun tournament if they were ever able to organize a true Champions tournament with the 15 schools that have won multiple National Championships. But the selection that they were able to organize is kind of a joke as far as I am concerned. Kentucky, Kansas & Duke are understandable but Michigan State? No UCLA? No UNC? No Indiana? No UCONN? Why didn't they invite San Francisco or Oklahoma State?
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Idk why you’re so fixated on ticket sales. Do you work for StubHub or something? everyone is talking about the most deserving programs from a bball standpoint
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I'm self employed and consult to global product management and financial advisory firms, and do event promotion (look up Big Night DC, National Harbor, New Years Eve - look for the Flipside logo on the Sponsor tab) ... but I do buy tickets most often on StubHub.
Ticket Sales = Stimulation of a local economy = Most Deserving (regardless of the event name) = Booked
I don't usually focus on what 'everyone' is talking about, rather, I tap in to facts and experience going to, and arguably having a stake in, a lot of these neutral site events, annually.
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Kentucky fans are still delusional?
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This event is fine. The Duke/Kansas game was good last night. Kansas seems to have some trouble hitting shots and looks like they just iso out there on offense. I love that Michigan State stomped Kentucky! If you were going to change anything here I would invite the last four champions. In the case of a blue blood school that just wins constantly like UConn in 23 and 24 just go back an extra year and pick the next program. So for this year the teams would have been Florida, UConn, Kansas and Baylor.
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Oh yeah, they are. They're already coming out with their lists for next coach. You can't make this stuff up. This guy got them to a S16 last year, isn't fully healthy now and because they lost to Ville/MSU, they want him out. They don't even consider that if they're pushing a guy like Pope out after 2 years, no one would want to coach there.
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Interesting look at Kentucky focusing on why taking a lot of transfers isn't always the answer.
Kentucky looked like a team of talented players who still didn't know each other's full names.
Does retention mean a lot in 2025 when it comes to having a shot to be really good?
"How about 100 frickin' percent?" Izzo said. "People playing for the front of their jersey. People that care about the place they're at and players they're with. ... Transfer portal recruitment is almost bigger than winning games. Not at Michigan State."
"Their loyalty to me has gotta be my loyalty to them and that still frickin' matters," Izzo said.
Made me think of some of the things Hurley said about retaining the players he wanted to.
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Kentucky looked like a team of talented players who still didn't know each other's full names.
Does retention mean a lot in 2025 when it comes to having a shot to be really good?
"How about 100 frickin' percent?" Izzo said. "People playing for the front of their jersey. People that care about the place they're at and players they're with. ... Transfer portal recruitment is almost bigger than winning games. Not at Michigan State."
"Their loyalty to me has gotta be my loyalty to them and that still frickin' matters," Izzo said.
Made me think of some of the things Hurley said about retaining the players he wanted to.
Kentucky gets rocked by Michigan State and now Mark Pope has a very expensive problem he must fix ASAP
Amid a bad start with two deflating losses, Mark Pope makes a promise to Kentucky's fan base: "We won't fail this season"
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I think you need some roster continuity to win consistently and win in the tournament. I don't think a full transfer lineup no matter how much talent it has is going to get you to the promised land.Interesting look at Kentucky focusing on why taking a lot of transfers isn't always the answer.
Kentucky looked like a team of talented players who still didn't know each other's full names.
Does retention mean a lot in 2025 when it comes to having a shot to be really good?
"How about 100 frickin' percent?" Izzo said. "People playing for the front of their jersey. People that care about the place they're at and players they're with. ... Transfer portal recruitment is almost bigger than winning games. Not at Michigan State."
"Their loyalty to me has gotta be my loyalty to them and that still frickin' matters," Izzo said.
Made me think of some of the things Hurley said about retaining the players he wanted to.
Kentucky gets rocked by Michigan State and now Mark Pope has a very expensive problem he must fix ASAP
Amid a bad start with two deflating losses, Mark Pope makes a promise to Kentucky's fan base: "We won't fail this season"
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There is truth to that. You do need a good balance of returners and transfers to fill in the holes. It's why this year I didn't pay any attention to the transfer rankings. It doesn't seem to matter much.
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Portal recruiting really has to be intentional, and limited. I'd also say that it should be under the idea that the player will be with you for at least two years, ideally. There's been a lot of variability with portal players so far - you see guys like Barnes knocking it out of the park, but then see guys like Self totally whiffing. Building chemistry is an art.
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A lot of this is whatever just had a big win looks like the winning formula. But we all know that bringing in quality transfers is huge. If you're not in the mix on the portal you're getting left behind.Interesting look at Kentucky focusing on why taking a lot of transfers isn't always the answer.
Kentucky looked like a team of talented players who still didn't know each other's full names.
Does retention mean a lot in 2025 when it comes to having a shot to be really good?
"How about 100 frickin' percent?" Izzo said. "People playing for the front of their jersey. People that care about the place they're at and players they're with. ... Transfer portal recruitment is almost bigger than winning games. Not at Michigan State."
"Their loyalty to me has gotta be my loyalty to them and that still frickin' matters," Izzo said.
Made me think of some of the things Hurley said about retaining the players he wanted to.
Kentucky gets rocked by Michigan State and now Mark Pope has a very expensive problem he must fix ASAP
Amid a bad start with two deflating losses, Mark Pope makes a promise to Kentucky's fan base: "We won't fail this season"
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Look no further than Florida.
Walter Clayton - 2nd year transfer
Will Richard - 3rd year transfer
Alijah Martin - 1st year transfer
Seems the kicker here is that when you go to the portal, trying to get multi year guys. Plug absolutely glaring gaps with single year availability (like Spencer).
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Perhaps they should call it the State Farm Lesser Champions Classic.
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"The previous lows for a title game on CBS were a 9.4 and 17.08 million for Baylor’s rout of Gonzaga two years ago. The past three title games rank among the four least-watched on record.
UConn has played in two of the five least-watched title games overall — its 2004 win over Georgia Tech ranks fifth (17.09M) — making it the only team with multiple games in the bottom five."
NCAA men's title game hits record-low, still tops hoops charts
One day after the women's tournament finished with a record-high, ratings hit a record-low for the NCAA men's basketball tournament final.
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Same thought I had.
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I agree. @Flipside pointed out though that it wasn't the national champions classic which is fair and a good point. Eh whatever. If UConn just keeps scheduling heavy in the early season non con they'll have an opportunity to get the games they need.
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So has Kansas."The previous lows for a title game on CBS were a 9.4 and 17.08 million for Baylor’s rout of Gonzaga two years ago. The past three title games rank among the four least-watched on record.
UConn has played in two of the five least-watched title games overall — its 2004 win over Georgia Tech ranks fifth (17.09M) — making it the only team with multiple games in the bottom five."
NCAA men's title game hits record-low, still tops hoops charts
One day after the women's tournament finished with a record-high, ratings hit a record-low for the NCAA men's basketball tournament final.
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Lmfao.
This is pointless.
And the 17.1 is so much less than the 17.6 from mich state.
Who you play matters. Our two lowest viewed are Georgia Tech and San Diego St.
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seems we agree ... so no UCLA, Baylor, etc in a new Boneyard National Champions Classic?
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