By excusing 4 or 5 white starters, apparently.
There is a reason no big-time schools do this.
How Can Clemson Be in Sweet 16?
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There is a reason no big-time schools do this.
Yep, these are called outliers. That is statistics 101.
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Well, that was the whole argument all along....................not that black players > white players.
Although............who are you trying to sell this ^^^ argument to? 😆
Btw, Clemson may start 3 white guys..........but those are the only white guys that played for them in their Sweet 16 game.
Looks to me like they have your typical big, tall athletic white post player, a stretch 4 that can occasionally shoot 3s, and a stereotypical 3 and D guy who basically only looks to shoot 3s. (So, your classic Wisconsin lineup)
And?..............
I don't care if they are black or white as long as they are better athletes than what we currently have. Fran can't recruit for sh#t. He's lucked into everything and the high ranked guys were already Iowa homers.
Well, that's one team. They are an outlier. Go back over the last 20 years or and look at the makeup of Final Four teams and I imagine you'll see what I mean. Plus, we're not talking about "good at basketball". We're not talking about shooting and dribbling, and ability to play defense. The issue is the sheer quickness and athleticism, which in the vast majority of cases is off-the-charts in favor of the black players. It doesn't take a sheet of metrics or stats to know this. it takes a set of eyes and a TV.
It's hard to believe some still don't grasp that.
I would even argue that quickness and athleticism also enhances ones ability to play defense. I can't count the number of times I've seen what appeared to be an easy layup or dunk coming, end up denied by an athletic play by a defender that elevates and blocks the shot at the last second.. That's something I can't see very many on Iowa's roster being physically capable of. Not to mention that extra quickness making a defender harder to beat off the dribble to begin with.
It's not racism to recognize that the vast majority of high level basketball players are black. It's a recognition of fact. We can argue over root cause, but raw numbers don't lie.
To get some folks to consider that perhaps it’s not race that determines the quality of a player.
Correct.
The racism is in saying “we need more black players” or “we suck because we are too white”.
Houston, we got a problem. Teams plays some nice defense. Reminds me of the West Virginia women's team. (bit of sarcasm)
The humiliation is complete.
Big 12 bows out with each of their 8 teams losing to a lower seed.
ACC is 11-2
Big East is 7-2. Only had 3 teams in the tourney and if UCONN beats Illinois will finish with more wins than Big12.
SEC is 7-6.
BIG 10 is 8-4
PAC 12 is 6-4
Big 12 finishes 7-8
6 power conferences.. Big 12 +#6.
I have been reading a lot of tourney stuff this morning. I am having trouble finding any columns or commentary on how badly the Big 12 underperformed. Seems when similar happens to the BIG 10, it is headlines on every site.
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I think it's more a reflection of percentages in context. When you have a team where 75-80% of the minutes go to white players within a sport where 75-80% of the elite players are black, that might reflect a dearth of talent. Adding more black players alone obviously doesn't improve things. Adding more talented players does, and given the realities of the sport, would most likely add more color as well.
