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The moral of this story is you've gotta have more than six players in this tournament because more fouls are gonna get called. SMU got themselves in foul trouble and couldn't aggressively defend down the stretch.

Just ask Jamie Dixon how that works for you when you're Pitt and you go in having played an entire season of old Big East thugball. It's tough to flip a switch and suddenly quit playing thugball.
 
After watching that game it occurred to me as a UConn fan how strongly my familiarity of teams is skewed to the AAC, to the point where the last two years I have had SMU going to a FF/E8, respectively. Why? Because they were the best team I watched those years. Why? Because we are stuck in this conference.

I think living inside the AAC bubble has lowered all of our standards as to what high level D1 basketball looks like. The worst thing we can do is "fit in" with our conference peers, because it's becoming obvious the level that we all are playing at is a tier below the real "contenders". Seeing what USC did (in albeit a close game) to the "best" team in this conference only highlights how far our team is from where our fan base thinks we are and/or need to be.
 
SMU doesn't have a point guard and someone actually made them pay for it.

Southern Cal beat them easily earlier this year, so today was not a fluke.
 
Had them to final 8 and toyed with final 4, their star needed the ball for last shot. As far as relationship to AAC, I don't make muchof it because anything can happen and does in this tourney. This is why we shouldn't bum rush Ollie out of his job. Not easy in pressure situations and KO is not the worst at that when he has players.
 
jibsey said:
Had them to final 8 and toyed with final 4, their star needed the ball for last shot. As far as relationship to AAC, I don't make muchof it because anything can happen and does in this tourney. This is why we shouldn't bum rush Ollie out of his job. Not easy in pressure situations and KO is not the worst at that when he has players.
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Ollie gets one more year and we should all be fully supportive of that. However, if we don't get to the tournament and win 23+games, it will be time for him to go. I don't want to see a JT3 situation here. Our conference blows come tournament time. Cincy is known for first weekend exists, SMU is known for first game exists, Memphis is know lately for first weekend exits, and Temple is as well. Nobody else has much of a basketball pedigree. Not good.
 
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THANKS A LOT SMU! WAY TO REPRESENT THE AMERICAN! I AM SO DONE WITH THIS DAMN CONFERENCE...
 
Fishy said:
SMU doesn't have a point guard and someone actually made them pay for it.

Southern Cal beat them easily earlier this year, so today was not a fluke.
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Not a fluke, just unreasonable match-up selection by the committee to put them up against one of 4 teams that beat them this year in the first round, for a team that is ranked 11th in the country in the AP poll. It's bad enough they were given a 6 seed, but that match-up choice was brutal. Especially considering how they were screwed by that goaltending call a couple years ago in the first round. They deserved better treatment than this.
 
shizzle787 said:
Ollie gets one more year and we should all be fully supportive of that. However, if we don't get to the tournament and win 23+games, it will be time for him to go. I don't want to see a JT3 situation here. Our conference blows come tournament time. Cincy is known for first weekend exists, SMU is known for first game exists, Memphis is know lately for first weekend exits, and Temple is as well. Nobody else has much of a basketball pedigree. Not good.
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Who will be the first to chime in with either, a) we should offer URI a spot in AAC; or b) we should replace KO with Danny Hurley?
 
King Husky said:
Not a fluke, just unreasonable match-up selection by the committee to put them up against one of 4 teams that beat them this year in the first round, for a team that is ranked 11th in the country in the AP poll. It's bad enough they were given a 6 seed, but that match-up choice was brutal. Especially considering how they were screwed by that goaltending call a couple years ago in the first round. They deserved better treatment than this.
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I did find the matchup strange. SMU lost only 4 times this year, and one of those losses was to USC.
So who does the committee have them play in the First Round...USC.

Hmmm
 
UconnAlum04 said:
I did find the matchup strange. SMU lost only 4 times this year, and one of those losses was to USC.
So who does the committee have them play in the First Round...USC.

Hmmm
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USC had to win a play in game or the matchup never happens. Are we now arguing the committee was out to get SMU?
 
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It's hilarious looking at the arena in Tulsa for the second game. The SMU fan section is totally vacant. They've already hit I-44 W toward OKC and the Big D.
 
So by my math, SMU got UConn something like $154K for showing up. They blew an additional $154K by not winning.

If Mick gets to the FF, it should be worth about $770 to us. Is that enough reason to bite the bullet and root for the filthy leprechaun?
 
Husky Dad said:
I don't mean to be an AAC homer, as if there is such a thing. I really am bullish on SMU. Does anyone else think they can win the East and potentially win it all. I think they are a match up nightmare and have only lost 4 games all season. 3 in the beginning before they were playing "positionless" and then one loss Jan 2 at Cinci. I dont see Baylor, Duke or Villanova beating them. Kansas to me is the one team that when they fire on all cylinders can beat anyone. That said, Kansas has internal issues with Josh Jackson. I know I am a homer and crazy but at 40-1. I really want to thrown down 5k and not tell the wife.
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Lol. Nice call!!! Our conference sucks, SMU proved that with an 11 seed taking out the best the AAC can offer.
 
Serious question, how many tourney wins does the AAC have (minus Uconn)?
 
BUConn10 said:
After watching that game it occurred to me as a UConn fan how strongly my familiarity of teams is skewed to the AAC, to the point where the last two years I have had SMU going to a FF/E8, respectively. Why? Because they were the best team I watched those years. Why? Because we are stuck in this conference.

I think living inside the AAC bubble has lowered all of our standards as to what high level D1 basketball looks like. The worst thing we can do is "fit in" with our conference peers, because it's becoming obvious the level that we all are playing at is a tier below the real "contenders". Seeing what USC did (in albeit a close game) to the "best" team in this conference only highlights how far our team is from where our fan base thinks we are and/or need to be.
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I've been watching this tournament thinking to myself "wow, all of these teams aren't just better than us - they're a lot freaking better than us."
 
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Captbluefin said:
At least it will quiet down their cocky fan base. A team who has not won a NCAA tournament game in forever.... We have 4 rings since they won 1 game and they talk smack...

Our team last year got out of the first round !
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It sucks because the loss hurts us financially and it's not good for optics, but I hate SMU fans. They are by far my least favorite fanbase in this conference next to UCF football fans
 
storrsroars said:
As @ConnHuskBask noted, SMU's choke cost UConn some money.

Now we have to root for Cronin to make it into next weekend for our own good. That's a horrible feeling.
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Can not root for that horrible excuse for a human being.
I hate the tourney enough as it is. Can't watch it, because I find myself rooting for the underdog -- cheering on teams I've picked to lose in my brackets.
But never in a dozen lifetimes could I root for cronin.
 
Mots010 said:
Serious question, how many tourney wins does the AAC have (minus Uconn)?
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I heard on Twitter that the AAC is 10-10 all time since its inception. UConn is responsible for a 7-1 record.
 
Mots010 said:
Serious question, how many tourney wins does the AAC have (minus Uconn)?
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Record, with appearances in parens.

UConn 7-1 (2)
Louisville 2-1 (1 LOL)
Memphis 1-1 (1)
Cincy 1-3* (4)
Temple 0-1 (1)
Tulsa 0-1 (1)
SMU 0-2 (2)

*still playing in 2017
 
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JMick said:
I've been watching this tournament thinking to myself "wow, all of these teams aren't just better than us - they're a lot freaking better than us."
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I've been thinking that for about 3 years now honestly when going from UConn games to watching the nationally televised non-UConn games pretty consistently, as much as it pains me to say.
 
UConnNick said:
USC had to win a play in game or the matchup never happens. Are we now arguing the committee was out to get SMU?
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You think the committee doesn't look beyond the first round games? And yes, they were "out to get" SMU, because they are a small school from a non power conference without many fans. Otherwise, they would have gotten a 3 seed with a game against New Mexico State and an easy trip to second round, like all the other AP #11 teams get every year.
 
JMick said:
I've been watching this tournament thinking to myself "wow, all of these teams aren't just better than us - they're a lot freaking better than us."
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Well we did win a game last year, so it can't be all of these teams.
 
King Husky said:
You think the committee doesn't look beyond the first round games? And yes, they were "out to get" SMU, because they are a small school from a non power conference without many fans. Otherwise, they would have gotten a 3 seed with a game against New Mexico State and an easy trip to second round, like all the other AP #11 teams get every year.
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Can't forget that last year we had four schools in the tourney, and three of them were in the same regional. When has that ever happened to another conference?
 
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