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2018-19 College Basketball Season-Long Thread

So, it appears that we are banking on the fact that in this year's NCAA Tourney will look nothing like last year's when only 3 of the top 8 seeds made the Elite 8?


Does it feel like the top 8 this year (UVA, Duke, Gonzaga, UK, UNC, Michigan, Michigan State, TN) are much better than the rest of the field?
 
It's always fun to see the potential match-ups Lunardi has in his brackets this time of year. VT is paired against VCU (an in-state OOC game that rarely happens). If the Hokies win, they get the winner of Marquette (the "Buzz Bowl") and Old Dominion (time for a little payback for the football fiasco in Norfolk). Great story lines if VT can find a way to get out of the first round.
 
Pilchard said:
So, it appears that we are banking on the fact that in this year's NCAA Tourney will look nothing like last year's when only 3 of the top 8 seeds made the Elite 8?


Does it feel like the top 8 this year (UVA, Duke, Gonzaga, UK, UNC, Michigan, Michigan State, TN) are much better than the rest of the field?
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UVA's regular season resume puts them in that group but until they actually beat someone in the NCAA's no way i'd put them in that tier.
 
Pilchard said:
So, it appears that we are banking on the fact that in this year's NCAA Tourney will look nothing like last year's when only 3 of the top 8 seeds made the Elite 8?


Does it feel like the top 8 this year (UVA, Duke, Gonzaga, UK, UNC, Michigan, Michigan State, TN) are much better than the rest of the field?
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Agreed - although I could see Tennessee or Michigan losing earlier than expected
 
Pilchard said:
So, it appears that we are banking on the fact that in this year's NCAA Tourney will look nothing like last year's when only 3 of the top 8 seeds made the Elite 8?


Does it feel like the top 8 this year (UVA, Duke, Gonzaga, UK, UNC, Michigan, Michigan State, TN) are much better than the rest of the field?
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Yes, it definitely feels like there is a big drop off after the top 8, and there is a drop off after #1 to the next 7 as long as Zion is playing. But I agree with Tim and would add UVA and MSU to Tenn and Mich as teams who all play great D but who are also prone to bad shooting days and could lose before the elite 8 because of that. That said, it'd make for great hoops viewing to see those 8 be the elite 8.
 
notre dame up on florida state

they ditched the mooney cam and now they are winning
 
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Just read that the Durham Leader of Men burned a kid's red shirt last game after setting him the first 26 games this year. Played him 5 minutes, obviously needs him with Zion hurt.
 
rgbchen1979 said:
Just read that the Durham Leader of Men burned a kid's red shirt last game after setting him the first 26 games this year. Played him 5 minutes, obviously needs him with Zion hurt.
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I shook my head when I heard that during the game but no kid in that situation is going to tell K not to put him in the game. It would have been his last game in a Dook uniform. Classless of K.
 
tagsfan said:
I shook my head when I heard that during the game but no kid in that situation is going to tell K not to put him in the game. It would have been his last game in a Dook uniform. The norm from Ratface.
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wsc8521s said:
Uh oh -- is this gonna be like when you were randomly scared to death of Baylor because you randomly watched Baylor-Kansas a couple years back?
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It blows my mind that people can remember posts from years back about super specific scenarios. Kudos, man!
 
rgbchen1979 said:
Just read that the Durham Leader of Men burned a kid's red shirt last game after setting him the first 26 games this year. Played him 5 minutes, obviously needs him with Zion hurt.
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yet he only played Bolden 10 mins. Should have given him that 5 mins.
 
CreamyGoodness said:
It blows my mind that people can remember posts from years back about super specific scenarios. Kudos, man!
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If it hadn't been 2017 I probably wouldn't remember -- I was hyper following then, since we didn't suck
 
rgbchen1979 said:
Just read that the Durham Leader of Men burned a kid's red shirt last game after setting him the first 26 games this year. Played him 5 minutes, obviously needs him with Zion hurt.
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Not just any kid. He was a kid that was supposed to be HS class of 2019; however, Duke convinced to skip his senior year of high school and enroll a year early. Then they decide he should just redshirt the year to get stronger and what not. And now they burn his eligibility to play a few minutes a game right at the end of the season? Of all the low, manipulative things Coach K has done, this has to be one of his lowest.
 
This Wisconsin/Indiana game is going to be the game that gets me to stop watching college BB. Bad play, terrible officiating, just awful. NBA is just such a better product.
 
Duke has now lost 2 of their last 3 games and will likely lose 2 more (UNC and in the ACC tourney). That would give them 6 losses, with 4 coming late season. Until recently they were a definite #1 seed. Now, unless Zion returns, will they be a 3 or a 4?
 
Bubble Boy said:
Not just any kid. He was a kid that was supposed to be HS class of 2019; however, Duke convinced to skip his senior year of high school and enroll a year early. Then they decide he should just redshirt the year to get stronger and what not. And now they burn his eligibility to play a few minutes a game right at the end of the season? Of all the low, manipulative things Coach K has done, this has to be one of his lowest.
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The kid got 1 minute last night. That makes 26 DNP's and 6 minutes played for the season. Certainly worth skipping your senior year of high school, and burning 1 year of college eligibility for.
 
rgbchen1979 said:
The kid got 1 minute last night. That makes 26 DNP's and 6 minutes played for the season. Certainly worth skipping your senior year of high school, and burning 1 year of college eligibility for.
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He won't be the first guy to go to Duke and eventually figure out that it wasn't a good decision. However, if he is in the NBA in two years, he won't care.
 
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