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What is with the love for Alabama?

shizzle787 said:
They have never won anything in March. Their most storied success was in the 80s when they reached the Sweet 16 a couple of times. 2004 was the most impressive performance-they got to the Elite 8 where they lost to us. Since 1991, they have only reached the second weekend once. I get that this program has a good coach and has had a good season but traditionally they choke. I love them as a #2 seed for us. Same thing goes for Texas because Shaka Smart hasn't done anything since VCU and the program hasn't done anything in a dozen years in March (2008-Elite 8). The only teams in our bracket that I don't consider soft are Michigan because they had some success this decade and Michigan State.
I am so glad we don't have the likes of UNC, Wisconsin, Syracuse (hate to say it), Michigan State (wouldn't meet until Sweet 16), Michigan, Villanova, Oregon, Kansas, or even Duke or Kentucky in our bracket. Those are teams that more often that not are consistent-they meet or exceed their seed expectation.

Looking at the 1 seeds only Gonzaga and Michigan have had some success deep in the tournament lately. Baylor and Illinois are what I consider soft (underachievers). Same goes for Houston and Alabama.

This year is setting up for a lower seed to win and it better be us.
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Have you watched anything this year? Bama plays extremely hard and has a couple of 2021 draft picks, plus they manhandled LSU this weekend to win the SEC, so i'd have to say they are probably the strongest 2. Nothing soft about them. That said, we can beat them.. IF James plays up to his level & TP is hitting his 3's & Cole, Tyrese, and Whaley all play well. A lot of 'if's' but it can be done.. How we play against the Terps will say a lot about our chances against Bama.

The Big12 is the best conference in NCAA basketball, so, to say that the guy who just won that conf tournament hasn't done anything since VCU is a little misguided. Also, having to play Baylor, TTech, and OK St will toughen any team up.

Syracuse is TRASH. If the whine ass Boheim wasn't their coach this same team would be playing the NIT. They don't deserve to dance but since when has that mattered with Syracuse.? They epitomize 'soft' by playing a zone.

But keep those hot takes coming!
 
shizzle in 2019: "What's with all the love for Texas Tech? They have no history!"
 
Alabama's record w/ Jordan Bruner playing: 17-4.

Between Bruner, Jordan Reese and James Rojas, Alabama has three athletic bigs who have recently played 80% of their minutes at the 5.

Why does that matter? Having three capable rotational bigs playing between 8-15 minutes each game allows them to go 100% when their on the court and make use of their fouls to give.

Do I think Sanogo et al. can bully Alabama inside? Yes, but Alabama isn't reliant on just one guy to protect inside, so it'll be a tall task.

Here's the good news: Alabama is only 245th in offensive boards preventing and UConn is 6th in offensive boards...a missed shot could provide some of our best offense.

I feel good about beating Maryland and I'm looking forward to a potential matchup with Bama.
 
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Anyone excited to play Alabama is nuts.

The best team we beat is a 6 seed.

The best teams we played are 5 seeds.

Generally speaking, that doesn't bode well. Take care of Maryland—no easy task since we only have beaten 1 team seeded higher than them all year—and then we'll see what happens against a very very good Alabama team.
 
shizzle787 said:
They have never won anything in March. Their most storied success was in the 80s when they reached the Sweet 16 a couple of times. 2004 was the most impressive performance-they got to the Elite 8 where they lost to us. Since 1991, they have only reached the second weekend once. I get that this program has a good coach and has had a good season but traditionally they choke. I love them as a #2 seed for us. Same thing goes for Texas because Shaka Smart hasn't done anything since VCU and the program hasn't done anything in a dozen years in March (2008-Elite 8). The only teams in our bracket that I don't consider soft are Michigan because they had some success this decade and Michigan State.
I am so glad we don't have the likes of UNC, Wisconsin, Syracuse (hate to say it), Michigan State (wouldn't meet until Sweet 16), Michigan, Villanova, Oregon, Kansas, or even Duke or Kentucky in our bracket. Those are teams that more often that not are consistent-they meet or exceed their seed expectation.

Looking at the 1 seeds only Gonzaga and Michigan have had some success deep in the tournament lately. Baylor and Illinois are what I consider soft (underachievers). Same goes for Houston and Alabama.

This year is setting up for a lower seed to win and it better be us.
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The past is irrelevant. I am sure people scoffed about 1999 UConn as well. Alabama is good. People who aren't seeing the change in college hoops aren't paying attention. The football schools are going all in on hoops. The SEC used to stink outside of UK and Florida, now it is a very strong and deep league. Whatever success any school had in the past came with a different team and a different roster than they have this season, and so is completely irrelevant.
 
CTMike said:
Don’t throw stones in glass houses? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone?

Maybe don’t lob around “dumbest post” titles when your post history is there for all to see? Lol
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Yeah but you gotta admit shizzles post is in hall of fame of dumb posts.
 
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bendm said:
just glad cuse didnt pull the trigger and hire oats before he left buffalo
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Oh Jesus...no kidding!!! On the flip side, maybe we missed the boat too. I like Hurley but Nate Oats is really damn impressive! This guy is going to win multiple championships.
 
ScuderiaDiU said:
Oh Jesus...no kidding!!! On the flip side, maybe we missed the boat too. I like Hurley but Nate Oats is really damn impressive! This guy is going to win multiple championships.
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Considering the only active college coaches with multiple championships are K, Roy, Wright, and Pitino the chances Nate Oats will have multiple championships is really slim.
 
Man hate to read bad takes like this. I wouldn't be shocked to see Alabama run us out of the gym and beat us by +20. They can shoot and when they are on it could get ugly.
 
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Damn, I'm must be getting too old for this Board. So Alabama is the fan focus now?

I thought our next game is against Maryland on Saturday.
 
NDakotaHusky said:
Gotta get by Maryland. Which everyone obviously agrees with.

I'm very content being forgotten by the experts. Not going to go into specifics, but I think getting out of the spotlight could be good for us. Not sure we've handled it great.
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Agreed!
 
shizzle787 said:
I would rather play Bama who is a #2 than a Duke or Kentucky (if they were good this year) seeded anywhere between a 2-10 seed. Program culture matters. That's why schools like Purdue do well in the regular season and choke in March all the time.
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Virginia "choked" as a 1 seed to a 16 seed and then won the title the next year. Choking when the players change so much from year to year is not a thing.
 
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Alabama is very good. Athletic, can shoot it from Deep, can defend and Oats has them playing at a high level on both ends. Primo is a tough loss if he is out but they are pretty deep.

Key is getting by the Terrapins first anyway. Morsel will be pumped up for Bouk, James has his chance.
 
superjohn said:
Considering the only active college coaches with multiple championships are K, Roy, Wright, and Pitino the chances Nate Oats will have multiple championships is really slim.
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Same with Hurley then too, right? Someone has to be next. Of the young coaches who haven't won one yet, who would you put YOUR money on?
 
One game at a time. "Stuff" happens in the Tournament. If UConn wins their next two I really like their chances of representing the region because of match ups downstream.
 
Hmmmm....people are saying that Alabama is good. Their record is good: but are they really that good? They went 5-4 in OOC including loses to Stanford and Western Kentucky. The won the SEC that is overrated. Arkansas (SEC #2) played NOBODY out of conference, LSU (#3) lost their only marque game (Texas Tech) and beat nobody. Tennesse has one impressive win over Kansas, and Missouri has two (Illinois and Oregon). Ole Miss, Florida, and Kentucky all choked OOC. So the top 8 teams in the conference combined for three good wins and the majority of these teams played at least 25 games so they can't say they lacked opportunities.
 
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shizzle787 said:
Hmmmm....people are saying that Alabama is good. Their record is good: but are they really that good? They went 5-4 in OOC including loses to Stanford and Western Kentucky. The won the SEC that is overrated. Arkansas (SEC #2) played NOBODY out of conference, LSU (#3) lost their only marque game (Texas Tech) and beat nobody. Tennesse has one impressive win over Kansas, and Missouri has two (Illinois and Oregon). Ole Miss, Florida, and Kentucky all choked OOC. So the top 8 teams in the conference combined for three good wins and the majority of these teams played at least 25 games so they can't say they lacked opportunities.
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I’ve watched them a couple times this year. They’re good, not great. I haven’t been understanding people making them seem like Goliath. They aren’t
 
shizzle787 said:
Hmmmm....people are saying that Alabama is good. Their record is good: but are they really that good? They went 5-4 in OOC including loses to Stanford and Western Kentucky. The won the SEC that is overrated. Arkansas (SEC #2) played NOBODY out of conference, LSU (#3) lost their only marque game (Texas Tech) and beat nobody. Tennesse has one impressive win over Kansas, and Missouri has two (Illinois and Oregon). Ole Miss, Florida, and Kentucky all choked OOC. So the top 8 teams in the conference combined for three good wins and the majority of these teams played at least 25 games so they can't say they lacked opportunities.
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Now do the Big East.

Villanova over Texas
UConn over USC
????

Alabama isn't unbeatable. They're very good, though, and certainly better than any team we've beaten by a wide margin.
 
tzznandrew said:
Now do the Big East.

Villanova over Texas
UConn over USC
????

Alabama isn't unbeatable. They're very good, though, and certainly better than any team we've beaten by a wide margin.
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Marquette over UNC and Wisconsin. Xavier over Oklahoma. The Big East also has fewer teams and had way fewer opportunities.

If we get there on Monday, this is a 4/5 matchup not a 2/7 matchup. Alabama has no business being a 2 seed and we have no business being a 7.
 
shizzle787 said:
Marquette over UNC and Wisconsin. Xavier over Oklahoma. The Big East also has fewer teams and had way fewer opportunities.

If we get there on Monday, this is a 4/5 matchup not a 2/7 matchup. Alabama has no business being a 2 seed and we have no business being a 7.
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I did forget a few of those wins. You are touting wins against 8 seeds, but point taken.

This is a weird year. Lots of cancelled games. Given the abbreviated OOC, I'm not sure there's all that much information we can draw from it. The Kansas that lost to Gonzaga looks far different than the team we see now. And Alabama won their conference and their conference tournament. They were a clear 2-seed.

If Bouk didn't get hurt at all, our team would probably be on the 3/4 line, so I agree with you in part. We'd probably have gotten ourselves to the 5 if we had beaten Creighton this past weekend. Oh well. We'll be underdogs if we beat Maryland (and they beat Iona!), but the line will look closer to something like a 7/10 matchup than a 2/7 if it happens.
 
shizzle787 said:
Marquette over UNC and Wisconsin. Xavier over Oklahoma. The Big East also has fewer teams and had way fewer opportunities.

If we get there on Monday, this is a 4/5 matchup not a 2/7 matchup. Alabama has no business being a 2 seed and we have no business being a 7.
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MIssouri beat Illinois, Tennessee beat Kansas, Florida won at West Virginia. Those are all top 3 seeds unlike the Big East's wins, which are all 6 seed or below except Texas.

Alabama is very much a 2 seed. 19-2 in any major conference is unbelievable. Of the tournament teams from SEC, Alabama had 6/9 games on road/neutral as well, but still went 7-2.
 
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