March 26, 20232 yr They have to do that in the non-conference because, like you said, their conference sucks. Didn’t Huggins weigh in on Gonzaga this year and how they would do in the Big-12? I don’t hate Gonzaga but, I do tire of the consistent love fest that builds each season.UH will see this soon enough next year when they have to play a real D1 schedule. So tired of hearing how great they are as they beat temple and ucf all year.
March 26, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said: No surprise. They should have lost to TCU if not for some shitty reffing. UCLA didn't score a FG for 11min and still almost won. But these dorks will be back here next year with a high seed because they play in a shit ass conference where the #2 team is levels below them. And they will get smashed a few rounds in. I know your brand is being a complete moron, but there's not a single team without a title that wouldn't trade for Gonzaga's tournament success over the past decade. Shit, even Virginia might trade them.
March 26, 20232 yr Whatever Gonzaga had left in the tank from Thursday, UConn siphoned it rather quickly.
March 26, 20232 yr What a mauling. First I've seen of UCONN in several months, and they looked practically invincible. Even had Gonzaga shot well, I'm not sure it would have changed anything but the spread.
March 26, 20232 yr Gonzaga has 5 elite 8s and 2 final 4s since 2015. If Rodney Terry underachieves that way we're naming the arena after him
March 26, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said: They're weak defensively. Atrocious, actually. UConn is the class of the tournament right now. Doesn't mean UConn's going to win it all but it all came together for a gang rape. Not taking anything away from UConn but Gonzaga just didn’t seem to have any fire or sense of urgency from the beginning.
March 26, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, Horn80 said: Not taking anything away from UConn but Gonzaga just didn’t seem to have any fire or sense of urgency from the beginning. Point taken.
March 26, 20232 yr On 3/16/2023 at 9:46 AM, Helobious said: You can literally never go wrong picking UCONN to make the final four. Look at their history, look at their metrics this year. I have them winning it all. Not too late to adjust your brackets. Anyone care to apologize to me?
March 26, 20232 yr So, were the refs in this game in UConn’s corner? I couldn’t watch. We said last night if our game was called even, we blow X out by 25. And, how deep is their bench?
March 26, 20232 yr Just now, El Squared said: Beat Miami and figure the rest out later. This. If we can just win tomorrow anything can happen. 30,000 Texas fans show up for first game? Who knows….
March 26, 20232 yr Gonzaga had Chet Holmgren and Nembhard last year, both on NBA rosters this year, with Timme last year and could not get it done. Their last game together https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/2022-03-24-19-gonzaga.html
March 26, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, jw4381 said: So, were the refs in this game in UConn’s corner? I couldn’t watch. We said last night if our game was called even, we blow X out by 25. And, how deep is their bench? other than the unnecessary fourth on the Timme guy, I did not see any bias.
March 26, 20232 yr ..so UConn has to cool down at some point, hopefully now. If they are as hot as they were tonight, we do not win, assuming we beat Miami tomorrow. I hope we win by about 5 points tomorrow and UConn is favored by a dozen or more points, and they go cold. They are going to hear from every fan how great they are for the next six days. They should be fat and happy by the time we get them.
March 26, 20232 yr 34 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said: Thought aggy/PSU was the worst beat down I’d watch this tournament If aggy had been seeded properly, they would have crushed a team like Connecticut Edited March 26, 20232 yr by Deej
March 26, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, JGrayDBU said: ..so UConn has to cool down at some point, hopefully now. If they are as hot as they were tonight, we do not win, assuming we beat Miami tomorrow. Well so far, Colgate, PSU and Xavier all looked real good and like a really tough out for our defense to handle until they faced us and looked downright foolish at times. Miami looked like world beaters yesterday, but let’s see how they handle us tomorrow.
March 26, 20232 yr Not taking anything away from UConn but Gonzaga just didn’t seem to have any fire or sense of urgency from the beginning. They looked wiped from the UCLA game.
March 26, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, Helobious said: Anyone care to apologize to me? Yeah, man, you correctly picked UConn to win that bracket when only about 75% of the talking heads also got it right. Amaaaaazing.
March 26, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, JGrayDBU said: other than the unnecessary fourth on the Timme guy, I did not see any bias. So it was called evenly both ways? Zebras didn’t help Gonzaga like they seemed to try to help X?
March 26, 20232 yr Popular Post 19 minutes ago, TexArcher said: Yeah, man, you correctly picked UConn to win that bracket when only about 75% of the talking heads also got it right. Amaaaaazing. Worst apology ever
March 26, 20232 yr 26 minutes ago, jw4381 said: So it was called evenly both ways? Zebras didn’t help Gonzaga like they seemed to try to help X? For real, I did not notice zebras helping the team behind. Probably because the team that was behind was only behind by 7 at halftime, compared to our game when Xavier was behind by 17 at halftime. If you flipped the officiating bias and gave Gonzaga help during the 8 minutes after half like our game, Gonzaga may have been behind by maybe 7-9 points instead of being blown out. If our game was called evenly after halftime, we may have won by 25.
March 26, 20232 yr To review: FAU: First-ever Final Four UConn: 6th Final Four, but going for their fifth championship. Insanely high-variance team over their history. Creighton: second Elite Eight (first one was when the tourney was only 8 teams), aiming for their first Final Four San Diego State: First Elite 8 Miami: second Elite 8, aiming for their first Final Four Texas: eighth Elite 8, aiming for a fourth Final Four What a strange, weird, wonderful tournament. History tells us this is setting up beautifully for another fluke UConn title, but fuck 'em let's do it. We're due. And their coach seems like a colossal douche.
March 26, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Helobious said: Anyone care to apologize to me? i am sorry that your overwhelming success in baskets clearly offsets your abysmal projections in mlb, which is supposed to be your favorite.
March 26, 20232 yr This could possibly be UConn's 4th title from a FF site in Texas... SA, Houston, Dallas and Houston? Their first title came in St. Pete vs Duke.
March 26, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, LTtxfan said: Too many times where semi-finals are better than the Championship Game because they don't reseed... I think that is just part of this type of tournament that I am willing to live with. I think if you reseed the final four then, inevitably, someone will say, "let's reseed the Sweet 16", and I'd rather not see that happen.
March 26, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, texifornia said: To review: FAU: First-ever Final Four UConn: 6th Final Four, but going for their fifth championship. Insanely high-variance team over their history. Creighton: second Elite Eight (first one was when the tourney was only 8 teams), aiming for their first Final Four San Diego State: First Elite 8 Miami: second Elite 8, aiming for their first Final Four Texas: eighth Elite 8, aiming for a fourth Final Four What a strange, weird, wonderful tournament. History tells us this is setting up beautifully for another fluke UConn title, but fuck 'em let's do it. We're due. And their coach seems like a colossal douche. Why would it be a fluke? If they win, they win. If you say they should not have won, if they do, then other teams, that were supposed to be better (Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue, UCLA, etc.), should not have lost their games. It is not fair to say to anyone that has won this tournament that their victory was a fluke.
March 26, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said: Why would it be a fluke? If they win, they win. If you say they should not have won, if they do, then other teams, that were supposed to be better (Alabama, Houston, Kansas, Purdue, UCLA, etc.), should not have lost their games. It is not fair to say to anyone that has won this tournament that their victory was a fluke. I’ll take some fluke titles for Texas all day.
March 26, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said: I think that is just part of this type of tournament that I am willing to live with. I think if you reseed the final four then, inevitably, someone will say, "let's reseed the Sweet 16", and I'd rather not see that happen. I only want the Final 4 to be reseeded. Agree that the Sweet 16 should stay as is. Don't like let's say a #2 vs #4 in one semi-final and a #9 vs #6 in the other. Just believe there's a need to reseed the Final 4 to improve the chances for a better National Championship Game.
March 26, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, Helobious said: Anyone care to apologize to me? Remind us all of your prescient comment at halftime of the Purdue game…
March 26, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, Helobious said: Anyone care to apologize to me? I'm sorry you're a pathetic jackass.
March 26, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, aggie08 said: I know your brand is being a complete moron, but there's not a single team without a title that wouldn't trade for Gonzaga's tournament success over the past decade. Shit, even Virginia might trade them. Saying those first 9 words to that poster (to be fair Helo would have counted too) is the funniest thing I’ve read on this site in a long time.
March 26, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, Beau Vine said: Serious question -- what does UConn NOT do well? Protect the ball. Avoid fouls. They aren’t bad at that per se but they aren’t great either.
March 26, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, Underdog said: This could possibly be UConn's 4th title from a FF site in Texas... SA, Houston, Dallas and Houston? Their first title came in St. Pete vs Duke. I was there in St Pete! I was 18 and my dad won tickets in the NCAA lottery. I think we were in the second to last row in the stadium
March 26, 20232 yr 36 minutes ago, Herpa Derpa said: I'm sorry you're a pathetic jackass. Now that’s how you surly!
March 26, 20232 yr Final four can never be reseeded. The speak of the tournament to half of America is the brackets and gambling associated with them. Completely unworkable for the average fan.
March 26, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, Helobious said: Anyone care to apologize to me? Sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.
March 26, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said: Protect the ball. Avoid fouls. They aren’t bad at that per se but they aren’t great either. Yeah, UCONN is 233rd in offensive TO%. They don't handle pressure well. Texas is #19 in defensive TO% by the way. Need to beat Miami of course but the way you beat UCONN is applying pressure because they are very prone to turning the ball over.
March 26, 20232 yr UConn is playing the way we all want our teams to play in march(Texas is as well). Every team has deficiencies and can play bad in a one game setting, We will see how we do today and as a Texas fan we all know that we can go ice cold from the field and have had games where our defense looks terrible. Given the moment I highly doubt we will see a lack of effort on the defensive end of the floor.
March 26, 20232 yr UCONN versus Texas or Miami will be a complete contrast in styles. UCONN will want to slow it down and use their size. Texas and Miami will want to run.
March 26, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said: Final four can never be reseeded. The speak of the tournament to half of America is the brackets and gambling associated with them. Completely unworkable for the average fan. Agreed. I was watching something where they said that the bracket is the greatest piece of adverstising/promotion ever invented. It's hard to argue with that. Everyone loves the bracket.
March 26, 20232 yr 6 hours ago, henrygandorf said: i am sorry that your overwhelming success in baskets clearly offsets your abysmal projections in mlb, which is supposed to be your favorite. I hardly follow basketball, but even I know what teams have the magic. UConn is one of them. Like someone else pointed out, 5 total prior FFs for them, but 4 titles. They just don’t lose in March. Or April I guess
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