Maybe you don't intend it, but it sure sounds like you think UConn will be shown to have missed the boat and you'll be proven right. Meaning, you'd rather be right than see UConn win
I know it's not trendy in the world of analytics, but barring a legit "power" forward who can shoot 3s (which is rare as you noted) I think a legit physical power forward who rebounds and scores inside and who has that 15 foot jump shot would be awesome. I don't want a bruiser who can only score at the rim, but a guy who can pull the defender out of the paint at all would be fine.
I have no idea. I did a pretty lazy search and the details about Cooley's PC deal were really vague. Not sure how it was structured.
It’s obvious he’s a Uconn hater. How much more evidence do you need to see??
No chance if he left on his own that they are still paying him. Unless Providence is THAT dumb.
I’m pretty sure that means pc getting paid by gtown. Pc prob made out well money wise. Payout by gt and English being cheaper than cooley
Would be nice - a Tiller isn’t a bad profile, as I know you’re a KU fan. Did we pull off of Pierce? That was so not the profile.
No, that's a statistical forecast, not a "fact". Maybe you should look up what those are / are not
Seriously ? You're referencing the trained monkey voting polls as evidence of anything ? A team wins, they move up. A team loses, they move down. That's the extent of the intelligence in the "rankings". Good lord.
And this is one of the problems with this debate. It isn't an either / or between Miami or Auburn. Put some other mid-major in that scheduled ANYONE and is rated higher. There are almost 20 such teams, including Akron.
Again, despite people claiming Auburn would beat Miami by 8-9 or would also be undefeated against that schedule, nobody is really arguing for taking Auburn over Miami. How about SDSU, which is firmly on the bubble, but actually played some teams they could (and did) lose to. I'd rather reward them for playing AZ and MI and Baylor than three NAIA teams
Yet Miami still has the best resume of all those mid majors, despite their weak schedule. That's why they should be in
Assuming the narrative holds and Akron wins the MAC tournament. They'll spin it like any other mid major conference tournament "upset", but it won't be. Akron is the better team.
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What are you basing this “fact” on? They played head to head and Miami won. Akron has a better Kenpom and T rank, but Miami has a better WAB and NET. If you are going to claim it as fact that Akron is the better team, then it follows that Florida is a better team than UConn.
Then definitely clickbait for someone to post a list based on a three year old video.
I'd say two things - one, until proven otherwise, the tournament is more about guards than front court players, but that doesn't imply shooting, or shooting threes. Granted, they're from quite a while ago, but even last year's UConn team suffered from teh same lack of guards and ball handling that cost them in 2000 and 2006. Second, I'd say part of the problem with teams that shoot the three is that a cold shooting night knocks you out, and playing in unfamiliar arenas or against unfamiliar opponents, especially ones that play strong defense, or just physical can cause a cold shooting night.
I haven't done my quick research recently, but I am certain English has a rather sizeable buyout from what I read in the past. I don't know the exact amount. From what people say on Friar Talk, Napolillo, the PC AD, will balk at paying that. Now the PC donors will have their say.
Thank you. That is what I (correctly) said. What the expectation is is a fact.
Well then this year will be put to the test, because of the 4 teams most are considered front runners, guards are not the strength of Duke, UM or Florida. AZ does have some strong guard play, as does Houston. We also have solid guard play. The two favored teams are both so because of their FC's.
