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logen said:
I have posted before I have known Danny since his Hall days, like him and will attest that he is nothing in “real life” like his court demeanor. Having said that, I agree 100% that I don’t think any tech pointed his way is a bad call, the refs just called the wrong one.
Reading Section 9’s post, I was reminded of a part of an hour+ interview of Pee Wee Kirkland available on YouTube. For those who don’t know the name, a VERY legit NY playground legend who also made boatloads of money on the streets.
He eventually did time on what was later pretty much to be shown as trumped up charges, part of a case in Boston involving multiple defendants, all or most of whom were not “street people”.
Anyway, and the interview was years after the fact, Kirkland had done his time and subsequently had done a lot of really good work with youngsters.
Anyway in the interview he shares that he was set up but (paraphrasing) “I was guilty of a lot” so he accepted what happened, did his time, changed his life. Absolutely fascinating, interesting, intelligent man.
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I've seen him in interviews when it's not game day and I agree, he's funny and personable, but come game day and he morphs into this ranting lunatic. Just because he's a great guy off court doesn't excuse his on court behavior.

And the fact that the Memphis players, especially the guards, physically abused his precious huskies didn't help.
 
Section9 said:
I've seen him in interviews when it's not game day and I agree, he's funny and personable, but come game day and he morphs into this ranting lunatic. Just because he's a great guy off court doesn't excuse his on court behavior.

And the fact that the Memphis players, especially the guards, physically abused his precious huskies didn't help.
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My only comeback would be that Danny is not the first nor will he be the last to morph into a “ranting lunatic” when coaching. And I much more judge human beings as they are in the real world, not when competing in a game. Possibly because I was known to lose it occasionally myself.
 
If fouls are not called players get out of control. No surprise that as long as refs let Hurley be out of control he continues with his tired act. It’s the same thing. Call the appropriate technicals on him and watch his nonsense stop. I consider the refs in the Big East the problem here - not Hurley, as they allow him to intimidate them.

And I have no overall axe to grind with Hurley, who I respect off the court for his openness about dealing with mental health issues.
 
Mean Gene said:
Very interesting, what formula and analytics do they use to determine these rankings, Defensive efficiency, Offensive efficiency, etc.? Does the Selection Committee take these rankings into consideration when making their selections?
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#32 NET rankings didn’t help us last year so …….
 
Creighton will be out of the Top 25 next week. Not good for the Conference. UConn has its hands full with Colorado. Marquette and Xavier look like the two best teams in the conference right now. UConn looks nowhere near the team they were last year and Creighton is way overrated. No reason why we shouldn’t be able to go like 13-7 in conference and hopefully we’ll have enough quality wins if we do that.
 
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