Not a bad person, but against Illini interests. Illini want to beat Purdue to win the national title.Does it make me a bad person if I want to see Purdue get stomped? Asking for a friend . . .
I kinda want you see Purdue and Creighton in the next round. They worked UConn. I wonder if they'd use that game plan against PU, too?I could have been happy with Purdue losing, but I'm content with the Big Ten doing well.
This view has me happy all the time with March Madness.
Definitely prefer Houston over Duke.Elite 8:
- 2 Big Ten
- 2 or 3 ACC
- 1 or 2 SEC
- 1 or 2 Big East
- 0 or 1 Big 12
So do we want Houston to beat Duke to prevent ACC leadership, or do we want Duke to beat Houston to vehemently slam the door on the “Big 12 is the best conference” talk?
I'll argue we want to beat anyone to win the nattyNot a bad person, but against Illini interests. Illini want to beat Purdue to win the national title.
Yep, they seem well suited to play Purdue. Then I'd be really happy, because I have Creighton in the Final 4. To this point, I still have all my Final 4 picks. I think it's the furthest I've ever made it. (Alabama, Illinois, Houston, Creighton)I kinda want you see Purdue and Creighton in the next round. They worked UConn. I wonder if they'd use that game plan against PU, too?
I'll be happy that one will be a loser, and sad that they both cannot be.Elite 8:
- 2 Big Ten
- 2 or 3 ACC
- 1 or 2 SEC
- 1 or 2 Big East
- 0 or 1 Big 12
So do we want Houston to beat Duke to prevent ACC leadership, or do we want Duke to beat Houston to vehemently slam the door on the “Big 12 is the best conference” talk?
He's not liking a taste of his own medicine?Friend of a friend of mine is a UNC alum who married into an NC State family. He just texted me and said his wife is being pretty insufferable at the moment.
I strongly disagree. Everything you said was 100% true the last four (arguably 19) years. But this year, every program that didn’t make the Elite 8 is trash.This continual judgement/assessment of coaches, teams, and conferences based upon performance in a single elimination tournament is dumb.
It's a small part of a large picture. It just happens to be the most exciting attention draw of the season for casual basketball fans.
I strongly disagree. Everything you said was 100% true the last four (arguably 19) years. But this year, every program that didn’t make the Elite 8 is trash.
Gotta agree. It is relatively easy to teach and motivate athletic young men to play tenacious defense....if the coach teaching them knows the keys. But teaching and training them with offensive skills capable of scoring against such athletes is far more difficult....IMHO.Watching Arizona and Marquette their offense has failed them. Brad was smart to adjust his philosophy because consistent offense does appear to rule March (see Illinois and Alabama).