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[QUOTE="joct, post: 278103, member: 2001"]
My problem is with the media lovefest.  When they lose this year in the 1st round as a #2, 50 miles from their campus, instead of getting hounded like any number of other coaches would, the view was that Coach K "Lost with dignity" and the kids were "gritty in defeat".  
 
As for the loss itself, the quick reaction was "they had such a great year, they overachieved by being seeded that high to begin with".  If they truly were overseeded, part of their ranking was because the media said all year how great they were during the season...now the media wants to take it back.  Also -- they couldn't have been that overseeded -- much of the same media had them going to the Final 8 after the brackets came out. 
 
When they win, forget it.  They're the only kids in america that have ever practiced hard or gone to a class.  When they lose in an upset that had only happened 4 times before, and had home court advantage at the same time, and the media wanted us to feel sorry for them for losing.   The only top program that would get that kind of spin.  And that's a big part of the backlash against them.
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