The NCAA Tournament Thread
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That’s a ton of games. Joe had benefit of 5 years HS and 5 years college. Wonder if guys played varsity as 8th or 9th graders much back then.
Pete could not play varsity as a college freshman
Yeah that is incredible in its own right. I was thinking about HS though. Joe played as an 8th grader.
Not to mention replacing his entire coaching staff who all moved on to D1 head coaching jobs.
Reminds me of 1979 when we lost to Penn in elite 8 game and missed out on the chance to play sacrificial lamb to Michigan St lead by Magic Johnson. MSU beat Penn by 30. Bama makes first final 4 in school history and has to play powerhouse juggernaut UConn.
Gotta be in it to win it. We’ve seen monumental upsets before. Never say never.
Hadn't known that either!
Incredible.
Tough luck to get UCONN, but that's why they play the games.
Silly Donovan
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If Bama is any good, they will play them within 5 points. If inot that close then the Johnnies are a better team and the tournament, as I’ve already stated, is BOGUS. No matter who is playing, any fan of college hoops and especially a fan of St, John’s hoops who gives credibility to this tournament is delusional.
They have medication for that.
Nobody bleeds more 'redman' than me, but inconsistency, injuries, learning curve kinks, hero ball syndrome, et al, swung the season to suspect status, and it was all over, given the NCAA's antipathy to St. John's and the BEC.
Here's hoping Bama springs a surprise.
Can't help it.
I hate YU-CONN.
NCJohnnie. I could not have been more wrong. I can't remember the last time I saw a 30-0 run, definitely not in an NCAA tournament. Shannon had been averaging 30 ppg in the tourney, UCONN held him to 8. Love him or hate him, Danny Hurley can coach. Much respect for what he has accomplished.
#Fact
I guess I don’t want to let this criticism go, you post at 10,000 feet, during or right after the game I posted specifics that all you criticizes of my opinion ignored, so I will cite the 3 most egregious IMO;
1) SJU gave up 5 uncontested layups after makes, 30 games into the season they still didn’t maintain floor balance, CYO basketball 101, and didn’t adjust after the 1st one, which was one too many -10 gift points
2) Specific play - about 5 minutes left; UConn misses, ball hits the floor about 5 feet in front of the foul line, 3 SJU players watch, all closer to the ball than Castle, who comes from 5 to 7 feet away to not only get the loose ball, but so uncontested he has a clear line to pass out to Karaban for an uncontested 3 - 3 gift points
3) Specific - pretty late, Karaban drives Taylor I believe it was, covering and contests and Jaravan misses but Taylor out if the play, Soriano right there but neither fights for the rebound or contests Karaban laying it in - 2 gift points
That is 15 points in a 5 point loss and were not the only ones. Yes, SJU generally played hard but generally doesn’t cut it at that level. My point was and is, you can't give away points because you decide you can take plays off, Those are the things that decide close games.
What's interesting to think about is that it's no guarantee he would have been a huge success here. But I believe that would have more to do with the school than him, especially if you consider where things stood with the program in 2015.
MarkRedman
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Hard to believe but I think there's more buzz about the women's doubleheader tomorrow than the men's games this weekend
7 PM - Iowa vs LSU
9 PM - UConn vs USC
Both should be great games with big name stars on each team
7 PM - Iowa vs LSU
9 PM - UConn vs USC
Both should be great games with big name stars on each team