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Mar 9, 2016 3:57 PM
NCSU has a lot of paper tigers. The Martin twins and Abdul-Abu can absolutely wow you with their skills and athleticism, but none are consistent or very good team players. Between those guys, Barber, Anya and Rowan, you have what's equivalent to six top 75 recruits who all have multiple years of experience (minus Rowan). Whether that's coaching or not, who knows, but we all knew Gottfried isn't a good coach. He had similar teams at Alabama and always underachieved.
Mar 9, 2016 3:57pm
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Mar 9, 2016 9:28 PM
Holy Cross heading to the tourney at 14-19.
Mar 9, 2016 9:28pm
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Mar 9, 2016 9:33 PM
Mulva;1785478 wrote:Holy Cross heading to the tourney at 14-19.
After going winless in conference play. Heck of a run.
Mar 9, 2016 9:33pm
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Mar 9, 2016 9:34 PM
wildcats20;1785483 wrote:After going winless in conference play. Heck of a run.
5-13, but yes.

And Patriot League does higher seeds for the conference tourney, so they won 4 straight true road games to do it.

Edit: Assuming you meant winless on the road, since I just saw that stat
Mar 9, 2016 9:34pm
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Mar 9, 2016 9:41 PM
Mulva;1785484 wrote:5-13, but yes.

And Patriot League does higher seeds for the conference tourney, so they won 4 straight true road games to do it.

Edit: Assuming you meant winless on the road, since I just saw that stat
Lol yeah I saw 0-9 and didn't think twice about it.
Mar 9, 2016 9:41pm
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Mar 9, 2016 11:46 PM
The Golden Eagles and Johnnies locked in a tight one on FS1. Marquette up 93 to 89 with 1:32 left with St. John's at the line.
Mar 9, 2016 11:46pm
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Mar 9, 2016 11:53 PM
Winner gets top-seeded Xavier tomorrow. Interestingly, each played X almost identically in the regular-season, with Marquette dropping both games to Xavier by eight points each and St. John's losing one by eight and the second by seven.

Things could get interesting in the Big East. While it's not the Old Big East, this conference still produces some quality basketball. I do miss the old monster of a tournament that this league used to put on exhibition every March. It consistently was the most exciting.
Mar 9, 2016 11:53pm
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Mar 10, 2016 6:50 AM
Florida State likely cooked losing to Virginia Tech.
Syracuse possibly done losing to Pittsburgh.
Georgia Tech gets Virginia again, they are at least in the at-large discussion.
Oregon State holds serve beating Arizona State.
Texas Tech likely still in, but losing to TCU is pretty bad.

Creighton probably needs to beat Seton Hall today.
Florida lost center John Egbunu and needs to beat Arkansas.
Northwestern and Michigan, both on the outside likely at this point.
Virginia Tech probably seals a bid with a win over Miami.
Georgia Tech probably the same if they beat Virginia.
Mar 10, 2016 6:50am
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Mar 10, 2016 12:51 PM
Eddie Jordan out at Rutgers. Not a big shock.
Mar 10, 2016 12:51pm
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Mar 10, 2016 12:55 PM
wildcats20;1785603 wrote:Eddie Jordan out at Rutgers. Not a big shock.
500 firings and the whole school is still one giant clusterfuck of epic proportions, as far as athletics go.
Mar 10, 2016 12:55pm
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Mar 10, 2016 1:00 PM
Ivy League is adding a 4 team postseason tournament starting next year, to be played at the Palestra.
Mar 10, 2016 1:00pm
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Mar 10, 2016 2:31 PM
wildcats20;1785611 wrote:Ivy League is adding a 4 team postseason tournament starting next year, to be played at the Palestra.
That's actually pretty cool. What's the reasoning behind not having all 8 teams in the tournament though?
Mar 10, 2016 2:31pm
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Mar 10, 2016 2:39 PM
No idea, they are reducing the conference schedule by 1 game.
Mar 10, 2016 2:39pm
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Mar 10, 2016 3:01 PM
wildcats20;1785648 wrote:No idea, they are reducing the conference schedule by 1 game.
I get that they have a greater focus on academics, but I would think it wouldn't be too big of a deal to leave the conference schedule the same and have an 8-team tournament during a weekend. Oh well, I like the idea overall.
Mar 10, 2016 3:01pm
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Mar 10, 2016 3:01 PM
ironman02;1785645 wrote:That's actually pretty cool. What's the reasoning behind not having all 8 teams in the tournament though?
Sounds like a compromise somewhere between yielding to the convention of the conference tournament while still wanting to ensure that season-long excellence is being rewarded and representing the league in the NCAAs.
Mar 10, 2016 3:01pm
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Mar 10, 2016 3:02 PM
reclegend22;1785658 wrote:Sounds like a compromise somewhere between yielding to the convention of the conference tournament while still wanting to ensure that season-long excellence is being rewarded and representing the league in the NCAAs.
Good point. That could be part of the rationale as well.
Mar 10, 2016 3:02pm
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Mar 10, 2016 3:06 PM
UAB continuing the string of top-ranked seeds in lesser conferences going down in their tournaments.
Mar 10, 2016 3:06pm
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Mar 10, 2016 3:10 PM
I do not think this will be the year for a 16 seed to win. Those 15/16 lines are really getting watered down.
Mar 10, 2016 3:10pm
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Mar 10, 2016 3:12 PM
Heretic;1785660 wrote:UAB continuing the string of top-ranked seeds in lesser conferences going down in their tournaments.
Cue the "conference tournaments are bad for the game" crusade from coaches across America affected by this trend. Lol.

Read: Jim Boeheim.
Mar 10, 2016 3:12pm
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Mar 10, 2016 4:19 PM
reclegend22;1785664 wrote:Cue the "conference tournaments are bad for the game" crusade from coaches across America affected by this trend. Lol.

Read: Jim Boeheim.
Also Boeheim appears to have pissed his pants in the tournament game.
Mar 10, 2016 4:19pm
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Mar 10, 2016 4:55 PM
reclegend22;1785664 wrote:Cue the "conference tournaments are bad for the game" crusade from coaches across America affected by this trend. Lol.

Read: Jim Boeheim.
And right now, in the final two minutes, top-seeded San Diego State (Mountain West) is losing by two to #9 Utah State. At least according to Yahoo, with the smaller conferences, they don't have completely live score updates.
Mar 10, 2016 4:55pm
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Mar 10, 2016 4:59 PM
Ivy is doing what everyone mid major should do. Except I'd go a step further for the really small ones and say reg season champ gets home court.

4 teams puts a much bigger emphasis on regular season, which is good. It eliminated the God awful teams from making it, but still provides the allure of a conference tournament.
Mar 10, 2016 4:59pm
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Mar 10, 2016 5:01 PM
Weber State survives. San Diego State up 2 late.
Mar 10, 2016 5:01pm
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Mar 10, 2016 5:10 PM
Laley23;1785698 wrote:Ivy is doing what everyone mid major should do. Except I'd go a step further for the really small ones and say reg season champ gets home court.

4 teams puts a much bigger emphasis on regular season, which is good. It eliminated the God awful teams from making it, but still provides the allure of a conference tournament.
I didn't realize the Sun Belt tournament is only 4 teams too.
Mar 10, 2016 5:10pm
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Mar 10, 2016 5:41 PM
Vandy loses to Tennessee. Thinking they just played their way out.
Mar 10, 2016 5:41pm