Additionally, last years team seemed to be peaking going into the tournament. The performance against Loyola seemed like some kind of fever dream. Totally out of character.
Someone was paying attention in his classes! Interesting work Daniel.
This is the truth. We didn't play great against Houston, but they likely would have won even if we had. They're that much better.
I was one of those posters. I clearly underestimated Houston but I don’t think the criticisms were too off base Even though Houston has since proved me wrong.
Yeah but if you dive into that a little more, 3 of those losses were by a combined 5 points to Wisconsin, Alabama (away) and SMU (away). And that's my problem with measuring teams based primarily on quad records. Three shots go differently and Houston is 4-1 against Q1 and probably a 2 seed, maybe an outside shot at a 1. Should three shots over the course of a season make the difference between a 2 seed and a 5?
I was also critical of Houston, but it was more based on the hope that they would fold under pressure. They hadn't met much resistance in awhile. Obviously, that hope was misplaced. Those dudes are tough.
Lest anyone forget the Fab Five and The Booster at Michigan in the early 90s and how the Five fared during and after that scandal, even in this current March Madness, the media covered with glowing attention the presence of some members of the Fab Five in attendance at Michigan's games. Yet the 20+year AD of Michigan said those players "ruined" Michigan's basketball legacy.Agreed.
I got a chuckle out of this though.
There’s something mildly amusing about
Juan Howard, of all people…vouching for
Hunter Dickinson’s character.
www.michigandaily.com
I just remember 2 pages with every other comment from bootsy arguing about how bad Houston was
Not being Pollyanna here. I believe Illinois at full strength would be right there with Houston. Injured Grandison and DMW with a crisis of confidence shooting wise made Illinois eminently beatable.
I tend to read Bootsy posts (and a few others here on Loyalty) as if it's really Lewis Black.
Rooting for Arkansas because I Fing HATE Duke
Iowa has to be #1 after many had them a favorite to make the final 4 as one of the hottest teams in the nation coming into the tourney.
Let's not sugar coat things to feel better. We flat out escaped vs Chattanooga (led for only 25 seconds) and we got run off the floor in the 2nd half versus Houston. It's ok to be critical at this point. We didn't play relatively decent. We were sub par, as was the rest of the conference outside of Michigan (that hurt to say).
But they lost by 30
He is the epitome of the "Michigan Man". Vanishes under pressure and reverts to bragging and boasting. Champions let their game say it all. He can't avoid sticking his foot in his mouth.Agreed.
I got a chuckle out of this though.
There’s something mildly amusing about
Juan Howard, of all people…vouching for
Hunter Dickinson’s character.
What officiating is missing when allowing 4 steps or carrying the ball on almost every dribble is that the game is not comparable. Sure, athletes can do amazing things when the rules are ignored, but it sure limits skill development that guys like Bob Cousy and Oscar Robertson worked hard to perfect....and did. I love what the game has become because it has put the skill of putting the ball in the net from anywhere paramount to success. Making players learn to dribble and move without traveling would do no harm to the game at all...the players would just have to learn and they would do so quickly.
That’s a good point, and I recognize the purpose of the metrics like kenpom which Houston excelled at.
