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January General CBB Discussion Thread (Non-BE)

Y'all are obsessed with other teams just worry about us, I know this may shock som people but you actually have to beat good teams to win it all. Now the Ruff Ruff extreme is one thing but the whole paranoia of other teams being good is another extreme.
 
RuffRuff said:
No I tell you it’s ok if a team looks better than us now, and to stop putting head in the sand, he constructive conversationally.

Shooting matters but doesn’t matter that much - our 24 team didn’t shoot well that tourney (from 3). They won in all other facets of the game. AZ defends and owns the paint.
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First Michigan was the second coming of our 2024 team, now it's Arizona...
 
RuffRuff said:
Knew you'd be the first one to jump on this. You took the bait - almost too easy. It's almost as if you don't like calling another team good. It's an impossibility.

Try doing this - watch them. They're really good. They out-tough teams, and play at a high level. What they do is consistent. They don't rely on threes.Theoretical prognostications don't do much for me. Give me the why.
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They were lucky at the time of facing us and their schedule is in fact backloaded. But they are also the best team in the country. Neither of you are wrong. It’s that simple.

I hope Autry and Capel both get another year.
 
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RuffRuff said:
They’re not 2024. They’re just consistent and do the little things really well. And have a 5th gear.
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11.JPG
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
This was you talking about Michigan a couple weeks ago and it’ll be somebody else a few weeks from now.
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Is it wrong on a CBB thread to recognize another team is good? Lol. They look better dramatically than us right now. That can change.
 
RuffRuff said:
Is it wrong on a CBB thread to recognize another team is good? Lol. They look better dramatically than us right now. That can change.
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It is not wrong to recognize Arizona is good. You are however wrong in the gap you keep describing between UConn and Michigan/Arizona
 
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navery12 said:
It is not wrong to recognize Arizona is good. You are however wrong in the gap you keep describing between UConn and Michigan/Arizona
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I didn't go into a gap, I just said that Arizona is a better team than us right now.
 
navery12 said:
Correct, I think you're wrong about that. We would win that game now that we're fully healthy
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Not sure what gives you that impression given our recent play, and their recent play. We'd be underdogs.
 
RuffRuff said:
Not sure what gives you that impression given our recent play, and their recent play. We'd be underdogs.
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Same reason I don't think Michigan or any other team going through a January rough stretch suddenly sucks and isn't a contender. We've already proven it against every top team we've played this year. When Arizona inevitably has a couple of losses or close wins before the end of the season I won't view it as an indictment of their chances in March
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
This was you talking about Michigan a couple weeks ago and it’ll be somebody else a few weeks from now.
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He totally threw Michigan under the bus when his dreams of them going undefeated vanished, now he's comparing Arizona a team we clearly would've already beaten if healthy to the '24 UConn team.

"They look better dramatically than us right now"

Once Arizona loses some games I predict Houston will be his team that makes UConn look like cr@p.
 
superjohn said:
He totally threw Michigan under the bus when his dreams of them going undefeated vanished, now he's comparing Arizona a team we clearly would've already beaten if healthy to the '24 UConn team.

"They look better dramatically than us right now"

Once Arizona loses some games I predict Houston will be his team that makes UConn look like cr@p.
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Yet you think we'll beat anyone. It's delusional. I'm pretty much stating what a neutral observer would see.
 
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RuffRuff said:
Yet you think we'll beat anyone. It's delusional. I'm pretty much stating what a neutral observer would see.
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I've been watching your take and don't watch all the teams other than UConn and some BE that often. So I can keep an eye on teams would be helpful if you could give a % chance of winning NC by top teams vs. field. By that I mean, which teams (could be only a few) would you take against the field and what are their chances of winning. Example:

Arizona 15%
Michigan 15%
Duke 10%
UConn 5%
Houston 5%

total 50% chance winner comes from these 5.
 
RuffRuff said:
Not sure what gives you that impression given our recent play, and their recent play. We'd be underdogs.
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They almost got taken out at home by ASU, who is their version of Georgetown or Marquette. I think it’s a fair impression to say UConn at present is better than Arizona. Though either team could win the hypothetical head-to-head, obviously.
 
I was talking to an enthusiastic UConn hater last night, and thank God we got Purdue in the final in 2024 because he loves to crap on the 2023 run and title vs. SDSU being against overall weak competition (kind of a fair argument, albeit based entirely on being a hater). I remember during the run in 2024 truly hoping for a Purdue/UConn final because, while it would have been devastating to lose, it would (and did) make for the greatest ending to the story if we won.
 
thekollieman said:
I was talking to an enthusiastic UConn hater last night, and thank God we got Purdue in the final in 2024 because he loves to crap on the 2023 run and title vs. SDSU being against overall weak competition (kind of a fair argument, albeit based entirely on being a hater). I remember during the run in 2024 truly hoping for a Purdue/UConn final because, while it would have been devastating to lose, it would (and did) make for the greatest ending to the story if we won.
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Say what you want about the 2023 run because yes, it was a weak field. We absolutely schredded that field.
 
RuffRuff said:
Say what you want about the 2023 run because yes, it was a weak field. We absolutely schredded that field.
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Exactly. I don’t bother myself making the case against the hater’s argument, and he’s a friend just having fun going against the grain in CT, but that team was on a massive heater and by the time they scorched Gonzaga by 30, I felt it was pretty clear they would’ve won against anyone in the FF.

Edit: I just appreciate it, for what it’s worth, that even the hater has no choice but to admit how good the 2024 team was.
 
thekollieman said:
Exactly. I don’t bother myself making the case against the hater’s argument, and he’s a friend just having fun going against the grain in CT, but that team was on a massive heater and by the time they scorched Gonzaga by 30, I felt it was pretty clear they would’ve won against anyone in the FF.

Edit: I just appreciate it, for what it’s worth, that even the hater has no choice but to admit how good the 2024 team was.
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We beat a Zags team that beat two seed UCLA, and beat an Arkansas team that beat up number one Kansas. Miami was actually a very good team that year as well. It wasn't a great field as number one overall Bama was one of the weaker 1's I can remember, but you can only beat who's in front of you.
 
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end of the line for B. Hurley at ASU, I thought they had a chance to be better when I watched them earlier in the season but they've crashed hard since then



 
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