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ByJoveByJingle wrote:The first round of the tournament is like what the Army called asymmetrical warfare—Vietnam for example. Where a well trained army with overwhelming firepower can be stymied by an opponent who can’t/refuses to fight a traditional battle because they don’t have the resources and would be wiped out if they tried. This is why there are so many crazy games at the beginning of the tournament, but as it wears on and most of the powers and superpowers advance it returns to symmetrical warfare. I guarantee you we had a better chance to beat Kentucky than Buffalo has. Unfortunately, we got bogged down in Vietnam and lost heart. Let’s just hope we don’t have an Apocalypse Now situation on our hands.
Too many people fall in love with nontraditional lineups because of upsets. If smaller schools with nontraditional lineups were the way to success, the Final Four would be packed with UMBC's.

People just remember the upsets and the nontraditional teams more and forget that last year's title game had two very traditional lineups. Almost every champion has a relatively traditional lineup.
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Oh look, Buffalo can't hit water if the fell out of a boat. Currently 0-6 from 3 after shooting 15-30 Thursday.
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Much better match up for Kentucky Than It Was for us. Miller's stubbornness put us in a bad spot against the bulls
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Everything falling into place for UK. If Cinci loses this will be the easiest bracket to the FF.
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Catintheheat wrote:Everything falling into place for UK. If Cinci loses this will be the easiest bracket to the FF.
Yeah may potentially have a path of like Davidson, Buffalo, Kansas State and Nevada to get to the final 4
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Don't worry, guys. Miller will have us back to first and second weekend flameouts within a few years.
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C'mon Seton Hall
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Nice comeback by OSU.
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Wow, Zags 4-12 FTs? Did I read that right?
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4-14 FTS and gettin' chippy wit it.
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dovecanyoncat wrote:Wow, Zags 4-12 FTs? Did I read that right?
4-14 now.
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It feels to me like the Zags now sorta represent the Pac-12 in the Tourney. Sad, but there it is.
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If OSU wins this Nevada will be the only team from the west left.
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dovecanyoncat wrote:It feels to me like the Zags now sorta represent the Pac-12 in the Tourney. Sad, but there it is.
I don't see UA being at an elite level for a few years. It does appear the Zags are moving into the premier elite program of the west. Thanks to Mark Few the Zags have played at a high level for decades. He is the best coach in the west.
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The Zags pull it out.
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Catintheheat wrote:
dovecanyoncat wrote:It feels to me like the Zags now sorta represent the Pac-12 in the Tourney. Sad, but there it is.
I don't see UA being at an elite level for a few years. It does appear the Zags are moving into the premier elite program of the west. Thanks to Mark Few the Zags have played at a high level for decades. He is the best coach in the west.
If Miller leaves I want us to kidnap Few.
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dovecanyoncat wrote:
Catintheheat wrote:
dovecanyoncat wrote:It feels to me like the Zags now sorta represent the Pac-12 in the Tourney. Sad, but there it is.
I don't see UA being at an elite level for a few years. It does appear the Zags are moving into the premier elite program of the west. Thanks to Mark Few the Zags have played at a high level for decades. He is the best coach in the west.
If Miller leaves I want us to kidnap Few.
No way Few leaves Gonzaga he's been offered plenty of $ and he's a guy who has his priorities intact,he doesn't care about the $...he loves to fly fish, loves his family, is a good catholic and is the only game in town there...if Miller could learn from any coach out there I wish it was Mark few...lighten up, get mature guys and pick up a decent hobby...then relax...let the game come to you.
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Few would be cray to leave. He's got a nice little niche carved out. The WCC is garbage, so he doesn't have have to get into recruiting battles with programs like Oregon, UCLA & Arizona. He can develop players through the course of the season because their conference is weak. Even subpar games agains subpar opponents can be valuable because young talent can develop over the course of the season. In a competitive conference, you don't have that flexibility because almost every night in the Pac 12 can be a potential loss because of the parity.

Few schedules well in the non-conference: nothing crazy like elite programs for opponents, but still a few top 25 games that help the SOS. Save for last year, Gonzaga is usually overseeded. But they don't play down to their competition either.
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Classic one shining moment for the frosh from UM
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A combined 32 points between syr/MSU with 4 to play in the 1st half. Some exciting basketball. :roll:
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I hate Syracuse
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Michigan St. last three years, 1st round, second round, and second round exits. The Tournament is not easy.

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C'mon aTm.
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MSU & UNC could't hit the broad side of a barn today. Just ice cold
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UNC shooting 33% and 5-30 from 3
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The tournament is like this. It makes it both fun and frustrating.
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Match ups
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Frybry02 wrote:A combined 32 points between syr/MSU with 4 to play in the 1st half. Some exciting basketball. :roll:
I didn't see Virginia vs Syracuse this year but I bet it was scintillating.
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It’s nice that Virginia made the parsing of whether North Carolina’s loss was worse than ours moot.
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Nice job Nevada.
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Have you seen the south sweet 16 LOL
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Lol Kansas State, Loyola and Nevada potentially in the sweet 16
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Even funnier if it was UMBC
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azcat49 wrote:Match ups
Matched up with randomness and chaos.
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Rough round for Ohio teams
Arizona State might have the most surprisingly anemic history in men's basketball of any program that you might think is better than it is.
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Another 1 bites the dust.
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U.P. Zona Fan wrote:Another 1 bites the dust.
The left side of the bracket is a complete mess.
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Only half the 1 and 2 seeds make it out of the first weekend
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ASUHATER! wrote:Only half the 1 and 2 seeds make it out of the first weekend
Xavier wasn't a legit #1 seed. Nor was Cincy a legit #2 seed. Not a surprise to seem them both exit early.

Almost comical how the Virginia & Carolina both were blown out by 20 points in the first weekend but Syracuse & Florida St. are still alive.
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So the AAC is out too. The committee should have put SMU in as an 11, maybe they'd have some representation still.
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ASUHATER! wrote:Only half the 1 and 2 seeds make it out of the first weekend
Two 3s and one 4. There was only one other tournament and I can't remember which one, that I remember just shaking my head at. Might have been the FGCU year. I will remember this one though, I think a lot of people will be comparing future tournaments to this one. "This first weekend is crazy but, remember 2018? It's nothing compared to that."
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2000 was just as crazy. Only 2 1 seeds, 1 2 seed, 1 3 seed, and 3 4 seeds got through the first weekend.
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Saw elsewhere that the South became the first regional ever where the first 4 seeds are all out.
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Merkin wrote:Saw elsewhere that the South became the first regional ever where the first 4 seeds are all out.
That is crazy. You’re welcome, Kentucky. Don’t fuck it up.
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Michigan can't miss.
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44-18 michigan with like 4 1/2 minutes left in the first half...Michigan may be a final 4 this year
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azgreg wrote:Michigan can't miss.
More evidence (that we don’t need) that the tourney is an absolute crapshoot. They shouldn’t even be on the floor today except for an epic meltdown and a prayer shot.
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ByJoveByJingle wrote:
azgreg wrote:Michigan can't miss.
More evidence (that we don’t need) that the tourney is an absolute crapshoot. They shouldn’t even be on the floor today except for an epic meltdown and a prayer shot.
yet they would probably easily beat any team in the country the way they are playing today
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