Football pays for your basketball programs though and the big 12 is losing its cash cows
My elite 8 to final four to champ based on Lunardi today
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I think the question is will the $ dry up? Will these Head Coaches we list today still be around in 3-5 years? Or even next year? Some dominoes drop every year. I know we're into another topic completely now.
I'm not going to pretend to know the impact of all the realignment.
The old Big East had to fold but that was probably about football.
Dude no Kansas fan cares about Auburn or that game. That KU team was absolute trash just like last year lol
Congrats on beating them.
you guys have a good team this year. Act like it.
If someone that isn't a psychopath could take that job and keep kids home, they'd have a decent squad every year. Georgia being bad at basketball has never made sense to me. They could recruit Atlanta and be fine.
Pretty funny that someone who trashes KU’s program daily also continuously brags about beating one of their weakest teams of the modern era 3 years ago. 🤣
We’re not talking about a Northern Iowa situation here. No one expected to go far and no one cares now.
Would not be surprised at all if UGA took a swing and landed a good coach. You just never know.
They need someone that can assess talent and recruit. The state of Georgia is loaded with talent. They would be unstoppable then.
Sure UK is going to automatically win the SEC Tourney.
If the seeds hold true Kentucky would have to beat Alabama for a third time, Tennessee a second time and Auburn. That should be a cake walk for Kentucky.
Bama, LSU and Georgia don't care about basketball?
Without getting into the deep weeds I suggest that Bama and LSU has better basketball programs than Cincinnati and Houston. BYU has a good following but they have never done much in basketball.
The loss of Oklahoma and Texas will set the Big12 back big time. Football for many conferences brings in the big bucks. Will Cincinnati, Houston and BYU bring in a similar amount? (Doubt it big time.) When I lived in Houston and my son attended the school they could not draw much at all. I would bet that they can't draw half what Texas does. Houston only seats 40,000. Basketball they draw 6 or 7,000. Texas can seat 16,000, right? It is hard to find what they sell.
Anyway I think losing Oklahoma and Texas will hurt the Big12 dearly.
Dude was a disaster at uga. Wish they would keep him. Auburn has cleaned up recurring in Atlanta since he has been there.
Alabama's been mediocre at best outside of one Sweet 16. And Houston went to the Final Four in the same year. Alabama might be building something, but Houston's accomplished way more the last several years.
I don't know much about Cincinnati's current coach and he's off to a mediocre start, but they're a great program historically. According to dukedevilz's rankings, they're #13 all time, ahead of Syracuse, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgetown, etc.
I dont expect it to fully dry up. Auburn after this season will have had 5 first round draft picks from just Georgia alone in the last 3 years.
Just depends on who uga hires. No one in the country is recruiting Atlanta better than pearl over the last 3-4 years
If KU beats Baylor in the B12 tourney no way Baylor gets a 1 over KU. KU would have beaten them twice.
It is pretty funny. I mean, Kansas was a 4 seed, which is the LOWEST seed they've been this century.
We're talking about this century, right? So, same as Kentucky.
Same number as Kentucky. Minus the NIT appearances and losing season.
Even with two missed tournaments, UK/Cal has 5 more NCAAT wins than 2nd place. (Duke)
They were seeded higher then Auburn in that tourney
Are you really going to brag about a 4/5 upset? Auburn had won 8 in a row. Kansas had lost 3 of their lost 8. I took Auburn in every bracket I filled out - without hesitation.
Ahhhh....changing the timeframe to your advantage. I thought only other fanbases did that?
Who cares...that was partly based on what they did before losing Azubuike and Vick. They started out 10-0 and #1 before losing them. They were the Vegas underdog.
touche. I got caught up in a stat I read recently.
BYU is interesting. Any real BYU fan will tell you that their time in the WCC was a complete failure. Their last season in the MWC, they were a 3 seed and Jimmer was winning the Player of the year. They never won a regular season or tournament while in the WCC. Completely underperformed.
Still too bad the 2020 tournament was cancelled. That BYU team was very very good.
KU doesn’t need them bc if our basketball revenue. The other schools yes.
Texas can suck it for life and so can the sec. hope u guys fall flat in on your face taking in the toxicity that is Texas. Trust me they’ll find a way to screw it up. History repeats,,,
lsu and Bama bball don’t hold a candle to Cincy or Houston. R u serious?????!!!!!!
Houston: 6 final fours. 2 runner ups. Just went to final four last year. Good in every decade
cincy: 6 final fours, two natties. #12 all time winning program.
Bama: zero final fours. Not in top 30 of all time winning.
LSU: 4 final fours. Not in top 50 of all time winning.
Houston has history….runner up back to back in the 80’s with phi slamma Jamma. Just went to final four last year and top 10 most of this year. They have basketball tradition. And history of success.
Cincy is top 12 all time winning bball program. LSU nor Bama anywhere near the top 20.
highly highly disagree.
ou and texas are better than LSU and Bama easily as well. Not close.
Nah. The SEC has other programs to keep them in check while the big 12 did not. Texas will be just another school. Like everyone else here
Arizona is hard to understand. There are games where everything comes easy to them, then there are games where they unnecessarily struggle, you think they're just going to go on a run, but they don't.
The recent Colorado and USC games are good examples of this.
Colorado is unranked and has nowhere near the athletesism and they beat zona easily, then Arizona went to 16th ranked USC and jumped all over them.
When they’re on, they're fun to watch. I think they're easily FF/NT good.
Yup, those of us that watch cbb all season usually suck at doing brackets. It’s unreal how some teams look really good in conference play, then get beat by, what you thought, was an average team in the NCAAT.
There was one year where we did a pool at work, we let the wives put 1 sheet in, me and one other guy cheated and put 3 brackets in and we still lost. Both of our wives beat our asses with 1 sheet each.
We still haven't told them we cheated.
Texas was able to swell up and act like a bully in the BIG12. That ain't gonna fly in the SEC, they're going to get put in their place real quick.
I was serious.
OU and Texas are better basketball schools than LSU and Bama so they may improve the SEC in basketball. I am glad to hear that.
It sure as hell ain't going to improve SEC football.
And I am glad your Big 8 is going to get Cincinnati, BYU and Houston. They are going to make the Big 11 better. Ask Cincinnati how they liked playing Alabama? Ask BYU how they liked playing UAB? And 12-1 Houston played 6-6 Auburn in a bowl game and won by the impressive score of 17-13. Ask them if the 6th best team in the SEC west was the best damned team that they played all year? It was.
UCF smoked Florida. You forgot.
we were talking basketball tho and my clear point our additions are better than most sec basketball programs
yes football will take a step back. But KU is a basketball school. I pay attention but barely in the fall. Basketball is the #2 sport globally while football is going to die in the coming decades as younger kids aren’t playing it like they used to. Facts.
Why do SEC fans keep saying that it won’t improve football? Oklahoma is a top 5 program all time and even though Texas has been mediocre lately, they’re top 10. How does that not improve the conference?
