tshile Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, Fergasun said: Re: Bennett at UVA That Pat Forde article is silly. I like Forde but think he misses big here in so many ways. in addition to what you said, Bennett has a 73% winning pct in general and 70% winning pct against the acc (which may be a shell of itself now but a lot of those wins come during a time period where acc was legit tier 1 league) hes 16-10 in the tourney. 6 of those wins is the 2019 run and 3 of those loses are first round exits in the last 4 tournaments they made. So he’s 10-7 outside those 4 years. and he took a program that had fallen apart and made it a top 20 program in the country. im not a fan of his style of play but he’s clearly a great coach that’s had (is having) a good run. people act like you can just say “we want to find a coach that will win more tournament games” and it’s as simple as that. Edited March 17, 2023 by tshile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 26 minutes ago, tshile said: I like Forde but think he misses big here in so many ways. in addition to what you said, Bennett has a 73% winning pct in general and 70% winning pct against the acc (which may be a shell of itself now but a lot of those wins come during a time period where acc was legit tier 1 league) hes 16-10 in the tourney. 6 of those wins is the 2019 run and 3 of those loses are first round exits in the last 4 tournaments they made. So he’s 10-7 outside those 4 years. and he took a program that had fallen apart and made it a top 20 program in the country. im not a fan of his style of play but he’s clearly a great coach that’s had (is having) a good run. people act like you can just say “we want to find a coach that will win more tournament games” and it’s as simple as that. Generally agree with this take. If UVA moved on from Bennett they would almost certainly be worse for it. They don’t have a tremendous level of talent* and his style does help them be a very good regular season team. Oddly enough they generally do pretty well in the ACCT too. *I will say though that Bennett has utterly failed to capitalize on his title. UVA has pretty high academic standards and he doesn’t like recruiting guys that are going to be one and done anyway, but man, they should be better by now. The only time his teams have ever done a thing in the tournament, he had like four future NBA players starting for him. That’s what it takes for his style to be successful. A bunch of a long athletes as 2-3-4 that can shoot it well. A great defensive presence at 5. And a 1 that is a top tier floor general AND can shoot. Their offense has to be hyper-efficient to effective at all. And for whatever reason their recruiting hasn’t been great over the last handful of years. They haven’t been able to land that caliber of player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 It's not unique to UVA, but what impact has COVID had on recruiting, etc.? I don't know. Did anyone have Princeton over University of Arizona? I know it is crazy, but I think of all the 15-2 matchups this year, Arizona was pretty solid coming off the PAC12 win. And I think this upset has just been chalked up as another "this is how the tournament is" games. Princeton as a 13 over UCLA as a 4 was downright shocking 26 (?) years ago.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodBits Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, Fergasun said: It's not unique to UVA, but what impact has COVID had on recruiting, etc.? I don't know. May have had a disproportionate impact on UVA given how soon after their title it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 The biggest thing that has had an impact (highly negative imo) on college sports is the transfer portal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Glad to see MSU won, even though I wasn't able to watch the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Kennesaw St Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Xavier survives. That absolutely would have killed many of my brackets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 I don't think I've filled out a bracket since 6th grade. Haven't even bet on a game since Davidson vs Kansas 15 years ago. Sad. 😔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Xavier got saved by a whistle. To be fair, their guy got fouled. The refs swallowed the whistle when Kennishaw State got fouled with about 5 seconds left. You gotta call it even!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 17, 2023 Share Posted March 17, 2023 Glad to see Iona lose. Pitino is scum. He should be banned from coaching in the NCAA. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Go Antelopes! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 GCU eh? We got the Fairleigh Dickenson Knights looking for a 16-1 seed upset over here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Purdue big man is not doing what you should against the "smallest team in the tournament". Purdue is a FDU stop and score away from being put to sleep on the ropes. 16 Seed up by 5 with 1 min left!!!! And this big goon is the player of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 ... Ridiculous... if you get fouled and the ball goes out of bounds its the other teams ball. This happened to save Xavier also... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) Wow Fairleigh Dickenson. 16 over 1. Edited March 18, 2023 by The Evil Genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Upset City!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 A lot more brackets just got busted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Don't worry Purdue... I am sure you will win the National Championship next year! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergasun Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I can't believe Purdue went away from their big man... I only watched the last 7 minutes, but he had 21 points? I don't think we saw him score. Just said 1 shot in the last 12 minutes of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Wiggles Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Thanks for nothing Providence. You toyed with my heart like it was a toy heart. 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Fergasun said: I can't believe Purdue went away from their big man... I only watched the last 7 minutes, but he had 21 points? I don't think we saw him score. Just said 1 shot in the last 12 minutes of the game. no one on Purdue wanted the ball, including their big man. They showed up off their game against a fast team with hot hands, and it psyched them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 I'm wondering if there's something about Painter's coaching that doesn't work for the tourney. Purdue has dropped games to low seeds repeatedly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdcskins Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Holy christ I just woke up from a nap. Saw the first two minutes of the Purdue game and saw FD came ready to play. But wow!!!!! Had no idea. Saw a text from a friend that's how I found out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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