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Come on UNC. I refuse to watch a Kansas-Duke final.
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So close....cmon UNC
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FUCK OFF COACH K!

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How many 8 seeds have played in the championship game?
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That's a shame.
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84Cat wrote: Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:09 pm How many 8 seeds have played in the championship game?
4 before this, 1980 UCLA, 1985 Villanova, 2011 Butler and 2014 Kentucky.
i was going to put the ua/asu records here...but i forgot what they were.

i'll just go with fuck asu.
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I hate both teams but I hate Duke more. Goodbye Coach K.
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OriginalAZ wrote: Sat Apr 02, 2022 8:15 pm I hate both teams but I hate Duke more. Goodbye Coach K.
I'd rather Hubert Davis win it than Bill Self
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Good for Hubert, he got pooped on all season, hope they win it all!
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Think Kansas will win on Monday. They've just got more ways to hurt you. Only chance UNC has is if Kansas' shooters go cold, and I don't see that happening.

What a nauseating F4.
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Beachcat97 wrote: Sat Apr 02, 2022 9:15 pm Think Kansas will win on Monday. They've just got more ways to hurt you. Only chance UNC has is if Kansas' shooters go cold, and I don't see that happening.

What a nauseating F4.
Totally agree with the nauseousness of the final 4.

Would have been cool to see Duke lose but it wasn't worth the risk of having to watch them win. So... Whatever, I kind of feel the same way about the champ game in regards to Kansas.
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enfuego wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:38 am
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Kansas March has to be one of the weakest in history! Arguably the worst 4 seed in the field and then a Nova team down two key players. Then they get an 8 seed in the championship game. You just can’t make this $hit up
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azcat49 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:36 am Kansas March has to be one of the weakest in history! Arguably the worst 4 seed in the field and then a Nova team down two key players. Then they get an 8 seed in the championship game. You just can’t make this $hit up
How did you do against Houston was it?

Come week 2 all teams left in the tournament are good.
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enfuego wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:45 am
azcat49 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 10:36 am Kansas March has to be one of the weakest in history! Arguably the worst 4 seed in the field and then a Nova team down two key players. Then they get an 8 seed in the championship game. You just can’t make this $hit up
How did you do against Houston was it?

Come week 2 all teams left in the tournament are good.
Oooh. I had zero interest in this game before this post. Now I'm all in for UNC tomorrow.
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Certainly no slight to the chicken hawks as they are playing and we are watching.

They played well against 10 seed Miami in the regional final and against the loss of two players Nova.

But if you are really being objective, it’s not exactly the juggernaut of marches to the championship. Still no KU fan will care or should they. Just wish one day we could get such a cake walk
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azcat49 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 1:25 pm Certainly no slight to the chicken hawks as they are playing and we are watching.

They played well against 10 seed Miami in the regional final and against the loss of two players Nova.

But if you are really being objective, it’s not exactly the juggernaut of marches to the championship. Still no KU fan will care or should they. Just wish one day we could get such a cake walk
Or just have a season where we somehow wind up in the FF, even not being a favorite to get there. UNC and Nova were not expected to get this far.

21 years since our last FF is a really, really tough pill.
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No doubt. Elite 8 losses in 03,05,12,14,15 make it just so difficult but in none of those years did we have the cakewalk the chicken jerkers have had
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azcat49 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 1:25 pm They played well against 10 seed Miami in the regional final and against the loss of two players Nova.
Both were technical loses.
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azcat49 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:46 pm No doubt. Elite 8 losses in 03,05,12,14,15 make it just so difficult but in none of those years did we have the cakewalk the chicken jerkers have had
This is how bad it is: sometimes I wonder how many FF losses (ie: appearances) equate to one NC. Are four FF appearances without a title somehow equivalent to one NC? Five? Is there any number of FFs that equals a NC?

I've always thought of a FF berth as its own kind of title, given how freaking hard it is to achieve and how rarely it happens.
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Random question...with all the hotels that have been built around campus and downtown, would Tucson get back into the rotation for 1st or 2nd round games?
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Beachcat97 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:56 pm
azcat49 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:46 pm No doubt. Elite 8 losses in 03,05,12,14,15 make it just so difficult but in none of those years did we have the cakewalk the chicken jerkers have had
This is how bad it is: sometimes I wonder how many FF losses (ie: appearances) equate to one NC. Are four FF appearances without a title somehow equivalent to one NC? Five? Is there any number of FFs that equals a NC?

I've always thought of a FF berth as its own kind of title, given how freaking hard it is to achieve and how rarely it happens.
Every FF team is a Regional Tournment champion - takes four wins to be the best of a 16 team field!!!

FACT: Most of John Wooden’s NC’s involved four games!!!!
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pc in NM wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 7:41 pm
Beachcat97 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 3:56 pm
azcat49 wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 2:46 pm No doubt. Elite 8 losses in 03,05,12,14,15 make it just so difficult but in none of those years did we have the cakewalk the chicken jerkers have had
This is how bad it is: sometimes I wonder how many FF losses (ie: appearances) equate to one NC. Are four FF appearances without a title somehow equivalent to one NC? Five? Is there any number of FFs that equals a NC?

I've always thought of a FF berth as its own kind of title, given how freaking hard it is to achieve and how rarely it happens.
Every FF team is a Regional Tournment champion - takes four wins to be the best of a 16 team field!!!

FACT: Most of John Wooden’s NC’s involved four games!!!!
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SabinoDrifter wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:13 pm Random question...with all the hotels that have been built around campus and downtown, would Tucson get back into the rotation for 1st or 2nd round games?
So I researched because I didn't know the requirements. The interesting part for me was the NCAA visits each hotel host and then requires them to sign a contract agreeing to certain services before accepting a city as a subregional host.

So, it seems like it isn't just a question of #, but also whether individual hotels are willing to jump through the hoops to be eligible. Tucson has an interesting dynamic in that March is probably peak season vs many other places where it's off-peak.
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Spaceman Spiff wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:16 am
SabinoDrifter wrote: Sun Apr 03, 2022 4:13 pm Random question...with all the hotels that have been built around campus and downtown, would Tucson get back into the rotation for 1st or 2nd round games?
So I researched because I didn't know the requirements. The interesting part for me was the NCAA visits each hotel host and then requires them to sign a contract agreeing to certain services before accepting a city as a subregional host.

So, it seems like it isn't just a question of #, but also whether individual hotels are willing to jump through the hoops to be eligible. Tucson has an interesting dynamic in that March is probably peak season vs many other places where it's off-peak.
With Spring Training moving completely to Phoenix, I wonder if the idea that March is peak tourist season is still true.
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Peak season is November - March. Things are probably starting to tail off in March, right after the Gem Show ends.
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I always thought we dropped out because Miller thought it reduced our chances of playing in the west region?

I think if Lloyd is good with it then we will bid once again.
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azcat49 wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 10:11 am I always thought we dropped out because Miller thought it reduced our chances of playing in the west region?

I think if Lloyd is good with it then we will bid once again.
I think it was more, having a subregional close to home. The NCAA usually only has one or two sites nearer than Texas or Kansas, and if one was Tucson, we couldn't play there.
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Thanks for the feedback and makes sense. The number of hotel options around campus and downtown has grown exponentially since Tucson and I'd imagine they would check a lot of boxes if they wanted to bid again.
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If Kansass wins, does ASU put up a NC banner with Remy’s number?

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Not a good start for UNC
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Both these teams playing like shit so far
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There we go Tar Heels, showing some fight now
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