Do we want Rutgers or Houston?

[Cheriehoop]

Hardest tournament to seed because of the mis matched resumes and COVID pauses.

they almost mean nothing.

Definitely. The unbalanced conference schedules are bad enough plus the lack of OOC games, but with Covid pauses, cancellations etc - how could there be accurate comparative evaluations to seed teams?

 

[GoSU96]

Houston looks like a bunch of athletes that don’t shoot that well

need to minimize run outs

 

[OrangeYaGladi]

Houston looks like a bunch of athletes that don’t shoot that well

need to minimize run outs

Grimes can really shoot it. They are capable

 

[Madbiker]

What a gag job by Rutgers.

 

[GoSU96]

Grimes can really shoot it. They are capable

is that the guy with the bad hip?

 

[cliftonparksufan]

is that the guy with the bad hip?

Jarreau. That guy had a game. He can play for my team every day.

 

[StopCoolio]

What a magical season for Rutgers. The Round of 32 T-shirt gonna be as big a seller as the “Texas Bowl Champs!” was in ‘06.

 

[pearl31]

I honestly think both SDSU and WVU are better than Houston. We got this

 

[Cuse#1]

Hardest tournament to seed because of the mis matched resumes and COVID pauses.

they almost mean nothing.

Yessir completely agree

 

[Ceerqqq]

While payback vs Rutgers would have been sweet, I am TOTALLY happy that it is Houston.

It guarantees that our path to the Elite 8 will be vs more highly rated/ranked/seeded teams, which really helps give us that mental edge, IMO.

Now it's Loyola Chicago that concerns me. They were beyond awesome in taking down Illinois.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

From the last time JB faced Kelvin Sampson...

Buddy looks like he wants a piece of him.

 

[Oakland]

During the game thread we "jokingly" say JB should bring in Bol Ajak as a goon to rough people up. Well Sampson in 2003 actually did this to Carmelo.

Remember when a Pitt scrub cross body blocked Melo from the back as he was running down the sideline?

 

[dasher]

Remember when a Pitt scrub cross body blocked Melo from the back as he was running down the sideline?

It was Oklahoma and that was clearly sent in by Sampson. And the foul was called on Melo.

 

[NineOneSeven]

Would like to see if Sampson can score 50 against the 2-3 this time

Oh how the turntables.

 

[bpo57]

Oh how the turntables.

Might wanna vaporize this thread. It didn't age very well.

 

[Briancuse]

I change my.mind I want Rutgirls.

 

[Marty McFly]

honestly the moment Rutty choked I got a bad feeling. It kinda ruined the good mood from beating the neers, knowing that might be it. Sucks to be right.

 

[690West]

meh. Rutgers would be up 17 on Oregon st. as well. Nothing changed

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

DId Houston have the easiest path to a Final Four of all time? For a 2 seed they must have had the weakest sweet 16 and elite 8 opponents ever.

They played an 11 seed with a 76 year old coach who doesn't play his best players and all they had to do was shut down his kid and the game wouldn't be competitve.

Then Oregon St.

4 games 4 double digit seeds.

 

[jdubs30]

DId Houston have the easiest path to a Final Four of all time? For a 2 seed they must have had the weakest sweet 16 and elite 8 opponents ever.

They played an 11 seed with a 76 year old coach who doesn't play his best players and all they had to do was shut down his kid and the game wouldn't be competitve.

Then Oregon St.

4 games 4 double digit seeds.

I believe it was the first time ever a team played 4 double digit seeds in the same tourney

 

[jncuse]

meh. Rutgers would be up 17 on Oregon st. as well. Nothing changed

Well if you are saying Rutgers and Houston are equals ,then I am glad Houston won. I couldn't have slept if we had lost by 16 to Rutgers.

 

[FRANKIEFAN]

Noone wants to rebound vs Houston.

 

[jncuse]

DId Houston have the easiest path to a Final Four of all time? For a 2 seed they must have had the weakest sweet 16 and elite 8 opponents ever.

They played an 11 seed with a 76 year old coach who doesn't play his best players and all they had to do was shut down his kid and the game wouldn't be competitve.

Then Oregon St.

4 games 4 double digit see

Oregon St was a heck of a 12 seed.
They won the PAC 12 tournament (which was apparently to our surprise a tough league this year). And they have won convincingly throughout the tournament.

That being said yes the path opened nicely for them.

 

[bpo57]

DId Houston have the easiest path to a Final Four of all time? For a 2 seed they must have had the weakest sweet 16 and elite 8 opponents ever.

They played an 11 seed with a 76 year old coach who doesn't play his best players and all they had to do was shut down his kid and the game wouldn't be competitve.

Then Oregon St.

4 games 4 double digit seeds.

No doubt the bracket opened up for them but don't sell them short. They can give anybody in the country a tough game. Might not win them all but they'd be competitive.

 

[690West]

. I couldn't have slept if we had lost by 16 to Rutgers.

Haha. True.