I wouldn't mind one, maybe a poster with the coaches wife too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
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I wouldn't mind one, maybe a poster with the coaches wife too :DQuote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
My brackets would take a dump if they lose.
:Ohio_State: would be my 1st Final 4 miss i only had the u getting to the elite 8.
That's already on my bedroom ceiling.Quote:
Originally Posted by psusnoop
:Miami: goin' down in a blaze of glory
Thanks for the love, JB.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBHuskers
I'll take the win.
No love for Ohio State, more love for my brackets :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by JeffHCross
Louisville and Michigan State are my only remaining chances for points. I'm completely done, dead and red in the East, West and South regions. My only remaining hopes are Louisville and Michigan State winning tonight, and Louisville continuing through to and winning the title game.
Marquette has saved me from the bottom.
:Indiana: lays an egg and I lose my first Final 4 and National Champion so I'm done.
If Louisville loses, most of us are done. Only 9 people remain with an active National Champion, and 5 of us have Louisville.
..and I'll be rooting for Louisville to lose :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by SmoothPancakes
This didn't take long to come out :D
http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps82fcb540.jpg
And, now I have ZERO reason to watch the tournament anymore.
No interest in watching talent or competition?Quote:
Originally Posted by morsdraconis
If it's not a Cinderella story or WVU, I don't give a damn. College basketball is boring as hell otherwise. It's sloppy play and boring as hell zone defenses. I tune in occasionally to see a close game in the last 2 minutes or somethin' but, for the most part, it's just mediocre basketball.Quote:
Originally Posted by SCClassof93
Syracuse is the only Elite 8 team, to my knowledge, that employs zone the majority of the time.
After watching the Jimmy V 30 for 30, I wanted respond to this. You and I first disagreed about one-and-dones. You said they've ruined college basketball. My point was that one and dones, by themselves, have not. It's better, IMO, that they have to come to school at all than not. 20% of the "50 Greatest NBA Players" list were early entries. Without the NBA age limit, we can reasonably assume that most of the players who ended up declaring as freshmen wouldn't have come to school at all. So the talent level would be worse without the rule.Quote:
Originally Posted by CLW
It's clear, when compared to seasons like 1983 (holy shit UNC and Houston) or the early 90s (Fab Fave, Duke, UNLV, even Ohio State), that the talent level is lower. But it would be even worse without the age limit. Though, on that note, I would prefer a system like baseball's, as you suggested.
But going back to your comment that I'm quoting. You connected the two discussions, and in my eyes they are not. You called the field weak. I called it even. Perhaps you meant to only call the top seeds weak. But parity, IMO, is not weakness. The NFL has more parity today than ever before. That doesn't mean the NFL is less interesting without dominant teams. And that's how I view the tournament.
Yes, it means runs like Villanova and NC State won't happen again. That an underdog upsetting a top team won't have the same shock value. But it also means upsets are more likely. And games, across the board, are going to be closer. Because the separation between a 2nd seeded Ohio State and 11th seeded Minnesota isn't a massive talent gap. And I'm okay with that.
I don't think we really disagree on the state of the game. Or that early entrants are the cause of a lesser talent pool. But the talent has also spread (much like with scholarship limits in football), which makes the field more even. Not weaker.
Double.