Timmay
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Steve Alford the savior? At least until Creen gets canned at IU and Alford decides to go back to his alma mater.
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NCAA HOOPS THREAD! -- K petitions to get Maui Jim Maui Invitational moved to Transylvania (2 Viewers)
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timschochet
Footballguy
Tennessee will be back sooner than you think as well.
Abraham
Footballguy
Tennessee is going to be really good in 2015. The class from this year has some difference makers that fit the Butch Jones offense really well.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Right
Frostillicus
Footballguy
Minnesota has more college football championships than Florida and Florida State combined.
Premier
Footballguy
They are behind all of these programs:
Kentucky
UConn
Louisville
Florida
Duke
Syracuse
UNC
Arizona
Kansas
And are conceivably on the same tier or behind Michigan, OSU, Wisconsin, Texas and a few others.
In other words, they're not really relevant at all or likely will be anytime soon. They can have a breakthrough season or two but I think it's been demonstrated that sustained success isn't happening.
Abraham
Footballguy
I actually think the Texas comparison is fair. It's easy to look back and say, "How were these guys not better?" I don't know if it's coaching or plain bad luck, but both the Longhorns and the Bruins have had multiple teams in the last decade that bowed out two or three rounds early in the tourney. The 98-99 team featured 5 guys that would end up playing in the NBA and they lost to Detroit in round 1, for example.
Timmay
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Premier
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Yea I knew there were teams I forgot. Def MSU in top tier.
I would put Indiana and UCLA on the same tier right now.
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swirvenirvin
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swirvenirvin
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Any reports from espn or yahoo if anyone had both UCONN and KY in the finals for their brackets?
fatguyinalittlecoat
Footballguy
There are multiple brackets at ESPN that have both Kentucky and UConn in the final.
ETA: Here are the top 100 brackets, 97 of them had UConn and Kentucky in the finals http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-challenge-bracket/2014/en/leaderboard
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Brady Marino
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Reading timschochet posts makes me want to hurt pretty things.
Sarnoff
Footballguy
flapgreen
Footballguy
Heard on the radio Saturday night that just over 1000 brackets out of 1 million had UK and Uconn in the final. Not surprisingly, two ladies who don't even watch basketball had both of them in the finals in my office bracket.
Frostillicus
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Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I've gotta admit, I'm interested to hear what Calipari's "tweak" is. Apparently he's going to say at some point in the off-season.
I bet Pat Forde feels a bit red-faced.
I bet Pat Forde feels a bit red-faced.
He at least responded:
That bed John Calipari made for himself is looking pretty comfortable these days
But he was hardly alone in writing off UK before the tournament started - about the only two national guys I heard who thought UK might be a sleeping Giant were Bilas and Vitale.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Almost every sentence in this column is dumb: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/2014/story/_/id/10742654/kentucky-john-calipari-connecticut-kevin-ollie-go-searching-national-title-validation
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Well that might be going a bit too far.
Win or loss tonight, this is a pretty big victory for the UConn program. To get the Ollie era off to such a good start is massive in terms of keeping the momentum going, momentum that easily could've been lost if it took a couple of different tries to get the right guy, coupled with being bumped down to a mid-major (?). Those two things alone could've been a fatal blow to the program.
The line of thinking that Calhoun overshadows Ollie at this point is complete poppycock. JC's in the background now, and I'm sure he's willing to offer advice or help when needed, but it's KO's ship.
timschochet
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
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Bruce Dickinson
Footballguy
I agree with everything you said here. If UConn whiffed on Calhoun's replacement, the program could easily have dropped into obscurity, and the conference realignment stuff only made the job tougher.
Also, there's been a parade of NBA All-Stars praising Ollie: what a great teammate he was, how helpful he was with young players getting ready for games, and how he was a great leader both by example and with instruction. If anything, UConn's concern might be that Ollie is too successful and gets offered an NBA job.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
It's definitely a concern, and he's not exactly making Calipari money right now. I think he'll get re-negotiated soon though, and he probably (hopefully) wants to put in a longer stint than the couple years he's been at Connecticut. Who knows. I'm sure that those doors are always going to be open to him, though.
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Marcus Smart is declaring, obviously.
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Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Same here.
Off to some ####ty bar to watch teh game. Other UConn dudes, I love you. UK dudes, good luck. Everyone else, don't feel sorry for whomever loses b/c both teams are on pretty sick runs.
Tim> GFY.
Good luck tonight - hope its a good game, and the refs let the players decide the game. Either team will be deserving champs this season.
Near as I can tell, Lexington is going to burn tonight win or lose, so I suppose its better to burn the town down after a win.
flapgreen
Footballguy
Watching the game with my dad. Just happy to be here
I will never ever be able to understand how someone of his caliber (as of last year) passes on declaring for the draft.
Baloney Sandwich
Footballguy
Nipsey
Footballguy
alan boston on uconn +3 small
alan boston @bostonred88 1h
Kys guards have not played well. Yes Harrison has hit big shots, but overall, neither has played well. Kys guards were able to beat Wiscy 1 on 1, which leads to many rebounds. U Conns gds have been spectacular defensively. Without Ky breaking them down, with very poor halfcourt offense, Ky will struggle to get good looks. So with my head a little and my heart alot, I bet U Conn plus 3 small but will root like its big. Thanks for following me
alan boston @bostonred88 1h
Kys guards have not played well. Yes Harrison has hit big shots, but overall, neither has played well. Kys guards were able to beat Wiscy 1 on 1, which leads to many rebounds. U Conns gds have been spectacular defensively. Without Ky breaking them down, with very poor halfcourt offense, Ky will struggle to get good looks. So with my head a little and my heart alot, I bet U Conn plus 3 small but will root like its big. Thanks for following me
I don't think so and I really hope not. Calhoun definitely wanted him there and I'm sure they will pay him more.
Oh well, as a UConn fan who has watched every title game, including in high school when UConn went from obscurity to a contender with the 1988 NIT title, this has been a fun ride. No way would I have predicted getting to the title game this year, so I'm going to sit back and enjoy it win or lose.
By the way, any thoughts on Richard Hamilton being the next Kevin Ollie coaching-wise? Hard to miss the fact that he has been sitting at Calhoun's left at every game in the tourney (or at least the Final Four and MSG).
JohnnyU
Footballguy
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I agree. I wouldn't classify winning 10 of their 11 titles between 1964 and 1975 as basketball title relevant.
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rockaction
Footballguy
What is the point of the Lawyers, Guns, and Money sign in the background of the pre-game?
Love the crazies
Love the crazies
:runsfromroomscreaming: Noooooooooooo!
flapgreen
Footballguy
Never heard of him
