And Kentucky isn't comparable to SURichmond isn’t comparable to Bryant. They are really good and have a chance to make a deep run in the tourney.
Which makes sense. Bryant merely played us tough(when we couldn’t practice for 2 weeks), while Richmond pretty much dominated Kentucky.
richmond would probably be a 15-17 point favourite against Bryant. Whether that means something who knows.
I believe people are way overplaying the no practice card, in assessing how bad we played. I could be wrong and others are right.
Either way, We will find out more over the next 3 games if any concerns coming out of this were valid or not. But patience and message boards often do not mix.
as noted I am not making a big deal of one game as it may have little predictability. I am most annoyed by JBs excuse making and demands for schedule changes moving forward when almost every team will face similar adversity at one point this season. Just deal with it.
I can't disagree with you more. One team practices for two weeks and the other doesn't. And it showed in every way. Bryant was prepared and ready to play. Syracuse wasn't.richmond would probably be a 15-17 point favourite against Bryant. Whether that means something who knows.
I believe people are way overplaying the no practice card, in assessing how bad we played. I could be wrong and others are right.
Either way, We will find out more over the next 3 games if any concerns coming out of this were valid or not. But patience and message boards often do not mix.
as noted I am not making a big deal of one game as it may have little predictability. I am most annoyed by JBs excuse making and demands for schedule changes moving forward when almost every team will face similar adversity at one point this season. Just deal with it.
Well, no home crowd certainly doesn't hurt the visiting team.I gotta wonder if maybe we aren't going to see more of these kinds of upsets against teams that normally have big-time home court advantages?
Is it possible that the absence of thousands of fans in the stands has something of an 'equalizer' effect?
Once your team is down to a 'lesser' team playing out of their minds, you no longer have a very noisy crowd getting your team pumped up for a big comeback.
Could this actually be a new COVID factor that will be impacting games?
Seth Davis is such a toolbag.
and still infinitely more tolerable than the imbecile rothsteinSeth Davis is such a toolbag.
Spot on.Cuse fans in 2015: “ugh I’m sick of recruiting long athletes for the zone, we need to get better offensive players!”
2020: “ugh enough of these guys who can only shoot .. we need to be better on defense!”
Richmond was a likely tourney team last year. Bryant was #234 in the country per KP.
I am not going to make a big deal out of one game, but the way this board equalizes all mid major teams is quite odd to me.
tfw it's ignorant to say Kentucky should've been able to at least hang tough w Richmondits wild. My guess is ignorance. NEC champ is consistently a 16 seed. Bryant will probably not be the champion.
tfw it's ignorant to say Kentucky should've been able to at least hang tough w Richmond
lol really?what does this have to do with my post? I was specifically commenting on the perception of Bryant in this board
lol really?
can you read the post you were quoting and the gist of what ppl have been posting in this thread?yes really...can you read?
can you read the post you were quoting and the gist of what ppl have been posting in this thread?
way to be purposely dense, it's really impressive.“The way this board equalizes all mid major teams is quite odd to me.”
I accept your apology.
way to be purposely dense, it's really impressive.
no one was saying Richmond in any way = Bryant. Some of us were pointing out that Kentucky, supposedly a top-10 team, was dominated by a solid Richmond team
again, most impressiveis it possible I never said that anyone was saying Richmond = Bryant?
again...you are read some deeper meaning Into the post. I’m explaining my post to you and you are calling me purposely dense. nice.
There is a large and growing group on this forum who need to see blowouts of crap teams regardless of situation to feel any to sort of confidence about this program. There is no point in trying to convince them otherwise. That said, for those of us still carrying hope and optimism, there has been far too much reason for doubt in the past four years than optimism so one can't blame the cynicism. I think circumstances warrant another look before we pre judge either SU or Bryant ( I pointed out their similarities to the older Iona squads in another thread) even with the historical knowledge of both teams.
Every thread is turning into the same argument no matter what the topic starts out as.