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FfldCntyFan said:
I also hope they find someone who can be for them what Hurley is for us.

They are a bit different than some schools in attitude however; they had a solid football program many decades ago (Howie Long was their last great player) but shut down the program for a few years (came back at 1AA) when there were rumors of questionable activities, then they threatened to do the same with the basketball program when the Gary McLain story broke.

One thing I find both fascinating and disturbing is what happened to Philly college basketball. When I was a kid, the Big Five was a huge deal and there were always two or three Philly schools capable of making a big run in the tournament. Temple can't find a coach, St Joe's can't find a coach, LaSalle basically got relegated to third division and Penn is nothing more than an OK Ivy program. If Nova falls by the wayside it would be a sin.
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The best sports experience I had was being behind the basket when Taliek made that three point shot in the win over Pittsburgh at MSG. I wrote an IOU to a Nova fan to get those tickets for my son and myself. Robbed that morning, I begged a group of fans and this guy decided to take a chance. Gave me his address and I sent him a check the moment I got home. Best father and son event ever.

Silly to support a program based on an isolated event but add me to those who don't want to see them fail.
 
This game today is why TN doesn’t scare me that much. They are SO Knecht-dependent on offense and if he’s not a hot hand, they look very beatable. Not impossible but having to be hot every game of the tournament is a big ask.
 
Braden Smith back on the bench. If Painter puts him back in, he is a moron. This game is effectively meaningless. Don’t risk it.
 
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WhereistheDove? said:
This game today is why TN doesn’t scare me that much. They are SO Knecht-dependent on offense and if he’s not a hot hand, they look very beatable. Not impossible but having to be hot every game of the tournament is a big ask.
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agreed, I'd take my chances having to defend one dude, especially when we have Castle to guard him
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Even if Tennessee comes back to win, making them a 1 seed is kind of silly.
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UNC definitely has the inside track to #1 in the West, and in that case it's unclear where Tennessee goes as a #2.

The Committee will be tempted to do the inane, unthinking thing and stick Marquette in the Midwest with Purdue, because Marquette is also from the Midwest.

But Iowa State can't go with Houston. And Marquette can't go with us.

So maybe it ends up:

South: Houston/Marquette
East: UConn/ISU
Midwest: Purdue/Tennessee
West: UNC/Arizona
 
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the conundrum of rooting for MSU here, want to see Purdue go down but if MSU wins then we gotta deal with the media fawning over Izzo again after he had yet another team underachieve all season
 
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Tennessee getting absolutely boat raced. Seems they don’t want that last one seed.
 
UNC looking like it has the inside track on that last 1 seed. Iowa State maybe our likeliest 2?
Given the number of times we've been shipped west over the years you wouldn't think it'd be weird to have Arizona in the east as a 2, but few of the mock brackets show that.
 
Tennessee is still a very dangerous team- would not want to see them in tournament- Knecht can take over a game-didn't today but he is a hell of a shooter
 
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I for one have no problem saying I want Tennessee as the #3 seed in our bracket. I have seen some of a few of their games, and they are totally unimpressive when Knecht is not playing at an All-American level. And per usual, when Plan A is not working for a Rick Barnes-coached team, they don't have a plan B.

Absolutely one of the most overrated coaches in college basketball over the last 25 years. That one Final 4 on his resume was handed to him in 2003 when Texas was able to play us in San Antonio in the Sweet 16. If that game were played virtually anywhere else, I believe we would have won.

His teams show up small again and again in big games... just like today.

Only problem is... the chances of his team making it to the Elite 8 to play against us is infinitesimal. They will be knocked out long before then.
 
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