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There are legitimate concerns about Ollie, a lot will depend on how much Herbst/AD are willing to shell out for a new coach.

Don't get me wrong, I am for calling and seeing who is open and whatnot but if it's not a go-away homerun, I stick with Ollie. I see a short, short list of potential coaches who would be willing to consider UConn and are rising high enough to even bother with calling. Even then, I'm not sure if Ollie wouldn't be better at UConn long term.
 
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Noone had them last year either. And they have right now 23 wins. Look if they lose in the first round of the CAA tourney, they have no shot. but if they end up with a CAA finals loss, with 27 wins or so, I think they are in. UCONN needs to win at least 2 of the next 3, one of which they'll be big underdogs and the other two against teams that give them problems all the time...PC has given us trouble for years. Doesn't mean they always beat us, but those are usually tough games. Pitt isn't having a great year, but newsflash, neither are we. UCONN hasn't won 2 in a row since January 9 and 14. Otherwise UConn will need to make a deep run in the big East Tournament. Do you like our odds of that?
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I'm sorry, but your predictions about who would or wouldn't make the tournament were way off last year and they are off again this year.

VCU is squarely on the "actual" bubble right now, meaning that if the field were choosen today, it's basically a toss-up as to whether they get in or not. Yes, they have 24 wins - they played the 200th most difficult schedule in the country. Their best win was against South Florida. They have quite a bit of work to do to get in.

On the other hand, if you were choosing the field today, Uconn would get in very, very comfortably. Sure we only have 17 wins, but our SOS is #1 in the country. We have 5 wins that are more impressive than VCU's best win. The RPI is almost as flawed as the APR, but the Committee cares about it. Ours is 24, VCU's is 71.

There is absolutely no comparison between our resume and theirs.
 
Shame Pitino isn't about 5-7 years younger and didn't have his incident, or he would be high on the list.
 
HuskyBballFan said:
I'm sorry, but your predictions about who would or wouldn't make the tournament were way off last year and they are off again this year.

VCU is squarely on the "actual" bubble right now, meaning that if the field were choosen today, it's basically a toss-up as to whether they get in or not. Yes, they have 24 wins - they played the 200th most difficult schedule in the country. Their best win was against South Florida. They have quite a bit of work to do to get in.

On the other hand, if you were choosing the field today, Uconn would get in very, very comfortably. Sure we only have 17 wins, but our SOS is #1 in the country. We have 5 wins that are more impressive than VCU's best win. The RPI is almost as flawed as the APR, but the Committee cares about it. Ours is 24, VCU's is 71.

There is absolutely no comparison between our resume and theirs.
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Fine. We'll see...but I think it is pretty doubtful UCONN gets in without 2 more wins. Highest RPI or not. I don't really care whether VCu does, but I suspect, if they end up with 26-27 wins (not really sure how many games they have left or how the CAA tourney works with byes and all) even if they finish 2nd, they will get in off their performance in 2011. Maybe they won't. The committee likes RPI no doubt, but you still have to win games. That is and continues to be UCONN's issue. 18 wins ain't doing it, especially with 8 losses in their last 10 games.
 
freescooter said:
Fine. We'll see...but I think it is pretty doubtful UCONN gets in without 2 more wins. Highest RPI or not. I don't really care whether VCu does, but I suspect, if they end up with 26-27 wins (not really sure how many games they have left or how the CAA tourney works with byes and all) even if they finish 2nd, they will get in off their performance in 2011. Maybe they won't. The committee likes RPI no doubt, but you still have to win games. That is and continues to be UCONN's issue. 18 wins ain't doing it, especially with 8 losses in their last 10 games.
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Last year's performance is completely irrelevent but for the sake of argument let's say that it does matter. You're saying that the Committee is going to reward VCU because of their performance in the 2011 tournament but not reward the team that won the 2011 tournament?
 
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He went to the Final four from a mid-major conference with a team that had never gone beyond the 2nd round and now has them 23-6 and on the verge of another NCAA bid. What do you want for consistency? they have a better shot at the NCAA tounament this year than we do for heaven sakes. His records over his 3 years are 27-9, 28-12 (final four), 23-6 so far this year. All he does is consitently win.
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Ok you go have larranega I'll take Kevin Ollie at uconn and well see what happens. I like my chances
 
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