So I have 3 of 8 Elite 8 teams and 1 of 4 Final Four teams left.

This is why I don't bet on the Tourney

I am 40 points behind the leader in our pool but I have 240 more possible points remaining. I will be watching the remaining games a little more intensely.

Archie Miller to Indiana

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Archie Miller to Indiana

That's a great hire.

Iowan wrote:

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Archie Miller to Indiana

That's a great hire.

FWIW, I read the Miller really wanted the Ohio State job (he coached there under Matta). He and many others were expecting Matta to be fired. When Matta wasn't fired and the Indiana job opened, Miller jumped

Iowan wrote:

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Archie Miller to Indiana

That's a great hire.

I agree, as a UK fan, I was really hoping IU would get Alford because I don't think he's anything special as a coach. I'm much more worried about Archie returning IU to a powerhouse program and having another big-time team in our backyard.

rlipps wrote:

Iowan wrote:

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Archie Miller to Indiana

That's a great hire.

I agree, as a UK fan, I was really hoping IU would get Alford because I don't think he's anything special as a coach. I'm much more worried about Archie returning IU to a powerhouse program and having another big-time team in our backyard.

Agree but the program seems to be poisoned since Knight left in 2000. Many thought they would return to being a power under Davis, and then again under Sampson, and yet then again after Crean. All three had the same resources that Miller will. He's no doubt a good coach but so were those guys. I won't buy into them being a perennial power again until I see it.

That said, Miller is definitely the better choice over Alford (though it appears Alford had already turned them down, so they moved on to plan B)

Shifting gears, I keep seeing that Western Kentucky has a top 10 recruiting class coming in next year. How did the Hilltoppers pull that off? Carolina's incoming class is generally ranked in the mid 30s

Well two of those soft west coast teams are in the Final Four

Zip City wrote:Well two of those soft west coast teams are in the Final Four

edgy take

Kentucky fans might recall when UNC/Kentucky met in the 1995 regional final (pretty sure it was in Birmingham) and this went down



good times

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:

Zip City wrote:Well two of those soft west coast teams are in the Final Four

edgy take

I think you missed my point. I was praising two teams who were previously implied to be soft in this thread.

Zip City wrote:

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:

Zip City wrote:Well two of those soft west coast teams are in the Final Four

edgy take

I think you missed my point. I was praising two teams who were previously implied to be soft in this thread.

No, I totally understood your point

Then I don't get the eye roll

Congrats to South Carolina, first Final Four in school history. They rebound and defend like beasts, this run is very impressive. Every team they have beaten in this run--Marquette, dook, Wisconsin, and Florida--all have won national championships

ETA: I was wrong above, SC beat Baylor in the Sweet 16, not Wisconsin, and the Baylor men have never won a title. Everything else in the above post stands

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Congrats to South Carolina, first Final Four in school history. They rebound and defend like beasts, this run is very impressive. Every team they have beaten in this run--Marquette, dook, Wisconsin, and Florida--all have won national championships

And now either SC or Gonzaga will be in the finals. Nuts.

And the blue bloods battle it out for one Final Four spot.

Zip City wrote:

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:Congrats to South Carolina, first Final Four in school history. They rebound and defend like beasts, this run is very impressive. Every team they have beaten in this run--Marquette, dook, Wisconsin, and Florida--all have won national championships

And now either SC or Gonzaga will be in the finals. Nuts.

And the blue bloods battle it out for one Final Four spot.

Yeah, this Final Four has all kinds of stories--Gonzaga finally breaks through, South Carolina's impressive run, Oregon back in FF for first time since winning the very first national championship in 39, and then as you said, a blue blood. Man do I love the tournament, never disappoints!

my stomach is in knots for this game, I wish I could be as optimistic as all of these CBS studio guys about Carolina's chances

Someone check on WWCD. I hope he dint stroke out!

I wish my local CBS channel hadn't cut away in the final 20 seconds to give a weather update.

But seriously, the station is getting destroyed on Twitter right now.

https://twitter.com/10TV/status/846138211021807617

What an idiotic move by the station manager

Zip City wrote:I wish my local CBS channel hadn't cut away in the final 20 seconds to give a weather update.

But seriously, the station is getting destroyed on Twitter right now.

https://twitter.com/10TV/status/846138211021807617

What an idiotic move by the station manager

Fireable offense, unless there was a tornado bearing down on someone.

Iowan wrote:Someone check on WWCD. I hope he dint stroke out!

Came close

Texted Bubba that this game aged me more than the Trump presidency has so far

Iowan wrote:

Zip City wrote:I wish my local CBS channel hadn't cut away in the final 20 seconds to give a weather update.

But seriously, the station is getting destroyed on Twitter right now.

https://twitter.com/10TV/status/846138211021807617

What an idiotic move by the station manager

Fireable offense, unless there was a tornado bearing down on someone.

that's even worse than Barkley having the TV on the Clapper

Yeah, UNC was up by 3 when they cut away. Missed the tying 3 and the winning jumper

Zip City wrote:Yeah, UNC was up by 3 when they cut away. Missed the tying 3 and the winning jumper

brutal! Assume where you live there are a fair amount of Kentucky fans

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:

Zip City wrote:Yeah, UNC was up by 3 when they cut away. Missed the tying 3 and the winning jumper

brutal! Assume where you live there are a fair amount of Kentucky fans

Nah. 99% Ohio State, 1% other Ohio schools

I really wish I didn't care so much about sports. Congrats WWCD.

rlipps wrote:I really wish I didn't care so much about sports. Congrats WWCD.

Thanks very much, and I know exactly what you mean

Hate that such a great game like this had to be in a regional final, someday our teams are bound to meet in the Final Four (this was the 4th time we've met in the Elite 8)

just saw that 657 people in ESPN's bracket challenge correctly picked this Final Four

I am pretty flabbergasted, that seems like way more than would be expected. I have no problem seeing a ton of people having UNC, Gonzaga, and Oregon, but 657 who also had South Carolina?

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:just saw that 657 people in ESPN's bracket challenge correctly picked this Final Four

I am pretty flabbergasted, that seems like way more than would be expected. I have no problem seeing a ton of people having UNC, Gonzaga, and Oregon, but 657 who also had South Carolina?

NFW. I refuse to believe it.

Iowan wrote:

Zip City wrote:I wish my local CBS channel hadn't cut away in the final 20 seconds to give a weather update.

But seriously, the station is getting destroyed on Twitter right now.

https://twitter.com/10TV/status/846138211021807617

What an idiotic move by the station manager

Fireable offense, unless there was a tornado bearing down on someone.

Yep. Incredible. Then again, the guy (or gal) who made the decision probably wasn't alive for the Heidi Game. Then again again it was a freaking 3 point game in the regional finals between 2 legendary programs!!!!! No excuse short of an evacuation level emergency.