[2024 NCAA Final Four]

Man, I really am starting to hate Connecticut, but they are second to none, no question.

[2024 NCAA Final Four]

Credit to Alabama - they gave Connecticut a great game (the final score isn't really representative).  Purdue was actually more impressive yesterday.  I still thank UCONN is the favorite tomorrow, but I give the Boilers a decent shot now.

[BREAKING: John Buggs III enters the portal]

20 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Well somebody can fix those courts…. 😏🤣

 

I am curious how much those backdoor payments were for them 🤣

They lost the O'Bannon suit so they started the NIL thing.  When when they try to put regulations on it, they still lose.

 

https://www.si.com/college/2024/02/23/federal-judge-grants-injunction-preventing-ncaa-from-enforcing-nil-rules

[2024 NCAA Final Four]

4 minutes ago, GrandGreen said:

What a final four, many could have picked this lineup before the first game.

Shows you how stale the sport has gotten, and how money almost always dictates the winners.  Basketball is getting as predictable as football despite having about three times the teams. 

Who would have picked NC State?  They were an 11 seed.

 

Last year's Final Four was a total cluster.  Sometimes that happens and sometimes it's more chalk.  

[NIT Championship Game]

I also doubt we could have beaten that ISU squad.  

[BREAKING: John Buggs III enters the portal]

1 minute ago, Andrew said:

I will vote for which ever president ends this crap and holds the NCAA  accountable.  End the NIL and end the Portal. 🤣

The NCAA fought the NIL.  Problem is they lost.  The NCAA was made toothless by the courts.  

[NIT Championship Game]

I usually give credit to the team that comes back, and Seton Hall deserves credit.  I gotta say though, Indiana State played pretty stupid the last 3 minutes and gave it away.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

Great first half in the NIT Final.

[2024 NCAA Final Four]

11 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Maybe because the titles have always been nearly a decade apart and they're usually not relevant in between lol.

I mean....that's not true though.  Titles in 1999, 2004, 2011, 2014....they were winning them about every five years until having a nearly ten year gap.

 

And now they're likely to go back to back and have more titles than both Duke and Kansas, tying UNC.  They're gonna catch Kentucky soon at this rate.

[BREAKING: John Buggs III enters the portal]

[2024 NCAA Final Four]

2 hours ago, Matt from A700 said:

UConn over Purdue.

Order of who I WANT to win: NC State, Purdue, Bama, UConn

I don't hate the UConn men's program as much as Kansas or Duke yet so I wouldn't mind if they won again.

I honestly don't get why Connecticut has flown under the radar for most.  They've won more titles the last 30 years than anyone.

[FAU]

23 minutes ago, mustangfan said:

You act like this is a new phenomenon.  The wealthy have always ruled this world and they always will.

Okay, but George Mason made the tournament twice more withing five years of their Final Four run.  VCU is still a quality program.  Butler fell off when Stevens left, but they still parlayed their name into Big East membership.  Loyola Chicago is still a dangerous team.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

St. Joes had SHU dead to rights.  I wonder if they'd have gotten rid of the Prates, if perhaps we may have had a run to Indy.  St. Joes and UNLV would have been tough, but beatable.  Oh, the what ifs.

 

[2024 NCAA Final Four]

Connecticut.  They are a machine.

 

My hope for a champion is probably Purdue.  They have a storied history but have yet to win a title.  NC State would also be great given the run they're on - though up until the mid 80s, they were arguably at "blue blood adjacent" level.  

 

Alabama has won enough in football recently, they don't need to run the basketball world too.  Connecticut is quickly moving up the list of all time titles won, so I'd prefer they don't get another right now.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

Indiana State looks like they have about 95% of the fans and Hinkle is rocking.  It's gonna be tough for Utah or whoever they may face in the NIT Final on Thursday to beat them there.

[BREAKING: Jason Edwards to enter transfer portal]

3 hours ago, wardly said:

That's about 360 people.

Yeah and we lost about ten more games this season than last, so I'd say it's a really positive sign.

[Hall of Fame]

[Hall of Fame]

56 minutes ago, Dannymacfan said:

I think Ruben should still be eligible for it since he played here for four years and got his degree. 

 

 

36 minutes ago, Mean Green 93-98 said:

Of course he's eligible.  As far as I know, anyone who has ever played for North Texas is eligible.  The question is, do they have the resume?  The fact that Rewbuhn is transferring is a minor strike against him, but I don't see him having a HOF-worthy resume regardless of transferring.

[Rubin Jones to enter transfer portal...]

27 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

I get a good laugh every time you have to get on to someone for this LMAO. Reuben deserves better.

[Rubin Jones to enter transfer portal...]

Even after seeing his name written correctly and you still can't spell it right.  And we wonder why he is leaving.

[A Scott Leaving Us]

Any time I see/hear someone say "If I had an XX number of dollars, this is what comes to mind."

 

Given all the kids at all the various schools, a billion dollars probably wouldn't last that long.

[MBB, who is still on the team?]

As I said a couple of weeks ago, having a former coach from the JUCO ranks should help us navigate this current environment well.  Not sure if that ever entered into the hire at all, but JUCO coaches constantly have to rework their rosters since kids never stay longer than a couple of years, and sometimes not even that long.

[Rubin Jones to enter transfer portal...]

Rubin has graduated right?  Trying out somewhere else with his extra year sucks, but we got the full four years out of him.  It's only because of covid that he even has this. 

[2024 March Madness Thread]

I'm not sure what the connective tissue is.  I feel like the teams have all been constructed differently.

[2024 March Madness Thread]

Since its first title in 1999, Connecticut has won five title (looking like six, but we'll see)  Amazingly they've also missed the tournament nine times since then.  So they've won five titles in the 15 tourneys its played in, with three different coaches.

 

3 First-Round losses

4 Second-Round losses

2 Elite Eight losses

7 Final Fours (5 wins...and counting)

 

Basically if they get to the Sweet 16, they have a better than even chance of cutting down the nets.  It's remarkable.  People may hate Kentucky, Duke, or UNC, or Kansas or pick your blue blood, etc. for their consistent greatness -- but most everyone has slept of the Huskies as they continue to own the the sport for the last generation plus.  Best stretch of dominance since UCLA.

 

It should be noted that I really have never liked UCONN much.  Calhoun always rubbed me the wrong way and the feeling has never left how I view the program.