Scum covered with fancy clothes and a big smile.Am I the only that despises Bruce Pearl with the heat a 1000 sun's?
Yes. I want to change my answer.Buzz
Gonzaga
Virginia
The only teams I can pull for are ACC teams as it would help SU financially. So in my preferred order:
1) UVA Bennett needs to win it all after last year..
2) FSU
3) VT
4) UNC
5) Duke - Massively Overrated IMHO..
UVA winning the the worst thing possible for us we are no longer one good recruiting class on our end and a couple key early departures on theirs away from being up there with Duke and UNC.
VT and FSU making the final four would be bad as well and legitimize recent good runs by both.
Duke or UNC winning changes nothing overall.
I think we were closer than people think and more in the 'mix' than anyone will give us credit for despite our struggles. Losing a lottery pick early, and our PG both early and at the end when it matters most has to be taken into consideration. Of the 8 ACC games we lost we had halftime leads in 5 or 6 I think. You just need some luck like your best player not pickup up a debilitating injury a month before the year and then getting suspended for the NCAAT or your best recruit in a few years leaving you at the altar to not play competitive basketball anywhere.
We hit on some recruits, guys improve, maybe a SR Battle, and we are in business. There should be 10-15 teams going into next year that have a shot to win it all right now I don't consider us one of them but who knows.
Not Auburn not so much but Barkley would be insufferable beyond words!Tennessee
Purdue
UVA
LSU
Auburn would be insufferable.
UVA winning the the worst thing possible for us we are no longer one good recruiting class on our end and a couple key early departures on theirs away from being up there with Duke and UNC.
VT and FSU making the final four would be bad as well and legitimize recent good runs by both.
Duke or UNC winning changes nothing overall.
I think we were closer than people think and more in the 'mix' than anyone will give us credit for despite our struggles. Losing a lottery pick early, and our PG both early and at the end when it matters most has to be taken into consideration. Of the 8 ACC games we lost we had halftime leads in 5 or 6 I think. You just need some luck like your best player not pickup up a debilitating injury a month before the year and then getting suspended for the NCAAT or your best recruit in a few years leaving you at the altar to not play competitive basketball anywhere.
We hit on some recruits, guys improve, maybe a SR Battle, and we are in business. There should be 10-15 teams going into next year that have a shot to win it all right now I don't consider us one of them but who knows.
You truly think Frank was our best player though?
I would be fine with any non-ACC traditional power winning. So Houston, Zaga, Texas Tech, Purdue. If it has to be an ACC school I would say UVA since I respect Bennett.Which teams winning it all would bother you the least? Mine:
1. Purdue -- they have a great loyal fanbase and just never, ever get to the Final Four. Even though they're in the Big Ten I would be cool with them winning a title.
2. Virginia -- I like Tony Bennett, I'm not threatened by them, and it would be fun to open next year with the defending champs. And if an ACC team has to win I would want it to be either them or FSU.
3. Houston -- I think it's good for the sport of college basketball to create new and huge fanbases. U of H is a massive school in a massive city, so if suddenly a big hardcore fanbase emerged, it's simply good for business.
4. Florida State -- They're in the ACC and them winning it all wouldn't in any way downgrade our historic position, and Leonard Hamilton seems like a good guy so I'm cool with it.
5. Texas Tech -- it would be refreshing to have a total outsider win the tournament.
You truly think Frank was our best player though?
This board’s just going to let the Frank’s better than Battle post fly?
How much we’ve grown.