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2021-22 College Basketball Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by dixiehack, Oct 18, 2021.

  1. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

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  2. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    I get giving the benefit of the doubt to Duke and Kansas as top 10 teams, but we're start Texas at No. 5? Am I missing something besides a coaching change that makes them better than last year.
     
  3. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Ole Miss. Tennessee. Trash thrown by irate fans.

    Seems like it was only two days ago. Actually, it was two and a half years ago.

     
  4. tapintoamerica

    tapintoamerica Well-Known Member

    I am reminded of Catch Phrase #3.
     
  5. UPChip

    UPChip Well-Known Member

  6. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I’m actually really cool with this, mostly because Bama skips its usual disemboweling trip to the Ozarks this season.

     
  7. Hermes

    Hermes Well-Known Member

    Madness? Huggins says majors need own tourney

    What a complete misunderstanding of what makes the NCAA tournament a multi-billion dollar entity by Huggins.

    The first weekend and all the excitement of filling out brackets is driven by mid-majors being in the tournament. Take them away and you have a giant version of the major conference conference tournaments, which grow staler and staler by the year.

    But not a shock given the disdain Huggy Bear has shown toward the mid-majors that surround him at UC and WVU.

    Also, the preseason No. 1 team in the country this year would also not be included in the tournament if Bob Huggins’ brilliant plan were enacted.
     
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  8. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    How can someone have coached for so long in a sport and not understand the allure of the tournament?
     
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  9. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    Because they only care about their money and winning a game. The rest of it is all bullshit for TV
     
  10. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    I feel the same way about Gonzaga at No. 1. Win something for once.
     
  11. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    Props to Chris Beard in that story for recognizing the tournament is fine how it is, but I bet there's not as many big-time coaches who share his view as fans would think. It's a CYA business and being on the wrong end of those first-round upsets sticks with you forever. Make an all-big-boys tournament and no one will remember if a high seed gets bounced early by, say, Minnesota. That's in part because no one will be effing watching.
     
  12. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    I was this close to being a Zag 4 Life. My dad, who spent more family time than not on an offshore platform in Louisiana, considered moving to the Smokestack for job about the time I was a sophomore in high school.
     
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