No one to root for in final4
- Thread starter vgshwk
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Boring just like football!!
Agreed. Which program gets to add to its stack of championships? No intrigue here at all IMO.
I was much more interested last year when it was Gonzaga v. Baylor.
I was much more interested last year when it was Gonzaga v. Baylor.
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I am intrigued by the UNC - Duke semifinal game. I am rooting for North Carolina to send Coach K into retirement with a loss. I hope Villanova wins it all as they are by far the final four program with the least obnoxious fans.
I hope Villanova takes it down. Of the 3, he seems quite a bit less vile than the rest.
I will watch because I have watched every Final Four since 1963, but I really don't care who wins. If pressed, I probably favor Nova.
Kansas-cheater
Duke-cheater
UNC-cheater
Nova-seems like a clean program
I will go with Nova.
Duke-cheater
UNC-cheater
Nova-seems like a clean program
I will go with Nova.
Put a wager on it if you want a rooting favorite. If not, just watch and hope for good bball.
You got Hubert Davis now at UNC. Seems like a solid guy.
Duke and NC and a lot of the ACC get the smart kids who have discipline and have worked hard their whole lives. Why not want to go to an academic AND athletic top school? We don't have to worry about these things in Iowa as U.S. News and World Report (the academic-ranking Bible) has Iowa ranked second-to-last in the BIG, one spot above last-place Nebraska- in undergrad academics. (Look it up.) Our athletics are actually Way better than the school part of the school. As an Iowa grad, I have always tried to practice public humility. Privately I know we have the best, hard-working folks in the nation, even if we're not (as a group) that athletic or smart. But our women are all cute, and our children are mostly above-average.
I am currently 2nd in another Iowa website's bracket. i need Kansas to beat Duke for the title. possible merchandise prize for the winner.
The trolls who were in waiting like it though. I see a lot of them around now, with all the anti-Fran shit.
Although they had to wait a little longer because Iowa won the B1G TOURNAMENT TITLE HELLO.
Queuing the standard responses now:
- Lost the first round NCAA.
(So did Kentucky and Iowa wasn’t even predicted to make the tournament this year. Thanks for playing.)
- Defense.
(Duh. Look at the final stats and compare to previous years. You’ll see relative improvement. Thanks for playing.)
- Recruiting good players.
(Murray Twins. Thanks for playing)
- Long post with many paragraphs, with mostly revisionist history and lots of senseless rambling.
(TLDR. Thanks for playing).
Although they had to wait a little longer because Iowa won the B1G TOURNAMENT TITLE HELLO.
Queuing the standard responses now:
- Lost the first round NCAA.
(So did Kentucky and Iowa wasn’t even predicted to make the tournament this year. Thanks for playing.)
- Defense.
(Duh. Look at the final stats and compare to previous years. You’ll see relative improvement. Thanks for playing.)
- Recruiting good players.
(Murray Twins. Thanks for playing)
- Long post with many paragraphs, with mostly revisionist history and lots of senseless rambling.
(TLDR. Thanks for playing).
Yes, I remember those smart kids taking tests for the North Carolina BB players. Aw shucks Roy knew nothing about it...
I’m with you on this. Don’t talk about academics and North Carolina in the same sentence unless you want some serious vitriol from me. Made-up courses that they may or may not have had to attend ………right………😮
Nova: they seem like a good/clean program and they are the fundamentally sound. A little bit like if Iowa football was as good on offense as they are on defense.
Kansas = Best team money can buy
NC = Best team that never has to go to class
Duke = Best team to cheer against
Nova = Best team to cheer for
NC = Best team that never has to go to class
Duke = Best team to cheer against
Nova = Best team to cheer for
Villanova normally only plays 6. Now with the loss of a player due to achilles tendon, they will be really shorthanded.
Saw them practice in Brooklyn the year they bounced Iowa. Just an absolute bball clinic
Oddly enough, I just watched Ferentz, who I don't always agree with, expound on just this issue. He is afraid the way the NCAA regulations are being enforced and especially NIL, that we may return to the days of the Big Two and Little Twelve(?) in both major sports. I can definitely see his point when you hear about certain schools handing out cars like party favors and boosters lining up to hand out cash to recruits. Do you really think Iowa has a level playing field when this occurs? Iowa will get the players that the big boys just don't want and may not get them at all if they stock their benches and sidelines with players just to keep them from going to schools like Iowa.
Duke and NC get smart kids? Not necessarily in the athletic dept. NC had to cheat on the academic side of the basketball program.
Just root for someone to lose. That way no matter what happens....somebody loses........and you win!
The sad part is, NIL was SUPPOSED to be something in which the schools have NO part. And it's already being grievously abused in year one.
my thought as well, glad Arcidiacono graduated though - hated him as a player.....
I think Duke and Nova cheat less than all of them so I would normally root for them.
But, my 2 boys each filled out a bracket and have a chance to get 1st and 2nd place. My 5 year old picked Iowa over Duke (good lesson learned) and my 9 year old picked Kansas (it looked like a parrot), so I guess I'm a Duke and Kansas fan.
