OT: The ACC Curse

[Fishy]

Is it just my imagination or does the roof just cave the duck* in on teams that leave the Big East for the ACC?

I don't like reveling in other people's misfortune because it tend to boomerang in a big, bad way - e.g. Syracuse fans enjoying our misfortune - but, oof, Syracuse has tip-toed through a minefield this year.

Bernie Fine, Mrs. Fine, Fab Kerfuffle I, the drive-by Yahoo'ing, and now Fab Kerfuffle II.

All that's left is the tourney flame out .

I absolutely will not gloat over any of the above, but I will allow myself to chuckle for ten seconds and not a second more if Melo's issue is a failed drug test.

I am also not going to speculate on why the news came out today and not two days ago and I am certainly not going to wonder if there might have been some intent to bury this just long enough to allow the seeding to finish.

 

[Adios]

Do we need to go to the ACC?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Is it just my imagination or does the roof just cave the duck* in on teams that leave the Big East for the ACC?

I don't like reveling in other people's misfortune because it tend to boomerang in a big, bad way - e.g. Syracuse fans enjoying our misfortune - but, oof, Syracuse has tip-toed through a minefield this year.

Bernie Fine, Mrs. Fine, Fab Kerfuffle I, the drive-by Yahoo'ing, and now Fab Kerfuffle II.

All that's left is the tourney flame out .

(I absolutely will not gloat over any of the above, but I will allow myself to chuckle for ten seconds and not a second more if Melo's issue is a failed drug test.)

Cuse is using the model perfected by Auburn two years ago in football. Deny, deny, deny. Use known ineligible players and then hope sanctions don't wipe out a great season.

I don't know what is a better metaphor, the ostrich with it's head in the sand, Sgt Shultz' "I see nothing", or the piano player on the Titanic.

 

[Dann]

miami-fball slowly dying, ncaa up there ass now with shapiro
bc-fell off a cliff without the help of anything bad
vt-shooting(sorry to mention this but...)
pitt-quickly following bc, very quickly
cuse-fine/drugs/melo/thisrts and so on. place has more problems then a mental house.

they left the BE for
unc-ncaa issues
gt-ncaa issues
fsu-had ncaa issues but is back to life lately
md-public school following bc, took randy for us
uva-on a uptick
wake/duke/ncst-who cares outside of campus?
clemson-heck of a bcs game

 

[upstater]

http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/573635/new-questions-in-fine-case/

First time on the Cuse board in months, and apparently, the Davis-Fine case was well-known to the DA and police in 2002, whereas initially they kept that info hidden. Screw hidden, they lied. DuVal the police chief was an ex-Cuse basketball player and Fitzpatrick is a bud of Boeheim's. Cover-up.

 

[suzyq]

The timing is certainly suspect. The NCAA is looking like a bigger clusterf*** than usual this year.

 

[The Funster]

Let's face it: college athletics is a cesspool and everyone has some on their shoes.

 

[CTGoonie]

I don't think SU hid this so it wouldn't impact their seeding. They had 2 losses on the year. Even if this came out before Sunday they would have been a 1 seed. It's not like Melo was their best player...

 

[caw]

I don't think SU hid this so it wouldn't impact their seeding. They had 2 losses on the year. Even if this came out before Sunday they would have been a 1 seed. It's not like Melo was their best player...

Didn't Cincy lose a #1 seed when Kenyon Martin broke his leg? I think they only had 2 losses going into the NCAAT

 

[tzznandrew]

But Martin was their best player. Melo is not.

Still, they would have likely been bumped in the S-curve at least below UNC.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

I don't think SU hid this so it wouldn't impact their seeding. They had 2 losses on the year. Even if this came out before Sunday they would have been a 1 seed. It's not like Melo was their best player...

He's not their best player, but he's a major factor in their zone. Takes up a lot of space and makes everything very cramped in there... I personally was not a believer in this Cuse team going all the way, mostly because they depend so much on turnovers leading to transition baskets (the type of baskets that are minimized in the tourney when you play good, smart teams)... But not having Melo means their defense will be less effective and their chances even slimmer

 

[jfuchs91]

I hope that Fab Melo hurts Syracuse's APR to the point where they're not eligible for next year's tournament. That would be sweet, sweet justice.

 

[Waquoit]

Look what happened to a guy who left the ACC - Haith. Ended up with a team full of players and didn't it up. Yet.

 

[Hoophound]

I think Cincy still got a 2 seed. Probably too high sans Martin.

 

[traitor71]

Look what happened to a guy who left the ACC - Haith. Ended up with a team full of players and didn't it up. Yet.

Only a matter of time until he does.