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GIG 'EM AGGIES!

The ending of that Wisconsin game was completely a repeat of the Kent Culoko shot. Less than 2 seconds remaining. An inbounds three from the corner, swish, and the buzzer.

Wow... brought back chills.

(03-21-2016 01:10 AM)Petey Hodge Wrote: [ -> ]The ending of that Wisconsin game was completely a repeat of the Kent Culoko shot. Less than 2 seconds remaining. An inbounds three from the corner, swish, and the buzzer.

Wow... brought back chills.

Chive on!

(03-21-2016 03:33 AM)smudge12 Wrote: [ -> ]Listening to ESPN after the first round, they were debating if parity had finally caught up to NCAA basketball. Their final conclusion was basically: yes.

I'd love to hear that argument after the second round. Gonzaga is the only non-power school left, and even then, we're talking about Gonzaga here...

Parity has caught up, which is why the NCAA and power 5 conferences have to find other ways to push away schools not in their elite club. Refuse to play them so as to keep their RPI low, switch the rules so they get 10x more money from the NCAA than their counterparts, cheat and not get held accountable, but hold mid-majors to higher standards, push for paying players more money than mids can, and then forcing the mids to pay what they are allowed with their smaller fraction of income so it hurts more. Work with the media to keep everyone off TV as much as possible except P5 teams...

There isn't anymore "parity" than any other year int he NCAA tourney. This season essentially mirrors the average outcome.

Last Night's miracles killed my bracket. I had Northern Iowa in the Sweet 16 and Xavier losing to Kansas in the finals.

(03-21-2016 09:00 AM)ODUBB35 Wrote: [ -> ]Last Night's miracles killed my bracket. I had Northern Iowa in the Sweet 16 and Xavier losing to Kansas in the finals.

That was one sweet, amazing, magical, unbelievable and absolutely wonderful Aggie comeback from tears to cheers. Gig 'em!

(03-21-2016 03:33 AM)smudge12 Wrote: [ -> ]Listening to ESPN after the first round, they were debating if parity had finally caught up to NCAA basketball. Their final conclusion was basically: yes.

I'd love to hear that argument after the second round. Gonzaga is the only non-power school left, and even then, we're talking about Gonzaga here...

I wonder how much the 30 second shot clock comes into play? Looking at yesterday's games alone, St. Joe's, VCU (ugh), Northern Iowa, and Stephen F Austin all likely pull off wins if they can waste just a little more time down the stretch. I could include Xavier as well, but they were favorites.

Not really parity, the best teams still make it through to the final 16. If you accept the 4-5 match-up to be a wash 12 / 16 seeds made it through. Syracuse, ND, Gonzaga and Wisconsin are the sleepers.
VCU still the same team, one dimensional live by the 3, no rebounding, no inside game, Hamby a stiff, Lewis streaky, without Johnson that team is in trouble next year. A10 very over rated.

(03-21-2016 11:26 AM)north beach monarch Wrote: [ -> ]Not really parity, the best teams still make it through to the final 16. If you accept the 4-5 match-up to be a wash 12 / 16 seeds made it through. Syracuse, ND, Gonzaga and Wisconsin are the sleepers.
VCU still the same team, one dimensional live by the 3, no rebounding, no inside game, Hamby a stiff, Lewis streaky, without Johnson that team is in trouble next year. A10 very over rated.

Both VCU and St. Joe's overperformed relative to the seeding. They just happened to both be playing top 10 teams that were hitting shots. I wouldn't call the A-10 overrated based on the results, though Dayton definitely didn't come to play.

Yeah, VCU and St. Joe's both put up very competetive games against two very legit teams. They performed well. St. Joes as the 4th best team in the conference or whatever they were shows the strength of the top of the conference.

Joes is the best team in the A10, if Bembry hadn't lost the ball last possession they might still be playing. Dayton lost 5 of 9 down the stretch. VCU played over their heads and was competitive but in the tourney its about moving on. To me a 5 point loss is same as a 15. Never felt like Oklahoma was going to lose that one. Parity - only 1 non-P5 made the final 16; mid majors like the A10, CUSA have to bring a stronger team.

(03-21-2016 11:52 AM)north beach monarch Wrote: [ -> ]Joes is the best team in the A10, if Bembry hadn't lost the ball last possession they might still be playing. Dayton lost 5 of 9 down the stretch. VCU played over their heads and was competitive but in the tourney its about moving on. To me a 5 point loss is same as a 15. Never felt like Oklahoma was going to lose that one. Parity - only 1 non-P5 made the final 16; mid majors like the A10, CUSA have to bring a stronger team.

First off, including A-10 and CUSA in the same sentence is comical. The best team in the A-10 was probably VCU, but there wasn't much difference between them,, Bonnies, Dayton, and St. Joes. All four were at the upper echelon of "mid major" schools. You may never have felt VCU was going to win, but they were up 1 with 7 mins. left against a team that may end up cutting down the nets.

(03-21-2016 11:52 AM)north beach monarch Wrote: [ -> ]Joes is the best team in the A10, if Bembry hadn't lost the ball last possession they might still be playing. Dayton lost 5 of 9 down the stretch. VCU played over their heads and was competitive but in the tourney its about moving on. To me a 5 point loss is same as a 15. Never felt like Oklahoma was going to lose that one. Parity - only 1 non-P5 made the final 16; mid majors like the A10, CUSA have to bring a stronger team.

I know you shouldn't compare performance at the end of the season with the beginning, but we came damn close to knocking off St. Joe's in the preseason tourney in CT this year... just one of many close losses.

(03-21-2016 12:13 PM)Gilesfan Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-21-2016 11:52 AM)north beach monarch Wrote: [ -> ]Joes is the best team in the A10, if Bembry hadn't lost the ball last possession they might still be playing. Dayton lost 5 of 9 down the stretch. VCU played over their heads and was competitive but in the tourney its about moving on. To me a 5 point loss is same as a 15. Never felt like Oklahoma was going to lose that one. Parity - only 1 non-P5 made the final 16; mid majors like the A10, CUSA have to bring a stronger team.

First off, including A-10 and CUSA in the same sentence is comical. The best team in the A-10 was probably VCU, but there wasn't much difference between them,, Bonnies, Dayton, and St. Joes. All four were at the upper echelon of "mid major" schools. You may never have felt VCU was going to win, but they were up 1 with 7 mins. left against a team that may end up cutting down the nets.

Didn’t know I was being comical. I felt the A10 was inconsistent and over-rated all year. St Bonny lost way to many easy games. VCU lost to everyone decent in their non-conf schedule except middle. Dayton peaked too early and had nothing at the end of the season; I go to a lot of A10 games and was at the VCU-St Joe game at SJU they were hammering VCU then gave away a 15 point lead in the final 3 minutes. I said right them they were going to get their act together and win the A10.

(03-21-2016 12:14 PM)MONARCHSWIN Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-21-2016 11:52 AM)north beach monarch Wrote: [ -> ]Joes is the best team in the A10, if Bembry hadn't lost the ball last possession they might still be playing. Dayton lost 5 of 9 down the stretch. VCU played over their heads and was competitive but in the tourney its about moving on. To me a 5 point loss is same as a 15. Never felt like Oklahoma was going to lose that one. Parity - only 1 non-P5 made the final 16; mid majors like the A10, CUSA have to bring a stronger team.

I know you shouldn't compare performance at the end of the season with the beginning, but we came damn close to knocking off St. Joe's in the preseason tourney in CT this year... just one of many close losses.

I agree with Stith ODU beats Joe, Middle should have beaten VCU. A10 was living on past history to get 3 teams in.

(03-21-2016 03:33 AM)smudge12 Wrote: [ -> ]Listening to ESPN after the first round, they were debating if parity had finally caught up to NCAA basketball. Their final conclusion was basically: yes.

I'd love to hear that argument after the second round. Gonzaga is the only non-power school left, and even then, we're talking about Gonzaga here...

The only argument would be that multiple sweet 16 teams were taken to the wire by mid majors.

Sfa, uni, st Joe's, vcu (ugh), butler etc. all gave very solid accountings of themselves and took sweet 16 teams down to the wire.

A shame none or them won, by parity isn't always defined as winning and losing, being in the game until the end with the ability to win with a few breaks can also define parity.

Disappointing for mid major fans for sure though

A10 had 4 top 40 teams. Why would they be lucky to get 3 in?

(03-21-2016 03:38 PM)Gilesfan Wrote: [ -> ]A10 had 4 top 40 teams. Why would they be lucky to get 3 in?

They wouldn't be. They could (and maybe should) have got 4 with st Bonnie's.

(03-21-2016 01:46 PM)north beach monarch Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-21-2016 12:13 PM)Gilesfan Wrote: [ -> ]

(03-21-2016 11:52 AM)north beach monarch Wrote: [ -> ]Joes is the best team in the A10, if Bembry hadn't lost the ball last possession they might still be playing. Dayton lost 5 of 9 down the stretch. VCU played over their heads and was competitive but in the tourney its about moving on. To me a 5 point loss is same as a 15. Never felt like Oklahoma was going to lose that one. Parity - only 1 non-P5 made the final 16; mid majors like the A10, CUSA have to bring a stronger team.

First off, including A-10 and CUSA in the same sentence is comical. The best team in the A-10 was probably VCU, but there wasn't much difference between them,, Bonnies, Dayton, and St. Joes. All four were at the upper echelon of "mid major" schools. You may never have felt VCU was going to win, but they were up 1 with 7 mins. left against a team that may end up cutting down the nets.

Didn’t know I was being comical. I felt the A10 was inconsistent and over-rated all year. St Bonny lost way to many easy games. VCU lost to everyone decent in their non-conf schedule except middle. Dayton peaked too early and had nothing at the end of the season; I go to a lot of A10 games and was at the VCU-St Joe game at SJU they were hammering VCU then gave away a 15 point lead in the final 3 minutes. I said right them they were going to get their act together and win the A10.