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Mar 18, 2021 17:03:11 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Mar 18, 2021 17:03:11 GMT -5
Coach E has the Mount up 30.-20 at the half to start things off
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Post by hc87 on Mar 18, 2021 17:26:49 GMT -5
Jinxed 'em hoops....Tex So with 11-0 run
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Mar 20, 2021 15:56:45 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 20, 2021 15:56:45 GMT -5
Good first 20 minutes for Pitino, tough first 20 for hchoops.
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Mar 20, 2021 16:35:44 GMT -5
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Post by Crucis#1 on Mar 20, 2021 16:35:44 GMT -5
It was just mentioned that Iona is 0-13 in the NCAA tournament. They won one game in 1980, but had to vacate the game.
Since they vacated that game, does the team they beat now have a win?
I wonder who was that team they played and cheated to get the victory? đ¤Ź
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Mar 20, 2021 16:44:47 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Mar 20, 2021 16:44:47 GMT -5
1- no 2- Ronnie Perryâs last game Jeff Ruland had signed with an agent
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Mar 20, 2021 16:51:36 GMT -5
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Post by Crucis#1 on Mar 20, 2021 16:51:36 GMT -5
I knew who they played. đ Just checking to see if anyone remembered.
I was in DC that day for a conference, and remember running into a classmate at National Airport. He was taking a flight to Greene Airport so he could see the game live.
I was returning home, so as soon as I landed, drove like a mad man to a friend âs house who had cable and ESPN at that time. Really disappointed we lost, knowing that was going to be Ronnie Perryâs last game in a HC uniform.
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Mar 20, 2021 17:12:16 GMT -5
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Post by hchoops on Mar 20, 2021 17:12:16 GMT -5
Despite his great disappointment, Ronnie warmly greeted an alum and his young son after the game Total class
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Mar 20, 2021 17:26:22 GMT -5
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Post by hcnation on Mar 20, 2021 17:26:22 GMT -5
Watching Drake game and said it was 50 years between wins for them in the tournament . Then they flashed something on screen about Holy Cross had record 63 years between wins 1953 to 2016 if I read it right as I was only half paying attention.
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Mar 20, 2021 17:58:06 GMT -5
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Post by hcnation on Mar 20, 2021 17:58:06 GMT -5
NCAA has declared the VCU-Oregon game scheduled tonight a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols. Oregon moves on. VCU had COVID-19 issues.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 21, 2021 5:25:48 GMT -5
Is Shaka Smart in trouble at UT? Watch out for Ohio; when they played Illinois early in the season I thought the Preston kid was the best player on the court. Was surprised they only finished 5th in MAC during the regular season (assume Covid/injuries played a role). I'm a Mean Green now at the moment;they have a scrappy team. Feels like Conference USA has been getting shafted over the last 7-8 years- I think they've been a 1 bid league league since 2012 or so, yet they won round of 64 games 4-5 times. Would much rather see their runner up get in the tourney than the 8-9 team from a power conference (that you can easily see on TV multiple times each year). Just enough upsets happening to keep me interested!
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Post by possum on Mar 21, 2021 7:31:43 GMT -5
Bracket buster Tony Bennett strikes again with another 1st round exit.
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Mar 21, 2021 8:29:27 GMT -5
He won't be leaving his heart in Bloomington.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 21, 2021 8:42:37 GMT -5
Bracket buster Tony Bennett strikes again with another 1st round exit. Strict quarantine for 7 days missing 2 regulars he does have a championship
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Post by rgs318 on Mar 21, 2021 9:09:42 GMT -5
More players among the missing this year than any time I can remember. It does make brackets a real challenge with covid-luck a huge factor.
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Post by timholycross on Mar 21, 2021 11:36:13 GMT -5
Is Shaka Smart in trouble at UT? Watch out for Ohio; when they played Illinois early in the season I thought the Preston kid was the best player on the court. Was surprised they only finished 5th in MAC during the regular season (assume Covid/injuries played a role). I'm a Mean Green now at the moment;they have a scrappy team. Feels like Conference USA has been getting shafted over the last 7-8 years- I think they've been a 1 bid league league since 2012 or so, yet they won round of 64 games 4-5 times. Would much rather see their runner up get in the tourney than the 8-9 team from a power conference (that you can easily see on TV multiple times each year). Just enough upsets happening to keep me interested! Texas does seem to be, for their conference and their incredible resources; mired in mediocrity. I'm sure many of you have a team that seems to throw a monkey wrench into your brackets every year. Mine is Michigan State. When I pick them to lose quickly, they win a few games. When I pick them to win a lot, they lose.
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Mar 21, 2021 13:55:28 GMT -5
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Post by bringbackcaro on Mar 21, 2021 13:55:28 GMT -5
My biggest takeaway through 1 game on Day 3 of the Tournament is that the gap has closed between well-coached Mid-Majors and High-Majors who have basically abandoned the idea of recruiting and developing 4-year players. Many of these HMs are not well coached and their rosters are a constant revolving door of 1-and-doneâs, transfers out, and transfers in.
This was particularly evident in the Abilene Christian-Texas and Loyola-Illinois games. The Mid-Majors is both games played strong, fundamentally sound defense, controlled the boards (ACU 78% DReb%, Loyola 81%), and the HMâs had no idea how to play in a game that wasnât completely wide open.
Loyola was equally impressive on offense, where they were running Illinois off all kinds of screens and Illinois defenders had no clue how to position themselves - particularly Kofi Coburn who was stuck in no manâs land as Loyola kept positioning his man as the 2nd screener on staggers. The Illinois coaches and inexperienced players had absolutely zero response.
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Post by Crosser on Mar 21, 2021 14:28:22 GMT -5
Is Shaka Smart in trouble at UT? Watch out for Ohio; when they played Illinois early in the season I thought the Preston kid was the best player on the court. Was surprised they only finished 5th in MAC during the regular season (assume Covid/injuries played a role). I'm a Mean Green now at the moment;they have a scrappy team. Feels like Conference USA has been getting shafted over the last 7-8 years- I think they've been a 1 bid league league since 2012 or so, yet they won round of 64 games 4-5 times. Would much rather see their runner up get in the tourney than the 8-9 team from a power conference (that you can easily see on TV multiple times each year). Just enough upsets happening to keep me interested! Preston wasnât any where near as good yesterday as he was in that Illinois game - an incredible performance, but he was good enough for his team to get the upset. Unlike Dosunmu who had a very tough game today.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 21, 2021 14:29:51 GMT -5
BBC Accurate in most points But Illinois has no one and dones. Of their top 8, only 2 are freshman and neither is a one and done. Texas has 1 one and done, and he fell back in the rotation. They are a very experienced team. Their 3 guard-dominated offense is made up of 3 seniors. The failure of the one and dones is on Duke and Kentucky, somewhat UNC. Gonzaga, Baylor(transfer happy) and Michigan are experienced teams with only 1 one and done, Suggs of the Zags.
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Post by trimster on Mar 23, 2021 9:53:59 GMT -5
Now that we have a break in the tourney, is anyone else bothered by the the homogenization of the sites right down to the same warm up shirts on all teams. I was reading on the New Mexico message board they donât think the tourney will ever return to âThe Pitâ because they donât have the floor space to accommodate the court the NCAA drops down over the existing court. I figured the NCAA required every court be painted/decaled to look the same but one poster said they actually provided a court. Whether they do that or not, based on the rest of their control freak actions, itâs time to stop the madness.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 23, 2021 10:22:26 GMT -5
Sure, but how ?
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Mar 23, 2021 11:13:57 GMT -5
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Post by A Clock Tower Purple on Mar 23, 2021 11:13:57 GMT -5
Hardwood is provided by the NCAA for every venue.
As to look being the same for every squad - they're all in essentially the same place, that's why.
And the NCAA runs it - can rightfully do whatever they want.
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Post by trimster on Mar 23, 2021 12:14:54 GMT -5
Call me crazy but I enjoyed seeing games with different nets, different warm-ups and arena names or team logos on the courts. That's just me. Do you think the NCAA allows water bottles in the Powerade blue towers in the bench area? Probably not.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Mar 23, 2021 13:17:43 GMT -5
Call me crazy but I enjoyed seeing games with different nets, different warm-ups and arena names or team logos on the courts. That's just me. Do you think the NCAA allows water bottles in the Powerade blue towers in the bench area? Probably not. Agree (thinking back to the DCU/Centrum games with "Holy Cross" lettered on the floor.
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Post by Ray on Mar 23, 2021 14:14:52 GMT -5
I figured the NCAA required every court be painted/decaled to look the same but one poster said they actually provided a court. Whether they do that or not, based on the rest of their control freak actions, itâs time to stop the madness.
As I recall, this particular "madness" started after the NCAAs in Worcester, when the DCU/Centrum floor was so old/had so many dead spots that the NCAA basically decided to drop their own floors everywhere as a way of ensuring baseline quality/consistency.
And from a branding perspective, I think decals can be legitimately dangerous to the players, so eliminating those isn't the worst idea either. I'm the last person to defend the NCAA, but they may have actually gotten this one right.
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Post by CHC8485 on Mar 23, 2021 15:34:20 GMT -5
I believe Ray is correct about the origin of the NCAA providing the floor. DCU may not have been the only floor that experienced issues over the years, but it was certainly one of the floors that contributed to the decision to go to standardized, NCAA owned floors.
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