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Thats not what I asked...I asked do you think Top 30 is good? Quit being Joe Biden, and answer THE question I asked. I don't need an explanation as answer...
It is simple: Do you think Top 30 is good?
BTW, I get why you won't answer...
You don't wanna turn this into a Wright vs Few pissing contest---Yet you are the one who brought Wright and Villanova into the discussion....Great for Few...
We celebrate different things...
I don't want to turn this into a Wright vs Few pissing contest
If I had to bet your kidney on it.
I would bet on Wright winning another championship before Few
So I guess that means since 2014, Mark Few has had 5 teams that were elite, defensively:Obviously they had elite because they won
I cherry picked? Dude I went back to 2002----First year of KenPom...You went back since 2003 to cherry pick KenPom ratings
The lowest you found was 18...
Maybe you went back even further than 2003.
So I guess that means since 2014, Mark Few has had 5 teams that were elite, defensively:
2014: 18th
2015: 16
2017: 1
2018: 18th
2019: 12th.
Right?
Oh....I see. So now its, "turning it up in the NCAAT".I don't know where that Syracuse team entered the tournament...
But they turned it on with their defense to win the NCAA Tournament
Hakim Warrick ended up being a top draft pick because of his interior defense in the zone .
Boeheim will be the first coach to tell you that you have to turn up the defense in the tournament
What argument? I am not arguing their defense is ELITE...never said that. Never argued their defense was good enough to win a title....Never said that either.You see where your argument went wrong though...
Those efficiency numbers don't matter...
Syracuse won that NC with their defense, brother
Warrick blocked the guy on the baseline. Came out of nowhere
That entire tournament they unleashed the zone. Were lucky because they matched up against the Big 12 when the Big 12 was almost 100% man to man
Really? Ummmm, they gave up 84 points to Texas...78 to Kansas. That is 162 points, in two games: 81ppg to be exact.Syracuse won that NC with their defense, brother
That entire tournament they unleashed the zone. Were lucky because they matched up against the Big 12 when the Big 12 was almost 100% man to man
Not good enough.
Those rankings don't mean shit anyway when the tournament starts...
Do you understand. If you don't win...
It isn't good enough
You're talking about a program that has the longest active Sweet 16 streak in the country (5 straight). That 2017 Gonzaga team had one of the premier defenses this century. I think they win the national title if all of the bigs don't get in foul trouble. UNC and Villanova are the only two programs that have won more tournament games than Gonzaga in the past 5 years. At some point you have to give them a little more credit. The 2021 Gonzaga team should have a better defense with Jalen Suggs and Oumar Ballo in the lineup.
But you do know that we have people who give Gonzaga way too much credit.
Not trying to disrespect Few at all nor the Gonzaga program but there is something missing there.
Congratulations on their Sweet 16 run but it seems like people want to find things to celebrate about Few instead of actually having things.
This is what happens when at the end of the day that program only has that 1 Final 4 to stand on.
The coaches who have been to 1 Final 4 since 2000...
That is the group Few is in.
How many coaches have been to the Elite Eight 3 times in the span of 5 years? Not even Jay Wright can claim that.
Everyone has different standards.
If you want to celebrate Elite 8 appearances that is on you.
Sean Miller would be happy though
Garza would throw Timme across the court.
Both lack NBA athleticism...
But Garza is a bully while Timme isn't there yet
Not sure we have the guards to keep up with them. We do have a month though
WKU with the halftime lead, even though Bassey only played the first 3 minutes of the half. Now he'll be rested and ready for the 2nd.Western Kentucky looks good early on this season.
2,318 > 1906 all timeWell, 11 > 8 is the elementary school math that we all learned 20-30 years ago as little kids, didnt we?
Their past is what people harp on. And I get that. BUT----the pat 5 years,they have been as good as any: 3 Elite 8's, FF and a runner-up. That is solid.Gonzaga's league guarantees them a high seed in the tourney year after year, which means that they're likely playing a weak team until the Sweet 16.
I don't think they deserve loads of praise simply because they avoided the 2nd-round disasters that happened to Wright, Self, K, etc.
As always, the truth is probably somewhere in-between. Most people either overpraise or undervalue them.
Exactly where did Mark Few touch you?Everyone shits on Sean Miller
But if playing in 3 Elite 8's in 5 years is special.
Wouldn't that make Miller a great coach as well.
Just answer the original question....Is being a Top 30 defensive team good? YES---or---NO? Its simple, dude. Again, my ORIGINAL statement was---"Gonzaga is usually GOOD, to really GOOD defensively".Your argument is getting back to my point.
You have to be a team who wants to take over games on the defensive end
I misspoke earlier but totally forgotten the Gonzaga/WVU Sweet 16 game
That is a game where I believe his team showed what it needed
So these games being close.. .
Because when it comes down to it you need defensive stops
Basketball hasn't and never will change.
Defense is turned up when the elite teams play and the cream rises to the top on the back of your defense
Exactly where did Mark Few touch you?
Just answer the original question....Is being a Top 30 defensive team good? YES---or---NO? Its simple, dude. Again, my ORIGINAL statement was---"Gonzaga is usually GOOD, to really GOOD defensively".
Just answer....YES----NO. Its easy.
Good...Then that means Gonzaga had elite defense's in 2014,2015, 2017,2018 and 2019.Obviously they had elite because they won
I am just curious....Where does me saying Gonzaga usually had good to really good defensive teams, translate to this? I never said that. Not once. So I am not sure what the **** made you go on this temper-tantrum...Nothing against Mark Few..
You have every right to believe in him and his program
I just don't.
I have explained numerous times why I don't
Good...Then that means Gonzaga had elite defense's in 2014,2015, 2017,2018 and 2019.
Thanks for playing.
I am just curious....Where does me saying Gonzaga usually had good to really good defensive teams, translate to this? I never said that. Not once. So I am not sure what the **** made you go on this temper-tantrum...