2023 CBB Post Season All Things NCAA/NIT

[ramster]

UCONN favored by 4 points over St Mary's

Florida Atlantic vs FDU - FAU headed to sweet 16???

FAU joining AAC this Fall along with Charlotte, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA

Winner of FAU-FDU gets 4-seed Tennessee in Sweet 16

The Mitchell Twins await the winner of UCONN - St Mary's in Sweet 16

[reef]

UCONN favored by 4 points over St Mary's

Florida Atlantic vs FDU - FAU headed to sweet 16???

FAU joining AAC this Fall along with Charlotte, North Texas, Rice, UAB and UTSA

Winner of FAU-FDU gets 4-seed Tennessee in Sweet 16

The Mitchell Twins await the winner of UCONN - St Mary's in Sweet 16


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Big URI flavor in a potential UConn Arkansas sweet 16 matchup

[Jdrums#3]

Good game between KU and KS. Like two boxers taking turns throwing haymakers.

Glad Xavier won. Brotherly love rivalry. More motivation for Archie.

[reef]

Good game between KU and KS. Like two boxers taking turns throwing haymakers.

Glad Xavier won. Brotherly love rivalry. More motivation for Archie.

K St is 0-12 ftom 3 missed a few layups and still leads by 3

That Nowell the point guard is fun to watch

[Jdrums#3]

Good game between KU and KS. Like two boxers taking turns throwing haymakers.

Glad Xavier won. Brotherly love rivalry. More motivation for Archie.

K St is 0-12 ftom 3 missed a few layups and still leads by 3

That Nowell the point guard is fun to watch

Back and forth they go after KU takes a turn with a run. Can KS respond again?

[NYGFan_Section208]

Nowell driving me crazy....that Livingston fella has some ability.....

[reef]

This is a flat out war

[Jdrums#3]

High level ballin’, Reef.

Man, I can’t wait until we are on that stage again and ballin’.

[RI_Bred]

High level ballin’, Reef.

Man, I can’t wait until we are on that stage again and ballin’.

It really is next level from where we are currently. Sure hope we can get there. Xavier is looking tough for sure. Weak start for Marquette here.

[reef]

Yeah Kolek 2 early fouls and Sparty looks tough

[RI_Bred]

Izzo is just a great coach. Solid every year.

[STC]

I know he’s been doing it all year but Shaka rocking the compression shirt under the Marquette polo is certainly a look.

[theblueram]

That was a weird injury on the St Mary's player. Hope he's ok.

[Rhode_Island_Red]

And another overrated Bigheaded East team goes down the dumper!

[Rhody15]

And another overrated Bigheaded East team goes down the dumper!

Big East is definitely having two, probably three (TBD with Creighton, currently up 10 at half) Sweet 16 teams.

Hate you want, but the Big East is one of the best conferences in America. Not overrated.

[rhodysurf]

I want to hate UConn but I can’t. They are the most fun team to watch in the country. Can’t even be mad Hurley left for this

[JimSidd]

I want to hate UConn but I can’t. They are the most fun team to watch in the country. Can’t even be mad Hurley left for this

Right. How could anyone be mad at Hurley for taking that job? Coaches, just like players, want to compete at the highest level and he wasn’t going to sniff this level in Kingston. No one has to like it: it’s just the reality of the situation.

[PeterRamTime]

I want to hate UConn but I can’t. They are the most fun team to watch in the country. Can’t even be mad Hurley left for this

Right. How could anyone be mad at Hurley for taking that job? Coaches, just like players, want to compete at the highest level and he wasn’t going to sniff this level in Kingston. No one has to like it: it’s just the reality of the situation.

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

[Rhodyram]

If Hurley wins it with UConn, maybe he’ll come back because he feels bad for us.

[rhodysurf]

I want to hate UConn but I can’t. They are the most fun team to watch in the country. Can’t even be mad Hurley left for this

Right. How could anyone be mad at Hurley for taking that job? Coaches, just like players, want to compete at the highest level and he wasn’t going to sniff this level in Kingston. No one has to like it: it’s just the reality of the situation.

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

not even close. This UCONN team is like top 3 in Kenpom all year. in 2017 URI was like 50 or something like that. Nowhere near this team.

[JimSidd]

I want to hate UConn but I can’t. They are the most fun team to watch in the country. Can’t even be mad Hurley left for this

Right. How could anyone be mad at Hurley for taking that job? Coaches, just like players, want to compete at the highest level and he wasn’t going to sniff this level in Kingston. No one has to like it: it’s just the reality of the situation.

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

[PeterRamTime]

Right. How could anyone be mad at Hurley for taking that job? Coaches, just like players, want to compete at the highest level and he wasn’t going to sniff this level in Kingston. No one has to like it: it’s just the reality of the situation.

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

not even close. This UCONN team is like top 3 in Kenpom all year. in 2017 URI was like 50 or something like that. Nowhere near this team.

Screw kenpom. That's irrelevant.

Kenpom isn't adjusting for how good Rhody was at the end of the season. Remember when we should have beaten final four Oregon without Hassan Martin?

That team could beat this UConn team. If they played a series against them they wouldn't win it, but stop pretending this 4 seed UConn team is some otherworldly force.

[PeterRamTime]

Right. How could anyone be mad at Hurley for taking that job? Coaches, just like players, want to compete at the highest level and he wasn’t going to sniff this level in Kingston. No one has to like it: it’s just the reality of the situation.

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

[NYGFan_Section208]

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

not even close. This UCONN team is like top 3 in Kenpom all year. in 2017 URI was like 50 or something like that. Nowhere near this team.

Screw kenpom. That's irrelevant.

Kenpom isn't adjusting for how good Rhody was at the end of the season. Remember when we should have beaten final four Oregon without Hassan Martin?

That team could beat this UConn team. If they played a series against them they wouldn't win it, but stop pretending this 4 seed UConn team is some otherworldly force.

I don't think they need to be to win it all this year

[PeterRamTime]

not even close. This UCONN team is like top 3 in Kenpom all year. in 2017 URI was like 50 or something like that. Nowhere near this team.

Screw kenpom. That's irrelevant.

Kenpom isn't adjusting for how good Rhody was at the end of the season. Remember when we should have beaten final four Oregon without Hassan Martin?

That team could beat this UConn team. If they played a series against them they wouldn't win it, but stop pretending this 4 seed UConn team is some otherworldly force.

I don't think they need to be to win it all this year

True

But my main point is we can have teams at UConn's current level, or at least close.

[Rhody15]

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

A 4 seed, from the A10 in this day and age, would mean we’d have to be like 27-4 before the A10 tournament with major OOC wins, and then win the A10 tourney.

VCU was regular season champ, tourney champ, entered the tourney at 27-7, and was a 12 seed.

SDSU was a 5 seed from the Mountain West, which was a better conference than the ACC this season. The A10 will never be ahead of the ACC.

Rhody as 4 seed is an extremely extremely tall task.

I would almost say impossible.

[PeterRamTime]

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

A 4 seed, from the A10 in this day and age, would mean we’d have to be like 27-4 before the A10 tournament with major OOC wins, and then win the A10 tourney.

VCU was regular season champ, tourney champ, entered the tourney at 27-7, and was a 12 seed.

SDSU was a 5 seed from the Mountain West, which was a better conference than the ACC this season. The A10 will never be ahead of the ACC.

Rhody as 4 seed is an extremely extremely tall task.

I would almost say impossible.

Just depends on whether or not Dayton, VCU, SLU and some others have their shit together in the non conference. Then of course we need a tough OOC schedule.

I'm not going to expect that to happen but I'd still be surprised if the A-10 doesn't get it together for at least a few seasons.

I mean Dayton was about to have a 1 seed not that long ago. Not saying we will ever reach those levels, but a 4 seed is possible.

[steviep123]

[reef]

Let’s go FDU !!

[steviep123]

Yes he could have

The damn 2017 team we had wasn't that far off from his current team

We definitely could have continued to go to the tournament and have plenty of chances to make runs

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

We were close to that 4 seed line in Feb 2018. If I recall correctly when CBS did that top 4 seed reveal we were mentioned in the just missed category. Of course we fell off a bit after that with a tough loss at SBU, the blowout loss to SJU and losing to Davidson in the A10 championship.

[PeterRamTime]

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

We were close to that 4 seed line in Feb 2018. If I recall correctly when CBS did that top 4 seed reveal we were mentioned in the just missed category. Of course we fell off a bit after that with a tough loss at SBU, the blowout loss to SJU and losing to Davidson in the A10 championship.

Also that loss at Davidson right after the St Joe's debacle.

Woulda been nice to avoid Duke

[Jdrums#3]

Screw kenpom. That's irrelevant.

Kenpom isn't adjusting for how good Rhody was at the end of the season. Remember when we should have beaten final four Oregon without Hassan Martin?

That team could beat this UConn team. If they played a series against them they wouldn't win it, but stop pretending this 4 seed UConn team is some otherworldly force.

I don't think they need to be to win it all this year

True

But my main point is we can have teams at UConn's current level, or at least close.

I agree with your point, PRT.

Obviously it is hypothetical because Dan isn’t here anymore but your point isn’t unreasonable, PRT, to think we would approach what UConn is doing presently (in the Sweet 16 playing for an Elite 8 spot) if Dan remained here or once Archie gets things rolling here.

And, I am aware the BE is a better league and therefore, their teams are in a better position to grab higher seeds in the NCAAT. That said, UConn with Dan as HC probably has an ultimate ceiling of Final 4 and possibly Natty level while if he remained here our ultimate ceiling could have been Elite 8 level, imho.

[Rhody15]

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

We were close to that 4 seed line in Feb 2018. If I recall correctly when CBS did that top 4 seed reveal we were mentioned in the just missed category. Of course we fell off a bit after that with a tough loss at SBU, the blowout loss to SJU and losing to Davidson in the A10 championship.

Also that loss at Davidson right after the St Joe's debacle.

Woulda been nice to avoid Duke

Didn’t look it up but I believe two 2 seeds lost second round that year.

Any of the other 2 seeds we would have had a legitimate shot against, Duke was just too big.

[STC]

Miami showing wins do buy happiness tournament wins.

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[reef]

That Isiah Wong is fantastic , last year elite 8 this year Sweet 16

[reef]

5 of the Sweet 16 non P6 ??

[PeterRamTime]

5 of the Sweet 16 non P6 ??

11 different conferences represented in the sweet 16.

[reef]

A10 has fallen off a Cliff it seems , we now about a top 10-14 conference now ??

[steviep123]

A10 has fallen off a Cliff it seems , we now about a top 10-14 conference now ??

I haven't had a chance to look up the stats to prove it, but the A10 used to have a presence in the A10 most years back to 88. Had to be at least ever other year until the last few. (2017 should have had Rhody, but the refs and rebounding late took care of that).

[steviep123]

[Jersey77]

They are over-ranked once again, getting the benefit of a rigged NET.

The BE alone has 3 teams (out of only 11) in the Sweet 16, without the benefit of the big football revenue.
Give Sean Miller credit for getting Xavier there after one of their top players went down, Freemantle (15 pts/8 rebs).

[RhowdyRam02]

Agree to disagree here. With four national championships in the last 25 years, UCONN is a national brand. This lends itself to a consistency of higher level recruits year in and year out. Also, currently, the BE is a better league than the A10.

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

We were close to that 4 seed line in Feb 2018. If I recall correctly when CBS did that top 4 seed reveal we were mentioned in the just missed category. Of course we fell off a bit after that with a tough loss at SBU, the blowout loss to SJU and losing to Davidson in the A10 championship.

Correct. National writers like Seth Davis even said us not being a top 4 seed was a big time snub in that first reveal

[steviep123]

Well I'm not sure if we could be one seed level here like Dan is trying to do there, but there's no doubt Dan or Archie could get Rhody to a 4 seed like UConn is now.

We are investing in the program now, practice facility, NIL collective. We have the tools to be a perennial tournament team and obviously anything can happen in the big dance.

We were close to that 4 seed line in Feb 2018. If I recall correctly when CBS did that top 4 seed reveal we were mentioned in the just missed category. Of course we fell off a bit after that with a tough loss at SBU, the blowout loss to SJU and losing to Davidson in the A10 championship.

Correct. National writers like Seth Davis even said us not being a top 4 seed was a big time snub in that first reveal

Coincidentally, Oklahoma was that last 4 seed and also fell off worse and down to a 10, where we beat them in OT that year. Still one of my favorite games to watch.

[section(105)]

I took notice during the games of the number of times players were referenced with, “last year played at________________and before that at__________________”
The times are changing for sure, not exactly breaking news here, but this caught my attention.

[reef]

2000 Michigan St last Big 10 team to win it all

[RF1]

The Big ten is working on that. Their plan is to change the system to get more than 26 teams into the tournament in the next three seasons to increase the probability of more Sweet-16's and beyond. 26 participants over three seasons means that 16 teams did not make it. The problem for the Big Ten as they see it is the low 62% NCAA participation rate for the conference.

[PlayMikeMotenMore]

2000 Michigan St last Big 10 team to win it all

And since then, MSU, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio State have all made Final Four appearances.

So the point is:
1. It's hard to win a national title.
2. It's a crap shoot, with some luck needed along the way.
3. They've had plenty of good teams. (Maryland was in the ACC when they won it all.)
4. They've underperformed in the NCAA tournament the last few years. Maybe that means that they overperformed in the regular season. This season alone, the Big Ten had non-conference wins vs. UCLA, Texas, Gonzaga, Duke, Marquette, Miami, Xavier, Creighton...off the top of my head. They beat them in the non-conference, just not in the NCAA tournament. In this case, it's not who you beat...it's when you beat them.

[ace]

Couple thoughts after the first weekend-

1. Coaches, let’s try to keep our shirts on, please.

2. How much do you think think the NCAA would really prefer that Alabama not win the whole thing?

[reef]

Couple thoughts after the first weekend-

1. Coaches, let’s try to keep our shirts on, please.

2. How much do you think think the NCAA would really prefer that Alabama not win the whole thing?

Good ones Ace

1. Yes please

2. I think a lot want Bama to lose

[reef]

UConn had to switch hotels in Vegas, there was dirt and vomit in their rooms @ the Luxor