(03-01-2017 10:22 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:18 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  Other than that, they realistically aren't much better than ECU. Head to head shows that. Both are disgustingly mediocre at best. Take off the rose colored glasses and it is easy to see.

Huh? Dawkins is in year 1. Lebo is going on year 8.

ECU should be lightyears ahead of UCF at this point given all of the time you've invested in the regime.

The RPIs are significantly different for a reason. UCF has beaten good teams with a very short bench (which was even shorter while BJ Taylor was out).

ECU has beaten nobody.

Irrelevant. Most agree Lebo should go. No one is arguing that but you keep bringing it up. Year 1 vs Year 8 means nothing. No one knows whether Dawkins will continue up, stay the same or tank. This year is all that matters when comparing this year's teams. Forget RPI. Two good wins. Head to head with ECU shows that both programs are mediocre. That is undeniable.

Admire your homerism for UCF and loathe your hard-on for driving ECU into the ground.

(03-01-2017 10:25 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:20 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:16 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:11 PM)Starfox207 Wrote:  I am happy. Again no one on this earth can take what I feel away. Love the state of Connecticut and North Carolina but ECU is amazing

Hopefully ECU fans will take this feeling after beating a bad UConn team and realize what it can be like if they hire a competent staff that will actually challenge tournament teams.

Lately it seems like losing so much has caused ambivalence.

The same staff that backed into a win tonight also caused that ambivalence by losing.

You seem to think fans make the decisions?

Just sayin.

You guys have been starved for so long, you get a plain ol cracker and your eyes get big - like its Thanksgiving.

The UConn home win tonight ONLY looks decent because ECU has been terrible under Lebo.

So why the urge to crush the only cracker we've seen in awhile? Are you bent on kicking people when they see the smallest ray of sunshine? You sure are an a$$.

(03-01-2017 10:30 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:22 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:18 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  Other than that, they realistically aren't much better than ECU. Head to head shows that. Both are disgustingly mediocre at best. Take off the rose colored glasses and it is easy to see.

Huh? Dawkins is in year 1. Lebo is going on year 8.

ECU should be lightyears ahead of UCF at this point given all of the time you've invested in the regime.

The RPIs are significantly different for a reason. UCF has beaten good teams with a very short bench (which was even shorter while BJ Taylor was out).

ECU has beaten nobody.

Irrelevant. Most agree Lebo should go. No one is arguing that but you keep bringing it up. Year 1 vs Year 8 means nothing. No one knows whether Dawkins will continue up, stay the same or tank. This year is all that matters when comparing this year's teams. Forget RPI. Two good wins. Head to head with ECU shows that both programs are mediocre. That is undeniable.

Admire your homerism for UCF and loathe your hard-on for driving ECU into the ground.

Ask any basketball journalist (Rothstein, Parrish, etc) on twitter if the programs are on the same level.

I don't think they will agree with you either.

(03-01-2017 10:33 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:25 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:20 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:16 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:11 PM)Starfox207 Wrote:  I am happy. Again no one on this earth can take what I feel away. Love the state of Connecticut and North Carolina but ECU is amazing

Hopefully ECU fans will take this feeling after beating a bad UConn team and realize what it can be like if they hire a competent staff that will actually challenge tournament teams.

Lately it seems like losing so much has caused ambivalence.

The same staff that backed into a win tonight also caused that ambivalence by losing.

You seem to think fans make the decisions?

Just sayin.

You guys have been starved for so long, you get a plain ol cracker and your eyes get big - like its Thanksgiving.

The UConn home win tonight ONLY looks decent because ECU has been terrible under Lebo.

So why the urge to crush the only cracker we've seen in awhile? Are you bent on kicking people when they see the smallest ray of sunshine? You sure are an a$$.

Because I've been there.

After Houston beat SMU (who I believe was ranked at the time) in the conference tourney in 2014, I wasn't encouraged. I saw it for what it was and wanted the Dickey regime to end.

ECU wasn't any more impressive than we were. It's not a ray of sunshine. It wasn't for us either.

(03-01-2017 10:34 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:30 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:22 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:18 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  Other than that, they realistically aren't much better than ECU. Head to head shows that. Both are disgustingly mediocre at best. Take off the rose colored glasses and it is easy to see.

Huh? Dawkins is in year 1. Lebo is going on year 8.

ECU should be lightyears ahead of UCF at this point given all of the time you've invested in the regime.

The RPIs are significantly different for a reason. UCF has beaten good teams with a very short bench (which was even shorter while BJ Taylor was out).

ECU has beaten nobody.

Irrelevant. Most agree Lebo should go. No one is arguing that but you keep bringing it up. Year 1 vs Year 8 means nothing. No one knows whether Dawkins will continue up, stay the same or tank. This year is all that matters when comparing this year's teams. Forget RPI. Two good wins. Head to head with ECU shows that both programs are mediocre. That is undeniable.

Admire your homerism for UCF and loathe your hard-on for driving ECU into the ground.

Ask any basketball journalist (Rothstein, Parrish, etc) on twitter if the programs are on the same level.

I don't think they will agree with you either.

Oh, I have no doubt they would feel both are on the same level. They might feel trajectories are different but we're back to guessing about the future. How about the current team this year...this season? How many times do I have to keep you on track? Lol.

(03-01-2017 09:49 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  UConn dropped their third-straight game. Under .500 now.

I really wish that ECU beat the UConn that developed their reputation.

But, have your fun.

James Dickey at Houston beat the UConn team that went on to win the National title during the same year he was fired.

You just gave me hope for my wish to come true.

(03-01-2017 10:41 PM)ultraviolet Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:49 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  UConn dropped their third-straight game. Under .500 now.

I really wish that ECU beat the UConn that developed their reputation.

But, have your fun.

James Dickey at Houston beat the UConn team that went on to win the National title during the same year he was fired.

You just gave me hope for my wish to come true.

I feel your pain brother. Many don't believe I do, but I do.

(03-01-2017 10:38 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:33 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:25 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:20 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:16 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Hopefully ECU fans will take this feeling after beating a bad UConn team and realize what it can be like if they hire a competent staff that will actually challenge tournament teams.

Lately it seems like losing so much has caused ambivalence.

The same staff that backed into a win tonight also caused that ambivalence by losing.

You seem to think fans make the decisions?

Just sayin.

You guys have been starved for so long, you get a plain ol cracker and your eyes get big - like its Thanksgiving.

The UConn home win tonight ONLY looks decent because ECU has been terrible under Lebo.

So why the urge to crush the only cracker we've seen in awhile? Are you bent on kicking people when they see the smallest ray of sunshine? You sure are an a$$.

Because I've been there.

After Houston beat SMU (who I believe was ranked at the time) in the conference tourney in 2014, I wasn't encouraged. I saw it for what it was and wanted the Dickey regime to end.

ECU wasn't any more impressive than we were. It's not a ray of sunshine. It wasn't for us either.

It is not your job to teach us anything. Nor does your effort end up accomplishing your goal.

By the way, you are completely wrong. Houston and ECU winning were both rays of sunshine. Fans can and should enjoy those. It in no way means that the clouds won't come back. Only idiots think that. Even bigger idiots are hell bent on keeping the other idiots from chasing the rays in an effort to control behavior.

(03-01-2017 10:10 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Dawkins has made a sweet 16. Two NIT Championships. within 5 years of getting the UCF gig.
Lebo has never made a tournament.
With a short bench this year (with their PG out for much of the year), UCF has actually turned heads. Tacko's development under Dawkins has actually been impressive.

UCF has a winning record. ECU doesn't and has beaten nobody decent. UCF just beat a Top 20 team.

Baffled by the comparison.

What's ECU's RPI after tonight?

There you go- Bashing the CIT. Jeff Lebo coached ECU and won the 2013 CIT championship.

(03-01-2017 10:39 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:34 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:30 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:22 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:18 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  Other than that, they realistically aren't much better than ECU. Head to head shows that. Both are disgustingly mediocre at best. Take off the rose colored glasses and it is easy to see.

Huh? Dawkins is in year 1. Lebo is going on year 8.

ECU should be lightyears ahead of UCF at this point given all of the time you've invested in the regime.

The RPIs are significantly different for a reason. UCF has beaten good teams with a very short bench (which was even shorter while BJ Taylor was out).

ECU has beaten nobody.

Irrelevant. Most agree Lebo should go. No one is arguing that but you keep bringing it up. Year 1 vs Year 8 means nothing. No one knows whether Dawkins will continue up, stay the same or tank. This year is all that matters when comparing this year's teams. Forget RPI. Two good wins. Head to head with ECU shows that both programs are mediocre. That is undeniable.

Admire your homerism for UCF and loathe your hard-on for driving ECU into the ground.

Ask any basketball journalist (Rothstein, Parrish, etc) on twitter if the programs are on the same level.

I don't think they will agree with you either.

Oh, I have no doubt they would feel both are on the same level. They might feel trajectories are different but we're back to guessing about the future. How about the current team this year...this season? How many times do I have to keep you on track? Lol.

Let's just see how the tournament transpires.

You're obviously not impressed by actual records, rankings, and RPI.

Lest I remind you that ECU lost to USF. Your lack of signature wins (outside of HBCU schools) suggest that the Pirates are closer to the Bulls, who beat ECU.

(03-01-2017 09:31 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:26 PM)Starfox207 Wrote:  Oh my gosh. Temple and uconn? New Fairfield ct. born and raised. I can't believe it!!! Outstanding job Pirates!! No one on earth past preset or future can take this win from us. Paint it purple boom face

That we beat a team that was .500 coming into the game? Good grief it's nice to win but calm down.

It's nice to rub it on BEH. Come on! He was making threads about the program, that we couldn't beat Tulane, that there needs to be a vote of no confidence on Lebo (like we have any say). Where have you been?

Cheers!

(03-01-2017 10:44 PM)chess Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:10 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Dawkins has made a sweet 16. Two NIT Championships. within 5 years of getting the UCF gig.
Lebo has never made a tournament.
With a short bench this year (with their PG out for much of the year), UCF has actually turned heads. Tacko's development under Dawkins has actually been impressive.

UCF has a winning record. ECU doesn't and has beaten nobody decent. UCF just beat a Top 20 team.

Baffled by the comparison.

What's ECU's RPI after tonight?

There you go- Bashing the CIT. Jeff Lebo coached ECU and won the 2013 CIT championship.

True! I wont deny Lebo's miracle buzzer beating prayer answered against Weber State.

(03-01-2017 10:48 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:31 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:26 PM)Starfox207 Wrote:  Oh my gosh. Temple and uconn? New Fairfield ct. born and raised. I can't believe it!!! Outstanding job Pirates!! No one on earth past preset or future can take this win from us. Paint it purple boom face

That we beat a team that was .500 coming into the game? Good grief it's nice to win but calm down.

It's nice to rub it on BEH. Come on! He was making threads about the program, that we couldn't beat Tulane, that there needs to be a vote of no confidence on Lebo (like we have any say). Where have you been?

Cheers!

You are free to have your fun. Tulane was ECU's only road win this year. I had every right to assume they'd come out on the other side of that nailbiter versus 5 win Tulane.

(03-01-2017 10:50 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:44 PM)chess Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:10 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Dawkins has made a sweet 16. Two NIT Championships. within 5 years of getting the UCF gig.
Lebo has never made a tournament.
With a short bench this year (with their PG out for much of the year), UCF has actually turned heads. Tacko's development under Dawkins has actually been impressive.

UCF has a winning record. ECU doesn't and has beaten nobody decent. UCF just beat a Top 20 team.

Baffled by the comparison.

What's ECU's RPI after tonight?

There you go- Bashing the CIT. Jeff Lebo coached ECU and won the 2013 CIT championship.

True! I wont deny Lebo's miracle buzzer beating prayer answered against Weber State.

A three point shot is a miracle shot? My word, those buzzer beaters happen every night across the country. I'm sure if that happened for UCF, Houston or UCONN it would have indicated a team that could execute in the clutch.

(03-01-2017 09:31 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:26 PM)Starfox207 Wrote:  Oh my gosh. Temple and uconn? New Fairfield ct. born and raised. I can't believe it!!! Outstanding job Pirates!! No one on earth past preset or future can take this win from us. Paint it purple boom face

That we beat a team that was .500 coming into the game? Good grief it's nice to win but calm down.

It's good to see Bonds back.

(03-01-2017 10:52 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:48 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:31 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:26 PM)Starfox207 Wrote:  Oh my gosh. Temple and uconn? New Fairfield ct. born and raised. I can't believe it!!! Outstanding job Pirates!! No one on earth past preset or future can take this win from us. Paint it purple boom face

That we beat a team that was .500 coming into the game? Good grief it's nice to win but calm down.

It's nice to rub it on BEH. Come on! He was making threads about the program, that we couldn't beat Tulane, that there needs to be a vote of no confidence on Lebo (like we have any say). Where have you been?

Cheers!

You are free to have your fun. Tulane was ECU's only road win this year. I had every right to assume they'd come out on the other side of that nailbiter.

The game before it, UCF was a hair away from losing to ECU. You were sweating the game I know it...ECU is a little better than you give it credit for being.

Cheers!

(03-01-2017 10:54 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:50 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:44 PM)chess Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:10 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Dawkins has made a sweet 16. Two NIT Championships. within 5 years of getting the UCF gig.
Lebo has never made a tournament.
With a short bench this year (with their PG out for much of the year), UCF has actually turned heads. Tacko's development under Dawkins has actually been impressive.

UCF has a winning record. ECU doesn't and has beaten nobody decent. UCF just beat a Top 20 team.

Baffled by the comparison.

What's ECU's RPI after tonight?

There you go- Bashing the CIT. Jeff Lebo coached ECU and won the 2013 CIT championship.

True! I wont deny Lebo's miracle buzzer beating prayer answered against Weber State.

A three point shot is a miracle shot? My word, those buzzer beaters happen every night across the country. I'm sure if that happened for UCF, Houston or UCONN it would have indicated a team that could execute in the clutch.

It was Weber State though... I just didn't expect Lebo to be able to hang against such a power program in the CIT.

Definitely the high point of his 2 decade career.

(03-01-2017 10:58 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:54 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:50 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:44 PM)chess Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:10 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  Dawkins has made a sweet 16. Two NIT Championships. within 5 years of getting the UCF gig.
Lebo has never made a tournament.
With a short bench this year (with their PG out for much of the year), UCF has actually turned heads. Tacko's development under Dawkins has actually been impressive.

UCF has a winning record. ECU doesn't and has beaten nobody decent. UCF just beat a Top 20 team.

Baffled by the comparison.

What's ECU's RPI after tonight?

There you go- Bashing the CIT. Jeff Lebo coached ECU and won the 2013 CIT championship.

True! I wont deny Lebo's miracle buzzer beating prayer answered against Weber State.

A three point shot is a miracle shot? My word, those buzzer beaters happen every night across the country. I'm sure if that happened for UCF, Houston or UCONN it would have indicated a team that could execute in the clutch.

It was Weber State though... I just didn't expect Lebo to be able to hang against such a power program in the CIT.

Definitely the high point of his 2 decade career.

Am I detecting sarcasm? There is an ESPN 30 for 30 in this story. Imagine ESPN filming ECU's miracle team on Jeff Lebo's 40th season...

(03-01-2017 10:55 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:52 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:48 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:31 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 09:26 PM)Starfox207 Wrote:  Oh my gosh. Temple and uconn? New Fairfield ct. born and raised. I can't believe it!!! Outstanding job Pirates!! No one on earth past preset or future can take this win from us. Paint it purple boom face

That we beat a team that was .500 coming into the game? Good grief it's nice to win but calm down.

It's nice to rub it on BEH. Come on! He was making threads about the program, that we couldn't beat Tulane, that there needs to be a vote of no confidence on Lebo (like we have any say). Where have you been?

Cheers!

You are free to have your fun. Tulane was ECU's only road win this year. I had every right to assume they'd come out on the other side of that nailbiter.

The game before it, UCF was a hair away from losing to ECU. You were sweating the game I know it...ECU is a little better than you give it credit for being.

Cheers!

UCF isn't at the point in Dawkins tenure to count any road win as a gimme.

There isn't a lot of energy in Minges. These games we're talking about (UCF and UConn) were very sloppy, ugly, games. Those kinds of games often happen on the road, when you have programs that don't have a strong identity established.

(03-01-2017 11:02 PM)chess Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:58 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:54 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:50 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(03-01-2017 10:44 PM)chess Wrote:  There you go- Bashing the CIT. Jeff Lebo coached ECU and won the 2013 CIT championship.

True! I wont deny Lebo's miracle buzzer beating prayer answered against Weber State.

A three point shot is a miracle shot? My word, those buzzer beaters happen every night across the country. I'm sure if that happened for UCF, Houston or UCONN it would have indicated a team that could execute in the clutch.

It was Weber State though... I just didn't expect Lebo to be able to hang against such a power program in the CIT.

Definitely the high point of his 2 decade career.

Am I detecting sarcasm? There is an ESPN 30 for 30 in this story. Imagine ESPN filming ECU's miracle team on Jeff Lebo's 40th season...

Good stuff!! I would watch that!!