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Will make any coach look great.
Biggest since 1992 Midwest regional final in Kansas City when 4 seed Cincinnati defeated 6 seed Memphis State 88-57. That Cincinnati team had future NBA players in Corie Blount and Nick Van Exel. The Memphis State team had Penny Hardaway.
FAU radio call of the final moments, and how it almost didn't happen:
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
I think it will be UConn and Miami. I’d have said so before disu got hurt. I think Miami has too much firepower for UT.
Gonzaga would be better served if they moved to a Power conference. If its the Pac12 or wherever, they need better competition than what they are getting in the WCC
Yeah, because the Pac-12 has all those national championships over the last 20 years.
Gonzaga has made the championship game twice in the past 7 years. The Pac-12 hasn't made the championship game since 2006.
Jumping to a power 5 is a little of a double edged sword. I think there is a lot to be said about getting in the habit of winning. There is also something to be said about facing adversity enough times to be comfortable in tight games.
I think the WCC has been good enough the past two seasons to test the Zags occasionally, but they typically have a significant advantage in talent.
This was probably the worst Gonzaga team in several years, and they were still elite. They got stomped last night, but that’s more about UConn than Gonzaga IMO.
Mark Few has a pretty great gig.
Gonzanga had brought in some serous $$$$ for itself and the teams in the WCC over the years.
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I would guess the television revenue per team in the Power 5 conferences is greater than the WCC deal with ESPN/CBS.
March Madness Daily: How Much is an NCAA Tournament Win Worth?
March Madness is the NCAA’s biggest money maker, but it’s also lucrative for conferences. That’s because the NCAA bases certain aspects of its annual distributions calculations on basketball perfor…
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I would guess the television revenue per team in the Power 5 conferences is greater than the WCC deal with ESPN/CBS.
Pac 12 needs the zags more than the zags need the pac 12
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Zags need a football program before the PAC 12 needs the Zags.
Zags need a football program before the PAC 12 needs the Zags.
Good point, I forgot they do not have a FB program. They are pretty much stuck there.
So does Cal (sorry I couldn’t help myself)
How have they won with Hurley? That guy has lost in the first round the last two years… Obviously, he can’t coach.
Consistent improvement. This is what Hurley has done at UConn by Kenpom;
2018-19: #98
2019-20: #52
2020-21: #21
2021-22: #22
2022-23: #1
Now that it’s built, I think he will sustain it. It’s not been built on just a couple elite players.
UConn plays 9 guys 13+ minutes a game, but nobody plays more than 30+. It’s very deep team that is well balanced.
I have stated for several years. How the officials in Big10 call games vs March madness does every big10 team a huge disservice. This tournament I have watched several officials from big10 swallow whistles for entire games, it bat crap crazy the way they slow down conference games. Making them hard to watch. Hurts all of our players and recruiting.
BlindLoyalty
- FartNoiseMotivation
Dan Hurley took over a Wagner program that went (5-26), a Rhode Island program that went (7-24) and a (14-18) sanctioned UConn program. Hurley has taken over smoldering craters.
Just saw a sequence where a kid had a complete fistful of the back of Kalkbrenners jersey up around the name and pulled him down while he pulled himself up for a rebound. No call. How somebody didnt see that is beyond me
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Was there some horrible shoulder dislocation incident that I missed that caused this?
Because you can hurt a guy doing that, but it’s a contact sport, you can hurt a guy doing a lot of things.
It just exists to be a long, momentum-killing, inherently hard to determine review, total self-own for the sport.
Exactly. It kills the flow of the game. I’m fine using reviews to determine possession. But if 3 refs don’t see a foul in real time, then play on. No reviews.
The hook and hold rule was created in response to Isaac Haas of Purdue getting pulled to the ground and injured (broken elbow). It happening in the NCAA tourney and hosed Purdue's tourney hopes.
Google Isaac Haas hook and hold to see the video.
BillyBob1
- Champaign
I think it was Isaac Haas, who ended up with a broken elbow, that largely contributed to the rule being what it is now.
Lol, third!
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