It wasn’t even a massive advantage for Louisville against Duke.
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How much is duke punished w/o Zion?
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Crazy statements? Really. That duke lost because the #1 player in the country didn’t play. Yeah, crazy.
And you thinking anything is comical. You are nothing but a parrot.
But, here you go. You are the man on this anonymous message board that puts 0 dollars in your pocket and where no one knows who you are in real life.
UNC fans making me want to root for duke BAD. I need to leave thread before it makes me question my entire existence
Is bringing up injuries, really harping on them? Duke lost both games to unc because unc was the best team on the court both games. There is no way of knowing whether that would be the case with Zion playing, but I would say that Duke would have had a much better chance with him.
You are 100% correct that Duke and Krzyzewski created this by going all out for the OAD's. It is a high risk and as you said, it can disrupt your season. I like this angle a hell of a lot better than the, "3 other first rounders" argument. The only way for it to work is for all players to be healthy and contribute at the end. I have to say though, you are wrong about the non-OAD comment. This is really the first year our role players have been this bad.
For the record, I miss the days when upperclassmen were the focal point of the team and freshman were the role players.
@ThroughBlue i haven’t read through the whole thread so apologies if this has already been posted. Your theory sounds great in theory, the only real problem with it is that the NCAA has never operated straight off the s-curve, like ever. 1/4 and 2/3 paired on same sides of the bracket is the only definite. They have never gone strictly by the s-curve for the 1 and 2 seeds in each region. As @jhmossy has stated, their are seeding principles which cause them to move teams around in order to avoid giving a lower seed a big advantage.
You would of got curb stomped twice with Zion playing and it’s silly you don’t realize it. If he’s back and we play Friday enjoy beatdown and “co” conference championship
Perhaps you disagree, but all we hear about is Zion being out. It’s exhausting. You might not notice it as much, but it’s constsntly bandied about.
Back to the home board little guy
Well, as a Duke fan it is exhausting to be without Zion. Your benefit, our loss. I have zero sympathy for you being exhausted about hearing about Duke being without Zion.
Thanks for the serious reply. They are rare these days from the Atlantic coast folk.
I feel like I read somewhere that the committee said they were going to start focusing more on the S curve rather than locations.
I agree that there will always be variables such as conferences that can disrupt the S curve in some situations but Kentucky being a 2 in Louisville wouldn’t be one of them I wouldn’t think unless we were talking about Tennessee or LSU being the one
Then bitch to the media. You UNC fans act like Duke runs espn. Your boy used to until he got caught with a coke spoon up his nose.
I am no expert on drugs. But I am pretty sure that's not how it works.
Of course it can work both ways...beating Duke even without Zion is still a strong Quad 1 win for UNC. As for Duke, these 2 losses don't mean as much if Zion is back on Thursday and we win the ACCT or beat UNC on Friday because it shows that we're a better team within and that's the squad we"ll be rolling out for the NCAAT.
If UT beats UK on Saturday, I think UNC will still keep a 1 seed even if they lose to Duke on Friday.
Of course it’s a quad 1 win but it’s not a top 3, 5 or maybe even top 10 win. Put the bolden injury on top of that in the second game and it may be a top 25 type win
Bolden is like the 7th best player on that team. They're probably better off without him.
Irregardless, I don't see an asterisks on UNC's team sheet.
They are losing bodies and he is a big one in the middle. They are not better without him. He’s not RJ
Against a team like UNC they are better off without Bolden. He is such a defensive liability against UNC.
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