I didn’t think anything would make me happy again this basketball season.

[Dave]

Eat it Kentucky!

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Next SU coach?

 

[Dave]

Syracuse fans are engaged in a love fest with Coach Boeheim compared to Calipari and Kentucky fans.

 

[Col. Bleep]

It was great see Cal rambling on semi-coherently in the post-game interview.
He couldn't process what had just happened to him and his all-stars.

Gotta give him credit though for something Boeheim would never do.
He took some responsibility for blowing the game.

 

[DilemaCuse]

Ucant, Cantucky both go down.

Dook goes down tomorrow or Sunday

 

[AZOrange]

Ucant, Cantucky both go down.

Dook goes down tomorrow or Sunday

Eh Duke has a run in them

 

[Dave]

It was great see Cal rambling on semi-coherently in the post-game interview.
He couldn't process what had just happened to him and his all-stars.

Gotta give him credit though for something Boeheim would never do.
He took some responsibility for blowing the game.

I give him credit for nothing. Recruiting for him is like picking entrees out of a luxury buffet. He gets what players he wants for the most part. No leftovers, no scraps, few disappointments. He can recruit to a system or build a system around recruits. As a coach he starves on incredible bounty. He is about himself. He is a shameless self promoter and a cheat. So how gracious of him to take responsibility! Other than those things he’s ok.

 

[DilemaCuse]

Eh Duke has a run in them

They can't defend, last 4 they are 0-4 ats, that is playing w fire

 

[kcsu]

I give him credit for nothing. Recruiting for him is like picking entrees out of a luxury buffet. He gets what players he wants for the most part. No leftovers, no scraps, few disappointments. He can recruit to a system or build a system around recruits. As a coach he starves on incredible bounty. He is about himself. He is a shameless self promoter and a cheat. So how gracious of him to take responsibility! Other than those things he’s ok.

Agreed. He is the bloated Pig

 

[cuseinseattle]

I didn't want to enjoy this tourney. How can I be mad on a day Yukon and UK both get bounced in round 1.

 

[goofnoff]

I give him credit for nothing. Recruiting for him is like picking entrees out of a luxury buffet. He gets what players he wants for the most part. No leftovers, no scraps, few disappointments. He can recruit to a system or build a system around recruits. As a coach he starves on incredible bounty. He is about himself. He is a shameless self promoter and a cheat. So how gracious of him to take responsibility! Other than those things he’s ok.

He didn't always have that luxury. At U Mass he had to pay them.

 

[Orangefan1]

The three teams I hate have lost already Rutgers, UCant and Kentucky.

 

[Red Holzman]

 

[jdubs30]

Big East was very overrated.

 

[Timonen]

Not to be dramatic but games like this could have ripple effects in some of the more frustrating aspects of the game. If veteran teams start consistently winning and highly paid batches of freshmen keep getting egg on the face of star coaches, this could create a shift in how the coaches build their squads. This ain’t what boosters are paying for!

 

[Dave]

Kentucky is damned if they do, damned if they don’t, fire Calipari. Recruits naively view the “program” as a springboard to the NBA. That perception is tied to Calipari’s identity. The fan base expects wins commensurate with the talent. I think it all unravels if they fire him and they have to start all over again, like a real college basketball team. If he stays he can’t deliver. Damned Kentucky is damned. Losing in the first round this year after it looked like he had lifted their prospects is a signature event. I believe they implode.

 

[Col. Bleep]

I give him credit for nothing. Recruiting for him is like picking entrees out of a luxury buffet. He gets what players he wants for the most part. No leftovers, no scraps, few disappointments. He can recruit to a system or build a system around recruits. As a coach he starves on incredible bounty. He is about himself. He is a shameless self promoter and a cheat. So how gracious of him to take responsibility! Other than those things he’s ok.

Yeah...Cal couldn't realize what he was saying when he took some responsibility.
That could grease the skids.

But...you'd still never hear anything like that...even in a moment of incoherity (note word invented here) from Jim Boeheim.

 

[pfister1]

Not to be dramatic but games like this could have ripple effects in some of the more frustrating aspects of the game. If veteran teams start consistently winning and highly paid batches of freshmen keep getting egg on the face of star coaches, this could create a shift in how the coaches build their squads. This ain’t what boosters are paying for!

Agreed boosters are paying those highly paid recruits to win games in March.

 

[SouthernCuse]

I mean...finding a peacock gif that has lasers shooting out of its eyes @ 6:41 am is a talent that should be recognized.

 

[Red Holzman]

I mean...finding a peacock gif that has lasers shooting out of its eyes @ 6:41 am is a talent that should be recognized.

Do Best Work in the AM!
Unfortunately, GIFs not side-by-side on phone screen for Best Look tho.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

He didn't always have that luxury. At U Mass he had to pay them.

At Kentucky, its a tradition

 

[dollarbill44]

They can't defend, last 4 they are 0-4 ats, that is playing w fire

Survive and advance. Against the spread gets you nothing in March.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Big East was very overrated.

How did Marquette get into the tournament with an overall record of 19-12 plus losing in the first round of the Big East conference tournament? The old criteria of a team’s record in the last 10 games was poor too - they lost 6 out of their last 10 games.

Only Marquette, Alabama, Michigan, Rutgers and Ohio St - none who won their conference tournaments got bids without winning 20 games. St Peter’s, Texas Southern and Yale who all had 19 wins got automatic bids after winning their conference tournaments.

Imagine enough of these choices got Buzz Williams’ attention after Texas A&M was snubbed with a 23-12 record,after losing to Tennessee in the SEC tournament final but ending the season winning 9 of their last 10 games including wins over ranked Auburn and Arkansas in their tournament. Just all very interesting.

Williams blasts Aggies' NCAA snub: 'Defies logic'

Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams began his postgame news conference Tuesday night with a statement lasting nearly eight minutes in which he decried the Aggies' exclusion from the NCAA tournament as something that "defies logic."

www.espn.com

 

[DilemaCuse]

Survive and advance. Against the spread gets you nothing in March.

Gets me dollars when you know who to fade

It is also an indicator of how well a team is playing and can be used to gauge future success

 

[jncuse]

How did Marquette get into the tournament with an overall record of 19-12 plus losing in the first round of the Big East conference tournament? The old criteria of a team’s record in the last 10 games was poor too - they lost 6 out of their last 10 games.

Only Marquette, Alabama, Michigan, Rutgers and Ohio St - none who won their conference tournaments got bids without winning 20 games. St Peter’s, Texas Southern and Yale who all had 19 wins got automatic bids after winning their conference tournaments.

Imagine enough of these choices got Buzz Williams’ attention after Texas A&M was snubbed with a 23-12 record,after losing to Tennessee in the SEC tournament final but ending the season winning 9 of their last 10 games including wins over ranked Auburn and Arkansas in their tournament. Just all very interesting.

Williams blasts Aggies' NCAA snub: 'Defies logic'

Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams began his postgame news conference Tuesday night with a statement lasting nearly eight minutes in which he decried the Aggies' exclusion from the NCAA tournament as something that "defies logic."

www.espn.com

#1. Marquette had 4 wins over teams that are in the top 4 seed lines (which is a significant number for any team outside of the top 4 lines, let alone a bubble team).

#2. They also had a clean resume (i.e nothing bad) in terms of the big 3 of "bad" things that can hurt a team that is on the bubble which are bad losses, a low NET, a bad OOC schedule. Marquette had no bad losses, a reasonable NET, an above average out of conference schedule.

A conference tournament game has no more importance then any other individual game. Excluding Marquette would have possibly been the worse in/out decision the committee has ever made.

To be clear I think Texas A&M deserved to get in over somebody -- but it was clearly not Marquette.

Let's Look at Marquette
Net of 42.
5 Q1 wins including 4 wins vs top 4 seeds (including 2 wins over #2 Seed Villanova, win vs a #4 seed Illinois on a Neutral Court, and a win vs #4 seed Providence)
5-8 overall in Q1
Zero Bad Losses
NC SOS of 69

Let's Look at Texas AM vs Marquette
Net of 43 (vs 42)
4 Q1 Wins (3 wins vs top 4 seeds) vs 5&4 for Marquette
4-10 overall in Q1 vs 5-8
Two Bad Losses vs None
NCSOS of 246. vs 69

Do I think Texas A&M deserved to get in. Yes. But no way was it over Marquette and its not even close.
- Marquette actually had the better quality win profile (Quantity & Quality & win %).
Marquette had nothing "dirty" on their resume
- Texas A&M had 2 bad losses and Marquette had none
- Texas A&M had a troublesome out of conference schedule, Marquette did not.

If you need to drop a P5+BE school for Texas A&M it was a Rutgers or Notre Dame IMO.