NCAA Tournament Playalong Thread

Originally Posted by SniperSB23

How could you even put those guys up there as failures when compared to Mateen Cleaves and Shawn Respert? Either way, that isn't the point. Duke has had far more successful NBA players than Michigan State in the past 15 years yet Michigan State has been almost as successful. Can you really think of anyone else that had three solid pros or less that has been anywhere remotely close to as successful as Michigan State in that time? I think the job Izzo does there is extremely underrated.

Oh hell I agree. BTW Matteen Cleaves was exactly who I was thinking of.

But Duke has been bad compared to what they have done
in the NCAA. Look at the past 20 years and look at Duke's record.
Look at UNC, and look a their players in the pros.

Actually Magic would make up for all Michst. failures,
but he was with Judd Heathcombovercoat.




My point is Duke has NC type NCAA numbers, but pros...
no way. Something amiss.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by pgardn

My point is Duke has NC type NCAA numbers, but pros...
no way. Something amiss.

I don't think there is any doubt. Duke is a college basketball program. North Carolina is an NBA factory. I'm pretty sure Rashad McCants went to North Carolina for three years without ever intentionally throwing a pass once.

Michigan State really nutted up tonight. I love losing money on basketball.


Football starts in 5 months!!!

[King Glorious]

The team that was a strong and deserving favorite won like they were supposed to. Too much athleticsm and talent across the board. For all the talk about the Big East this year, it's funny that the best team came from the ACC yet again. Duke has a title, UNC has two, and Maryland has one in this decade.

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by King Glorious

The team that was a strong and deserving favorite won like they were supposed to. Too much athleticsm and talent across the board. For all the talk about the Big East this year, it's funny that the best team came from the ACC yet again. Duke has a title, UNC has two, and Maryland has one in this decade.

While the big East was so much better than the other conferences, its been known all year how good UNC was... pretty much the only real good team in the ACC. this was no surprise.

[gales0678]

for all the big east fans that thought lousiville was a legit #1 team - UNC scored more points in a half a game than Louisville scored in the entire game against MSU

now if that don't convince you that they were a fraud i don't know what will , i picked wake in that region and was wrong , but , lousiville could have been the most overated #1 team ever in the tournament

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by gales0678

for all the big east fans that thought lousiville was a legit #1 team - UNC scored more points in a half a game than Louisville scored in the entire game against MSU

now if that don't convince you that they were a fraud i don't know what will , i picked wake in that region and was wrong , but , lousiville could have been the most overated #1 team ever in the tournament

oh shut up

[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by gales0678

for all the big east fans that thought lousiville was a legit #1 team - UNC scored more points in a half a game than Louisville scored in the entire game against MSU

now if that don't convince you that they were a fraud i don't know what will , i picked wake in that region and was wrong , but , lousiville could have been the most overated #1 team ever in the tournament

You mean Washington wasn't it in 2005? I guess Wake Forest was placed in the right brackett.

Originally Posted by King Glorious

The team that was a strong and deserving favorite won like they were supposed to. Too much athleticsm and talent across the board. For all the talk about the Big East this year, it's funny that the best team came from the ACC yet again. Duke has a title, UNC has two, and Maryland has one in this decade.

Definitely.
People sort of shoved them under the rug
after they lost in the ACC tourney.

Mich ST. did a hell of a job just getting to the
final. Izzo did a great job with this bunch.

Postscript:

This was one of the least exciting tournaments I have
witnessed. The number of close games in the later rounds
was just not there (my vote for best game Vill v. Pitt which
actually lived up to expectations).

Still a great event.

[GPK]