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(03-27-2018 09:27 AM)Def Berkkat Wrote:  Man, we've got a lot of spoiled people on here.

People are losing touch with what it takes to even make the tournament, let alone eight years in a row. When we start missing the tournament, then I say let the whining begin.

If your name's not Duke, North Carolina, Kansas, Villanova or 3-4 others you don't see many people carrying around many trophies either. If you lose in the second round or lose in the final four, you're still one of the losers.

Heck, it's been 18 years since the wizard of Izzo won a championship and he only won it then because Kenyon snapped his leg. UC would have beat that team by 25 with Kenyon.

So yeah, it sucks to get bounced out early, but there's no trophy for the elite 8. That's zavier mentality.

Look at UConn. Look at Indiana. In the here and now they'd gladly trade places with us. It kills them to see the brackets come out and not be in there.

OK, now come at me with the "settling for mediocrity" and "mid major" pack mentality. I for one think Cronin's done a fine job and am satisfied with the state of the program.

... and no, I'm not a native west sider catholic schooler and I don't know the guy.

I'm satisfied with the direction of the program the last 3 years... but we need more teams that are top 10-15 quality like we had this season. If Cronin can't deliver that we'll never be a real threat in March. I've said many times I'd rather have a top 5-10 that loses early than an 11 seed that makes an elite 8 run, because I want a team that has a realistic path to the championship. The problem is UC mostly hasn't had either of those things under Cronin. We need to see this kind of team more often. If we do we will break through in March.