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How nice of them to find a way to diminish USF's run, though, right?!

PS: of course, the argument in favor of body of work usually involves some examples of teams that faltered late, got an AL invite anyways, and made a respectable run that reflects who they were earlier in the season. My question would be: how often does that actually happen? It's got to be pretty rare. Would like to see data that shows AL teams that were in a late season funk, got the AL invite anyways, and compared those that were one-and-done (didn't get out of the funk) vs. those that righted their ship and made a good run. My guess is the one-and-dones far out number the latter. This is new news to me.

Body of work vs. current quality of performance. If the committee says they want to use the AL bids to invite the next best teams based on quality of play RIGHT NOW, USF - currently ranked by coaches USF - should be considered and the impact of those Q4 losses takes a back seat to how well they are playing RIGHT NOW. IMO, USF clearly figured something out and is not the same team that lost those early games. But that's not what is going to happen. The committee will look at all those middle major teams that carry good brand, with little to celebrate or hold against them, and find ways to put them in. The easiest way to do that is to find mid majors with Q4 losses, even early ones like USF's that clearly are not indicative of how they are playing right now - and leave them out of the convo by holding those losses against them. Just my idiot 0.02, but when it comes to selecting teams, the committee is not consistent about basing their selections on body of work vs. current quality of performance. And it can be super frustrating how it seems to (usually) work against the mid-majors.

Morris has been seen visiting practices in Denton. Let's tap the breaks on this "he wants to join his dad" stuff.

Hanging jerseys in the Super Pit when they are not retired. Are we the only ones that do this, or are there other programs? @CMJ?

Talk about grit! I really look forward to seeing Taylor in Denton.

Someone help me remember for sure, but I think Cobbs broke a personal or season rushing record at the Kibbie Dome. @FirefightnRick or @SilverEagle, care to chime in?

This is new to me. I thought retiring a jersey/number was synonymous with "hanging a jersey from the rafter" So, what does it mean? If it's not HOF, and it's not retiring the jersey. I forgot about Davis. Wasn't his jersey hung after he was put in the HOF?

I thought tonight would be the night we finally get past Davis and Co. I'll be glad when he's gone.

There are crowd mics?

I think RJ should be int he HOF, but retiring his jersey? I'm not ready to make that leap.

https://meangreensports.com/news/2024/3/3/mens-basketball-mean-green-beat-east-carolina-84-69

Doesn’t strike me as a pair of men that want to grow where they are planted.

What a happily boring win. I could use more of these

Totes understandable.

I'm particularly interested in winning 10 games.

We're talking about closers. You wanna talk about Kai shutting down Jelly? start a new thread about defense. You seem happy to start new threads.

Kai is not in the same convos as Perry/Hamlet/Smart. I remember Tristan being incredible, but I guess old age and hazy memory leaves me questioning if he was a closer or not. Simply don't remember.

@Matt from A700 yep! I immediately thought of that famous clip. Grant in Denton, Year 1.

"nah, this would never happen. Congress would get involved." Nope.

"Twilight years"?! My friend, this is just the beginning.

What if they were throwing tortillas? I think that would be more adult-like.

I still think there is some tough, quality, basketball being played in spots 2-7. USF's consistency is remarkable. ALMOST as remarkable as our Sun Belt football run.

Just my personal 0.02, but I feel like if you've won the NIT, you have played some legit T25 basketball to make that kind of tournament run. Even if it doesn't reflect in the polls.

Man! Kudos to the MWC for climbing their way into a position to have so many bids