Iraq2xVeteran said:

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It was great to watch Xavier defeat Texas 86-80 to eliminate them from the NCAA tournament. After Texas led Xavier 34-21 with 7:15 left in the first half, Xavier outscored Texas 65-46, including 47-33 in the second half.

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Definitely not Kmart.

cutter said:

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So who is Texas's next head coach?

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Dont think it will happen but I can see them making a run at Kelvin Sampson. That would be scary

cutter said:

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So who is Texas's next head coach?

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They are going after Drew or McCasland first. I'd love for them to take another coach from Tech. They'd burn Austin to the ground.

That was a physical game. If refs let us maul Yale like that, good luck to them.

bobinator said:

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cutter said:

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So who is Texas's next head coach?

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Would be a fascinating search. Almost nobody would surprise me outside of the hall of famers and some of the really established coaches.

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I saw some rumors the other day about Sean Miller.

LouisvilleAg said:

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Charlie 31 said:

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Cavaliers take the lead!

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Is Virginia playing?

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Touche!

FriscoKid said:

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Ball don't lie. Texas shouldn't have been in the tourney to begin with.

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And we all knew that

But networks/committee gonna networks/committee

Now……..how do we manage to get through tomorrow???

Gil Renard said:

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Thank god the dance STARTS tomorrow

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sips played in Marchteenth Madness

dixichkn said:

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FriscoKid said:

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Ball don't lie. Texas shouldn't have been in the tourney to begin with.

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And we all knew that

But networks/committee gonna networks/committee

Now……..how do we manage to get through tomorrow???

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Tomorrow is going to be pretty easy. I think we out-physical them.

Faustus said:

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94chem said:

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Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

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Anybody watch much Tarheel basketball this year?

How come they couldn't beat any decent teams all year?

The look pretty athletic and talented tonight.

Of course, any team that makes 7/9 three-point shots in the first half probably looks good.

(I sincerely hope Yale doesn't do that to us!)

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Yeah, I'm a UNC grad. Let's see...they have the ACC returning player of the year (Davis, basically their Wade Taylor), and three 5 stars (Cadeau, Jackson, Powell). They underachieved all season long in turn-overs, half court offense, and rebounding. The guards are extremely quick, and they get out in transition after a miss with lightning speed. They lack the size needed to have the traditional UNC rebounding, but they've had second weekend talent all season. They have been unwatchable at times, but they have played like a tournament team the past month. It's not their fault that all the teams they've been destroying are Q2.

And the Q1 stuff is overblown. They lost to Kansas when they were #1. Duke 3 times. Mich State. Florida. Auburn. Alabama. And even though the SEC went 14-2 in the ACC challenge, the two SEC teams that lost were Auburn and Kentucky. So the ACC was very top heavy, which made UNC's losses against Louisville and Clemson understandable. They just had very few games against second tier Q1 teams.

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Louisville, Pitt, Clemson, Kansas, and Wake Forest were all Quad 1 losses for UNC.

https://bballnet.com/teams/north-carolina

Those along with UCLA strike me as fairly Tier 2 Quad 1 games. So just under half of UNC's Quad 1 games were against the second tier. Finishing 2nd and 3rd in the ACC was good for a 5th and 8th seed, so within one seed line of A&M, Ole Miss, Mizzou, Miss. State, Georgia and OU.

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Sure, you get that from reading a list, but Clemson and Louisvile were 36-4 in the ACC, only losing to each other or Duke. Kansas was #1 when UNC played them. UCLA was ranked. We're really talking about Wake Forest and Pitt.

94chem said:

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Faustus said:

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94chem said:

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Fanatic15...Drs2B! said:

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Anybody watch much Tarheel basketball this year?

How come they couldn't beat any decent teams all year?

The look pretty athletic and talented tonight.

Of course, any team that makes 7/9 three-point shots in the first half probably looks good.

(I sincerely hope Yale doesn't do that to us!)

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Yeah, I'm a UNC grad. Let's see...they have the ACC returning player of the year (Davis, basically their Wade Taylor), and three 5 stars (Cadeau, Jackson, Powell). They underachieved all season long in turn-overs, half court offense, and rebounding. The guards are extremely quick, and they get out in transition after a miss with lightning speed. They lack the size needed to have the traditional UNC rebounding, but they've had second weekend talent all season. They have been unwatchable at times, but they have played like a tournament team the past month. It's not their fault that all the teams they've been destroying are Q2.

And the Q1 stuff is overblown. They lost to Kansas when they were #1. Duke 3 times. Mich State. Florida. Auburn. Alabama. And even though the SEC went 14-2 in the ACC challenge, the two SEC teams that lost were Auburn and Kentucky. So the ACC was very top heavy, which made UNC's losses against Louisville and Clemson understandable. They just had very few games against second tier Q1 teams.

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Louisville, Pitt, Clemson, Kansas, and Wake Forest were all Quad 1 losses for UNC.

https://bballnet.com/teams/north-carolina

Those along with UCLA strike me as fairly Tier 2 Quad 1 games. So just under half of UNC's Quad 1 games were against the second tier. Finishing 2nd and 3rd in the ACC was good for a 5th and 8th seed, so within one seed line of A&M, Ole Miss, Mizzou, Miss. State, Georgia and OU.

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Sure, you get that from reading a list, but Clemson and Louisvile were 36-4 in the ACC, only losing to each other or Duke. Kansas was #1 when UNC played them. UCLA was ranked. We're really talking about Wake Forest and Pitt.

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Kansas being #1 when they played them doesn't mean anything as they turned out to be not that good

Yes, fine, but you're talking about selection Sunday metrics. When Kansas was ranked #1 early in the season, they looked the part. Why their extremely talented roster failed to develop isn't really the issue here.

Or consider Louisville. The selection Sunday metrics may put them at an 8 seed, but a team that goes 18-2 in the ACC isn't an 8 seed. Everybody knows it, but the "formula" spits out 8 seed.

Agree that Louisville was vastly underseeded

Caesar4 said:

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If history repeats, next sip coach will be announced tomorrow since the Aggies will be playing.

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Pretty solid prediction. Buzz rumors will be flying

Iraq2xVeteran said:

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It was great to watch Xavier defeat Texas 86-80 to eliminate them from the NCAA tournament. After Texas led Xavier 34-21 with 7:15 left in the first half, Xavier outscored Texas 65-46, including 47-33 in the second half.

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I love that before I even got through the first sentence, I knew the bot user that posted this.

gougler08 said:

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Agree that Louisville was vastly underseeded

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People see it with Louisville because they are a blueblood.

When I'm looking for value picks, it's the teams I've "never heard of" on the 11 - 13 lines that get my attention. If I ever see a non-major AQ on the 12 line, that's likely a good pick. You're talking about the best team across a 20 conference span. They just didn't have the SoS metrics to justify higher seeding. Like, you KNOW that McNeese and Liberty are better than 12 seeds...you just don't know HOW much better.

Well the game sucked, but at least Terry didn't get one or two wins and prolong the misery. Next year's team was going to be worse with him at the helm, nothing in the pipeline, and transfers aware he was on the hot seat.

Time to start fresh.

For all the longtime regulars on the board best of luck against Yale. You guys deserve a good run.

Faustus said:

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Well the game sucked, but at least Terry didn't get one or two wins and prolong the misery. Next year's team was going to be worse with him at the helm, nothing in the pipeline, and transfers aware he was on the hot seat.

Time to start fresh.

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Way too much talent to not play better. Barnes got burned out coaching one-and-dones. Even Roy Williams couldn't deal with it. His great teams were always built on 3rd and 4th year players.

amercer said:

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Is the tu coach trying to get fired?

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When did they fire Shaka Con?

usmcbrooks said:

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amercer said:

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Is the tu coach trying to get fired?

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When did they fire Shaka Con?

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2, almost 3, coaches ago.