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I don't really hate the gator basketball team. My wife graduated from there. I actually think it's kind of cool for once that he got to see a Gator team beat an ACC team in the state of Florida.
That is crazy. If there is a rule preventing that then there is something seriously wrong.
Thanks! I actually picked UCLA to win it all in my bracket beating Oregon in the Final Four. Of course, this was after Boucher got hurt. I have maintained my opinion that Arizona was the 3rd best team in the PAC this year.
Not sure what you're looking for here?
That's probably because you spend more time posting the same things in the political threads than watching sports.
Pretty much in agreement with this. Only thing I'd add is how impressive Oregon's transition defense was - they did a great job getting back and clogging the fastbreak passing lanes. The play I'll remember a long time was one in the second half where Jackson got possession with room to run, stated the Break himself up the middle, saw Mason find a seam and get behind the defense, threw the pass, and Oregon closed the hole and forced the turnover. Usually KU gets a layup on plays like that even when they don't have the numbers edge, spirit-breaking buckets that trigger big runs. Oregon wasn't having that.
Time to change your ugly personality. I know you're working on it, occasionally editing/deleting posts that offer nothing but meanness towards others, but you still have a long way to go. I know it's just a message board, but it's still fair to expect basic human decency here. Even from you.
I may have posted this before, but Mason prepped in the town I live in (I can hear the revelry trumpets from my back deck each morning and evening - it's that close to my house). I saw him play live the year before he went to Kansas, only because I wanted to see what Maryland was getting in his teammate Damonte Dodd. I don't remember a whole lot of Mason's plays in that game, mainly because Massenutten was dunking most of the time on that poor opponent. I think the final was like 140-50. All five starters had D1 scholarships. Massenutten shut the hoops program down the next year (lack of money was the official line), but started it back up this year and are loaded again.
I lean towards them having a cake conference that they cruise through every season...end up with a top seed...which affords them favorable matchups and home field advantages...then eventually have to play someone solid at the Elite Eight.
Whether it should be or not, getting to the FF is a HUGE resume check mark for both coaches & schools - and fans.
How in the hell can someone not root for Gonzaga? What's your beef with them, other than the east coast west coast BS, because I'm not buying that at all?
I love the one and done. It helps programs like Wisconsin who get the 2nd and 3rd tier recruits and develops them over 4 years. Adds parity to the game IMO.
These are the Tar Heels for the last two seasons - top team, no lotto picks. Just a healthy bunch of either late 1sts or 2nd rounders and some Euro caliber players in the mix. Bryce/Paige, Berry/Jackson - Jackson prob a late 1st rounder, hopefully he returns and moves up to a mid-first if his game improves the same it did YoY Soph to Jr.
Well, I hope our dreams are realized today. I'm similar in that I started watching and attending Gamecock basketball, Men's and Women's, first.
We saw this happen a lot with Altman when he coached K-State. It's like he's a throwback to the pre-shotclock days when some coaches would stall up four points with the ball in the second half. He's very fortunate his players hit a few guarded threes at the end of those shot clocks.
Yeah only three Big XII teams got farther in the NCAA Tournament than Duke did this year. That conference sucks.
Yeah.
lol your avatar has nothing to do with you personally.
Just saying...drop Kansas in the ACC.
People hate Gonzaga because they come from a weak conference and fans of middling Power 5 schools feel they should get better seeds than Gonzaga simply because of that. They usually haven't watched a minute of them play or even looked at their OOC schedule. See it EVERY year.
Yeah, I probably shouldn't have worded it that way. Apologies to all.
Drunk, sorry. Just seemed like your Gonzaga hatred was a touch misplaced.
Thanks TF. My mind is blown that my buddies and I are buying tickets to the final four and NC game. Whoa woulda thunk?
You're always a class act. I want to go to this so bad but my wife and accountant are saying no way. :(
That's awesome. I shot my proverbial wad on the Ducks game in Dallas vs Ohio St. Right before the twins were born. Disappointed with the outcome (of the game not the twins, though ask me tomorrow) but the experience was incredible. Knew that was probably my last sports hurrah for a long time and savored it. Enjoy!
