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I've never heard any griping about Kansas being sent to Kansas City.
I doubt anyone in the KC metro area would speak ill of this.
You don't know much about Kansas City...

And anyway, my point was more a national one than a local one, though the local point stands too. Kansas State and Missouri fans don't piss and moan about it when it happens. (Nor would KU fans do so if KSU and MU did).
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AB_skin_test wrote:Man I hate Mick Cronin.
He seems like a complete dick, doesn't he?
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Brontoburglar wrote:
You don't know much about Kansas City...

And anyway, my point was more a national one than a local one, though the local point stands too. Kansas State and Missouri fans don't piss and moan about it when it happens. (Nor would KU fans do so if KSU and MU did).
So MU and KSU fans wouldn't complain if Kansas repeatedly got into a local pod while their schools got shipped elsewhere? Though I guess it's sort of moot as Kansas is repeatedly a 1-4 and KSU and MU are not.
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Rush2112 wrote:
Brontoburglar wrote:
You don't know much about Kansas City...

And anyway, my point was more a national one than a local one, though the local point stands too. Kansas State and Missouri fans don't piss and moan about it when it happens. (Nor would KU fans do so if KSU and MU did).
So MU and KSU fans wouldn't complain if Kansas repeatedly got into a local pod while their schools got shipped elsewhere? Though I guess it's sort of moot as Kansas is repeatedly a 1-4 and KSU and MU are not.
You just stated the entire point of the pod system.
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But it is a problem for teams that technically local but less well supported. For instance, it looks like Michigan will play in front of 15,000 Wisconsin fans on Saturday.
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Rex wrote:But it is a problem for teams that technically local but less well supported. For instance, it looks like Michigan will play in front of 15,000 Wisconsin fans on Saturday.

They aren't playing Wisconsin, though.
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Doesn't matter.
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DSafetyGuy wrote:AB is right that the committee does their best to "protect" the top 3-4 seeds in each region.

Funny how this was not a complaint when Syracuse was a four-seed who got shipped to San Jose last year in a pod with California, who was the 12-seed, but probably got no help from the crowd when winning their opener by three.
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enough already with martelli's grandson, for chrissakes. he's cute, but he needs spike lee treatment?

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Well, just one more:

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uconn should get four seconds here. but we should get OT here.
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It seemed like NC State made every shot except free throws and the two shots at the buzzer
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What a great frickin' night of basketball.
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Shirley wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:Man I hate Mick Cronin.
He seems like a complete dick, doesn't he?
Start at 2:41 mark (it skips over his "I tried to get the officials to stop the brawl - the big one against Xavier a few years ago - before it started" crap).



Talks about tossing guys off the team, ends up suspending three guys for six games and one guy for a game. Four of those games were "guarantee" non-conference games.
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Texas is running out of gas, they gonna blow this game to ASU.
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DSafetyGuy wrote:
Shirley wrote:
AB_skin_test wrote:Man I hate Mick Cronin.
He seems like a complete dick, doesn't he?
Start at 2:41 mark (it skips over his "I tried to get the officials to stop the brawl - the big one against Xavier a few years ago - before it started" crap).



Talks about tossing guys off the team, ends up suspending three guys for six games and one guy for a game. Four of those games were "guarantee" non-conference games.
How can these hypocrites spout this 'represent an institution of higher learning' stuff with a straight face? I have to suspend disbelief every time I watch a college sports event on television. I would wonder how they sleep, but I know it is on a fat six-figure salary, for selling a line of bs to a bunch of 19yo who can run and jump, better than their peer sports pimps. And for an occasional x and o.
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Arizona State will always have this, the picture of the year (count the fouls).


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Go Jaspers (even though it would F my bracket.)
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Rush2112 wrote:Go Jaspers (even though it would F my bracket.)
An upset such as that doesn't fuck things up too much because most everyone not from the Bronx had louisville going a few rounds.

And Masiello looks a lot like the dwarf in Game of Thrones.
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That's good stuff.
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AB_skin_test wrote:
Rush2112 wrote:Go Jaspers (even though it would F my bracket.)
An upset such as that doesn't fuck things up too much because most everyone not from the Bronx had louisville going a few rounds.

And Masiello looks a lot like the dwarf in Game of Thrones.
A not insignificant number of people in the brackets I am in picked L'ville to win it all, so an upset would have had decent repercussions for a bunch of folks.
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I have Kentucky in the Final 4. Make it so, AB and bensell.
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I will be giving it all I have in that regard.

Another Coach/Former Assistant in first round was San Diego St/New Mexico State.

I just wish the NCAA would admit that they do this shit.
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AB_skin_test wrote:Another Coach/Former Assistant in first round was San Diego St/New Mexico State.

I just wish the NCAA would admit that they do this shit.
At a certain point, there stops being a way to have these "coincidences" not happen (although your example of teacher-student in this case is good because how often does NM State make the tourney, and this year, I think they did it to "keep them closer to home" and SDSU couldn't play in San Diego).

With realignment and long tournament histories for some teams, there may not be a way to avoid those matchups. Before their slide, Syracuse fans were speculating they would be in the East bracket with Villanova and UConn, playing in the Garden. Had tOSU won yesterday, they would be in a rematch of an Elite Eight game from a couple years ago that went down to the final seconds (and now a former SU player is an assistant for Dayton... and Greg Paulus, who played football in his final year at Syracuse, is a tOSU assistant). If their bracket holds form, they play Kansas in Sweet 16, a rematch of the 2003 title game. Other top four seeds there is a recent storyline from are Michigan (Final Four last year), Louisville, Duke, Virginia, Villanova, Wisconsin (from a Sweet Sixteen game a couple years ago).

But, yeah, I think the NCAA does fix some of that stuff to generate interest (UMass and tOSU could have been switched, but the in-state matchup of tOSU-Dayton or coach v. assistant storyline you cited was undoubtedly appealing to the NCAA/TV people).
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I'm mostly only referring to first round matchups. I won't be saying "LOOK WHAT THE NCAA DID! THEY SET UP A PITINO VS. DONOVAN POTENTIAL FINAL!" Or note that UK could potentially play Duke in a regional final...just like the Laettner game.

And sure, it makes some sense that good coaches will have staff members that become good coaches as well which increases the likelihood of a matchup, because the pupil is usually gonna be at lower-prestige school that will be seeded in the 12-16 range. but your New Mexico State being close to home is contrary to the pod system stuff as well.
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AB_skin_test wrote:I'm mostly only referring to first round matchups. I won't be saying "LOOK WHAT THE NCAA DID! THEY SET UP A PITINO VS. DONOVAN POTENTIAL FINAL!" Or note that UK could potentially play Duke in a regional final...just like the Laettner game.

And sure, it makes some sense that good coaches will have staff members that become good coaches as well which increases the likelihood of a matchup, because the pupil is usually gonna be at lower-prestige school that will be seeded in the 12-16 range. but your New Mexico State being close to home is contrary to the pod system stuff as well.
That's not entirely true. The point of the pod system is to try to keep all the teams closer to home, regardless of seed. Though it's true that the higher seeds are given priority in that regard.
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Yeah, you're right. And it makes sense for ticket sales. Not everyone travels like the BIG BLUE NATION.
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Good thing for Duke they are bigger, stronger, quicker and superior shooters. Because Mercer is kicking their ass at actually playing basketball. Coach K sez, "I sure miss seniors."
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Everytime it looks like Duke is ready to take control, Mercer runs ten fresh legs out on the floor. If Duke doesn't keep hitting 3s, they going down.
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howard wrote:Everytime it looks like Duke is ready to take control, Mercer runs ten fresh legs out on the floor. If Duke doesn't keep hitting 3s, they going down.
My thoughts exactly. Or if the refs keep making bad calls on out of bounds lays and block/charges (to be fair there have been bad calls against both teams).
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The Duke offense should (continue to) go through Sulimon and Cook; just tell Parker and Hood to step aside--this ain't your night, kids.

ETA: Mercer's defense against superior athletes is making me wet all over.
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Thank you (the rare travelling call). K is gonna lose this by relying on Hood and Parker. Loving this.

ETA: Rodney Hood fouls out. The Aardvark still has a chance to escape his own bad decision.

ETAA: ballgame. Seniors don't blow 5-point leads in the last minute.
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Coach K wins today's Tears of Unfathomable Sadness award.
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My favorite part about that three-point-play was, after the foul, one of the Mercer players on the floor was imploring the guys on the bench to not come on the floor in their celebration.
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Beaten on the go route. Hilarious.
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Foul, foul, travel, kicked ball. All infractions committed by Duke, in a two-second span; none called.
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