Pac-12 Tournament thread

[DefenseBB]

I reluctantly must agree with you. The Beavs haven't taken advantage of golden opportunities to finish signature wins this season. However, they are battle-tested and have made the most of their past four Sweet Sixteen or better runs including the Final Four in 2016. Their guard play gives them a puncher's chance if they can shoot well.

I am Huge fan of Scott Rueck but this years team is not a great team and given I have watched about 12-13 of their games, they have too many holes in their game to get beyond a Sweet 16 game. I just don’t see this team doing anything special. Whether they deserve to host is probably more yes than no.

 

[WestCoast]

I am Huge fan of Scott Rueck but this years team is not a great team and given I have watched about 12-13 of their games, they have too many holes in their game to get beyond a Sweet 16 game. I just don’t see this team doing anything special. Whether they deserve to host is probably more yes than no.

I'll take that as a mild endorsement for OSU hosting. As a #6 seed in 2018, the Beavs had a puncher's chance against a quality Baylor team. Beaver fans just want the opportunity to have the team play at Gill Coliseum for perhaps two more games. Beyond that, the margin for error and less-than-optimal play gets smaller.

 

[domerduck]

So you want to go off of Poll-votes? The same set of people who were voting for Stony Brook to be in the poll? The same voter of Deb Antonelli who voted for Louisville 3 weeks in a row when they clearly were NOT #1? That’s how you want to rationalize a team. The Buckeyes have more than earned their way into the NCAAT and will win their1st round game and be one of the top 32 teams left so if tOSU is lousy what exactly is Notre Dame? Putrid, pathetic, disgusting? You’re new here but you hopefully can start to show logic and understanding how rankings and metrics work.
If not, many people may be hitting the ignore button...

I agree with your logic on ND and probably wouldn't use your adjectives for their team and athlete's, but I would use Plebe's words "really lousy". They are certainly worse this year than than tOSU & Plebe's reference ASU. We have to enjoy our 2018 & 2019 memories and forget 2020, the worst falloff from a championship game since Louisville's 2009 team as both teams lost 18 the following year. Again we will see how far all these teams starting 12 days from now in real games where neither polls nor RPI matter. That's ultimately the only logic that matters to me.