The Syracuse effect. Whenever they get in their a danger to make a run because that zone throws teams off that aren’t used to it.
How the Conferences are stacking up in Tourney
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This is a good call out.
Part of why VCU was able to make that run 10 years ago. Or that UAB team that knocked off Kentucky many years back. Tech though doesn’t run an unconventional defense necessarily. They just play very physical, fundamentally sound, and they communicate so well on defense. You have to learn to be very patient with them and not force up bad shots. You also have to be able to hit shots with contact or not let the pressure make you shoot stiff when you do get open looks. It helps to have a go to guy with an alpha mentality that can hit shots. Agbaji hit a lot of tough shots in that OT game in Lawrence. KU broke their pressure better with a healthy Remy Martin, so if you have an extremely quick guard who can get to the hoop and hit mid range jumpers that helps.
ESPN has a SEC channel so naturally they are going to hype one of their products/content. I think Tennessee is good and like Rick Barnes.
I'm okay with however they want to call it just make it consistent. Don't call it one way in the first half and different in the second. Also if your going to call fouls on us down low fine. But when the other team is getting physical with Bryson Williams in the low post I want a call as well.
You know vs playing like Kansas.
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Bryson Williams - 33 pts (14-19 FG), 4-4 3pt line, 1-1 FT, 5 rebs, 1 ast, 1 stl
David McCormack - 13 pts (3-5 FG), 7-8 FT, 5 reb, 1 ast
Williams doesn’t get to the FT line very much because he settles for mid-range and long jump shots.
It’s usually teams like Illinois that is lucky to advance, gets in a hot groove afterwards.
I’m pretty sure that Tech fans believe that the only thing preventing them from winning the Big 12 every year is that Self pays off the refs. 🤣
Not really. Sounds more like a UT whiner.
The only issue I have with KU and the Big 12 is having the Conference Tourney in KC every year where you have an obvious crowd advantage.
Does he though? I mean he does have range yes but mostly he scores inside.
The Big Ten went undefeated yesterday, and they were not the only high seeds to struggle; it was happening everywhere. And the Big Ten isn’t hyped, our highest seed is a 3! If we get ONE team in the Elite Eight, we’ve overachieved.
Some of you seem to be clinging to last year in so many ways, both in acting like that disaster describes the Big Ten’s historical Tournament performance (it doesn’t) and maintaining that the Big Ten is “hyped” (it’s not!) so you can keep calling it “overrated.” It’s weird, haha.
If the Big Ten didn’t have the most money and the most total fans and therefore a ratings draw, none of you would be so obsessed with shitting on us, haha … and none of that is in our own fans’ control. We aren’t out here on these boards talking about how good we are.
A lot of you are, and that’s exactly why Big 10 fans catch shit.
Not you in particular, but the hawkit types. 🤣
Haha, well people gotta know what they’re getting in hawkit!
People should also be careful who haven’t played yet, as the TRUE Big Ten flops didn’t come until the Second Round.
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That's because the NCAA at heart is really an every dog for themselves tourney. Conference affiliations should be thrown out the window, and one team winning the national championship does not make that conference any greater than it was.
EvilMonkeyInTheCloset
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You mean like how the Big Ten > Big 12?
The Big Ten is no truck stop conference, that's for sure.
Although I root for fellow Big Ten teams, this is kind of true. It didn’t hurt Duke one iota that people perceived the ACC as “weak” during the regular season this year. If Illinois could dominate a “weak” Big Ten, I’d take it in a heartbeat, lol. MSU winning it all doesn’t help us at all.
MSU is a middle of the pack B1G team so it's not a surprise they struggled. Illinois did look shaky (but they're not as good as their record IMO). Iowa is the only disappointment so far. We will see how the B1G stacks up after this weekend.
Truck stop conference? 🤣 Now that I think about it...that shoe definitely fits nearly half of the Big 12 members. Good one.
Thanks, Tennessee didn't play bad at all. Michigan just played great.
Nope, I think it was all Michigan's excellent play that did us in.
Gag, Auburn and Arkansas gotta carry our water now.
SEC what in the actual world?
SEC what in the actual world?
Instead of flipping the script from last year, I wish we’d all stop obsessing over comparing conferences. March Madness is a literal shitshow.
Exactly- I only root for the Big Ten teams that help my bracket
Not against KU. Against us he has got most of his points with jump shots. He’s been a thorn in our side. He hasn’t taken his back to the basket against us often.
We had it in Dallas for a while. KU still won it and our fans still packed the stadium. Personally I like it better in KC. KC puts together a much better atmosphere in and around the tourney. And a LOT of ISU fans show up as well, so it’s always a packed house. Dallas wasn’t drawing great crowds outside of KU fans and occasionally OSU fans.
I agree w u here and think b10 is very good right there with xii, sec and ACC, but the b10 issue us they can’t cut the big one down. I think that’s the void you have. where are the natties??
Biiiiig gaping hole. No way around it. I think some Big Ten teams good enough to win it all have definitely got unlucky (‘05 Illinois and ‘07 Ohio State come to mind), but I also think we haven’t had enough NBA-ready guards in the conference.
It also takes a little bit of luck to cut down the nets. The Big Ten has had plenty of teams get to the Final Four and the Championship Games over the years.
That said, I'm not sure the Big Ten has a legit championship contender this year.
Honestly, if going by talent alone, Michigan will be right up there with Purdue for Big Ten's best chance of winning a Natty IMO- but Michigan's potential road looks a lot tougher than Purdue's, if Purdue can beat Texas tonight.
You might be right about Michigan. For whatever reason, they've played a lot better once tournament play has started. The South region is brutal though. They already played Tennessee and could still have to beat Villanova and Illinois/Houston/Arizona just to get to the Final Four
And if Not Nova next round for Michigan, I think they know a little about that school they would face
Same issue when it was in OKC. Attendance was garbage too. OKC was better than Dallas, but it was not great.
I don’t think I’ve heard many bad things about the tournament from the people that have actually attended it in KC. It’s a big party that happens to have some basketball games for a few days.
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