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metsfan2323 said:
The Mick Cronin "No Apologies" tour continues. I'm all in rooting for the guy.
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I am too. I never had any disrespect for the guy and think he is a solid coach. Plus , I want to see Kobe back here and see how he reacts since he wanted him out of Cincy😀
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Why did it work out for him? If he was on Nova right now, they would be a national title contender. The Sweet 16 is Alabama's ceiling.
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This year, because they just lost, you're right. Although really their ceiling was F4. But not sure why Bama's ceiling overall is sweet 16...

Oats is recruiting like crazy and he can really coach, not to even speak of Quinerly maybe just not fitting well at Nova, who knows. He doesn't do a lot of jump stops, a requirement for Jay Wright 😁
 
superjohn said:
Quinerly is an absolute blur, he bet on himself by leaving Nova and sitting out a year. It really worked out for him.
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I thought he had a really mixed game. Some good drives and a couple showy passes, but the offense ground down when he was in there. Turned into the Quinerly show. A lot of questionable attempts, less ball movement in general. 20 points but on 22 attempts.
 
Mr. French said:
This year, because they just lost, you're right. Although really their ceiling was F4. But not sure why Bama's ceiling overall is sweet 16...

Oats is recruiting like crazy and he can really coach, not to even speak of Quinerly maybe just not fitting well at Nova, who knows. He doesn't do a lot of jump stops, a requirement for Jay Wright 😁
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Because of all the Final Fours Alabama has made historically?
 
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auror said:
I thought he had a really mixed game. Some good drives and a couple showy passes, but the offense ground down when he was in there. Turned into the Quinerly show. A lot of questionable attempts, less ball movement in general. 20 points but on 22 attempts.
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I didn't think he was particularly good today but their biggest problem was Jones and the missed ft's. I'm talking about how he went from a guy buried on Nova's bench to a really good player in Bama's frenetic system. He turns it over too much but he's unstoppable getting in the lane and makes his threes.
 
Oregon has been really impressive in the tournament thus far, so it’s even more impressive that USC is having their way with them right now. They have played great team basketball in this game
 
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Oregon's front court was totally over whelmed in the first half. It will be interesting to see their response.
 
jdb50 said:
Oregon's front court was totally over whelmed in the first half. It will be interesting to see their response.
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Their response is surrender. This game is as over as a game could be.
 
As a fan, it really annoys me when a team quits like Oregon has. They stopped trying when USC got up 10.
 
USC has been the best team in the tournament not named Gonzaga. Definitely Zags tourny to lose but if someone were to somehow knock them off USC seems like the team.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
I think he is now safe at UCLA for a little while.
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Until he doesn't make the final four next year. UCLA fans are nuts, they have run some successful coaches out of the job.
I would assume they will be fine with this elite 8 run IF they lose the next game, most normal fans would be considering the seed, etc., but they will want more in 2021-22 and I bet they would not be happy with a S16 or even E8 next year.

It was a crazy first few rounds but as usual, the cream does eventually rise to the top: 3 #1 seeds, a 2, a 3 in the elite 8 + an under seeded 6 seed. 11 UCLA and 12 OSU are from the P5, even though it is very uncommon to see seeds lower than 7 in the E8.
 
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Tenspro2002 said:
Hard to believe we beat this USC team. The fact that it was very early in the year helped.
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I keep seeing this but wasn’t it early for us too? Polley didn’t even play. It just shows we were a pretty good team. The loss to Maryland in the fashion we lost taints that a little, but we were “The Team” no one wanted to see until we forgot how to play basketball the final 2 games
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Why is that hard to believe? UConn has a lot of talent and is a good team.
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It's hilarious how much you overrate our talent. And the answer to the question is we beat USC because they shot 3 of 19 from 3.
 
metsfan2323 said:
Wow, does uniform count? It hit the uniform.
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Yes it does, but the direction of the ball did change slightly, so I suspect it actually brushed his inner thigh as well.
Now I feel dirty for typing 'brushed his inner thigh.' Sounds like something out of pron novel.
 
I consider myself pretty knowledgeable about college basketball but never ever come close to have a winning bracket each year.

Humbling yet exciting to watch the UCLAs of the world advance on.
 
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End of regulation, I thought the bama guy fouling a random player while the inbounds pass was in the air was genius. zero time went off the clock. But then they didn't do it on the next few possessions, so I figured it must have been accidental.

Ironic that Bama had 5 foul shots in winning time -- 2 by a 76% shooter and 3 by a 80% FT shooter, and only made one of them.
 
I hadn't been following that part of the bracket -- USC beat Kansas by 34(!), and they steamrolled their other two opponents by 16 and now 14.

Gonzaga has been destroying people too.

That's going to be a hell of a game.
 
superjohn said:
Quinerly is an absolute blur, he bet on himself by leaving Nova and sitting out a year. It really worked out for him.
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Hes been really hooping for them. Shooting it well from deep too. I’d love to see the All-Boneyard “We don’t want him, he sucks” Team. Quinerly prob starting Pg
 
A potential Houston vs Baylor Final Four matchup would be great.

PS: We need to start recruiting the state of Texas under Hurley. Cali another state we need to look at.
 
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