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Need to get out of the Big Least
NCAA Tournament Saturday (Day 3) Thread
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You're not going to win championships every year. This really shouldn't be so difficult for you.
Auburn lost to Yale in the first round last season while we beat the tar out of everyone for the second tournament in a row.
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We do? How do you conclude that?
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We would have games like the UConn Women this afternoon. They won by almost 100 and totally dominated.
BTW, I wish that the UConn Men could play like piranhas on D the way the women do. Blood in the water.
we aren't going to be champions every year but having more than one team left before week 2 is a pretty low bar
we keep jumping on the ACC for having solely Duke yet we're in the same boat
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Probably because Creighton owns acreage in our heads.
My god the hyperboles and doom and gloom. A lot of piling on, March madness is called March madness because what people expect to see doesn’t happen. When people expect to be some Cinderella to go to the sweet 16 that teams ends up losing their first game by 25. Upsets are called upsets because no one sees them coming. When you expect March to be exciting it ends up boring.
Still have tomorrow I’m hoping a certain somebody makes it more exciting tomorrow by 2.
Still have tomorrow I’m hoping a certain somebody makes it more exciting tomorrow by 2.
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The tides are moving away from the BE. We should maintain perch but I’m not expecting this conference to get stronger going forward. It’s not hard to see where the top portal and HS recruits are going.
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While it is great to reflect on such lofty accomplishments from the recent past, we also need to be concerned with what the environment will be in the not too distant future. A dozen years from now the BE may be a two bid league while every conference below where we currently are will be one bid leagues.
As every day passes it requires more and more resources to complete and the big conferences are continuing to widen the resource gap. In the mid 2030's we will see the floor of power conference schools in the sweet sixteen at twelve or so with many years where maybe only one school outside of those conferences break through. At that point I'll be in my mid 70's so it may not bother me all that much, but I'm pretty confident that you are a good amount younger than I am and I believe it will bother you quite a bit.
I saw today the negative side of Kalkbrenner never fouling out.
He needed to assert himself and challenge shots when someone blew by one of the guards.
He just stepped back and started boxing out when he should have been trying to block shots.
And Ashworth played very poorly 2nd half… the turnovers and bad shots - you just can’t do that against a team like Auburn.
Ironically, with all the fanfare this season for St. John’s, Creighton and Marquette, we are the lone team still playing in the NCAA Tourney from the Big East conference.
Some of the BE officiating that made some teams appear better than they were (St. John’s) in the regular season , made others look worse as well. I think we’re one of those teams.
As Jim Croce once sang “meaner than a junkyard dog” - that‘s us.
I don’t think Florida see’s it coming and that’s why we have a chance tomorrow.
Some of the BE officiating that made some teams appear better than they were (St. John’s) in the regular season , made others look worse as well. I think we’re one of those teams.
As Jim Croce once sang “meaner than a junkyard dog” - that‘s us.
I don’t think Florida see’s it coming and that’s why we have a chance tomorrow.
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Well, if you qualified it that the Big East sucks THIS year, all would be fine.
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Wait, a talented college team missed 20 layups? A middle school team will not miss 20 layups.
May I suggest that sometimes when you are being "manhandled", physically, not literally, and not getting the call, a team may play horrendously and maybe even miss 20 layups?
I could be wrong.
How many titles has the SEC won in the last 20 years again??? Is it 1/4 or 1/2 the number that UConn has won?? Hard to keep up with how many we have won
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Problem is when we try, we just foul.
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Maybe Pitino watched Bill Self stick with Hunter D and figured he can get different results? (HD entered the game and Kansas wilted, so they say - ergo should have left HD on the bench)
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A dozen years from now we might be ashes. A dozen years ago the same posters were here saying UConn basketball and the Big East are dead.
I was calling everyone out on it back then and I'll call everyone out on it now. I'm saying the same thing I said back then, UConn basketball isn't going anywhere and we will win more national championships.
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Would have liked to seen Creighton win for the conference but they were outmatched against Auburn.
Auburn was tougher and more physical and surprisingly, forced 17 team fouls against Creighton giving them 21 FT attempts. I wonder when the last time was where Creighton committed that many fouls? Credit to Auburn for taking it to the rim creating the contact and just being in position throughout the game to get the whistles.
Auburn was tougher and more physical and surprisingly, forced 17 team fouls against Creighton giving them 21 FT attempts. I wonder when the last time was where Creighton committed that many fouls? Credit to Auburn for taking it to the rim creating the contact and just being in position throughout the game to get the whistles.
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I thought Boogie Fland was done for the season? A dangerous development that he's playing.
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Actually it’s 2 teams and one is in shambles
The conf has played like crap in the tournament
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I see people clamoring for Pettiford but he is only 6'1". Many people on this board talk about the need for a taller guard. I agree that he is very good but just wondering about the inconsistency in thought process.
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