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wild watching st mary's getting blasted and teh zags making KU look like a hot mess....

grand canyon looking like world beaters.....there's some significant cinderella action brewing.....with us gone, at least get to root oopenly for the whole crappy edifice to come tumbling down....go mid majors!!!!! ;)

Buzz is a helluva coach.

this tournament owes us some luck of the good variety in sizeable quantites. i suspect it's going to be the time when we get our first win...and then our 2d, 3rd, etc..... Hopefully Fred's bldg a program, and not just the team that goes every few years so there's not this level of epic pressure every decade.

these things tend to go in cycles...the ncaa is a reactionary institution....it's primary purpose is to protect itself and perpetuate its authority and influence. This is pretty much poli sci 401. As all pendulums do, when this one reaches it's zenith, it begings the long trip back and we do this all over again.... there were some impressively low scores this year, and that always creates issues with so-called casual fans who, ostensibly, prefer offense over defense (in every sport, btw). And as these scores dip, the NCAA will look t the stats on viewership and popularity and adjust again by doing half the things you mention. in some ways, the best coaches are the ones that have a really good crystal ball and can see trends....

enjoy your day on the links, big fella...take out a squirrel for me....

thanks. much appreciated

We scored enough points to win nearly any other game in the tourney. So there's that... But man, we almost gave up a century! And that I cannot, cannot suffer. SHooting like that all game isn't luck. It's a fundamnetla flaw in how a team is playing on D. I said in the threa,d that I can't make anyjudgements about anything for the game until I see some helpfully placed videos. But when I'm reading stuff like "no one's going after balls on the ground" and some other posts in-game that implied we weren't busting our rumps the way we need to to win, I start getting crotchety. It really seems like this team stopped playing hard as soon as they loicked up the bid by pounding Indiana. There were several comments, even in that video, focusing on just the fact of the bid. Then I see comments by two coaches about complacency and remining players the season isn't over....who the hell says that to a team fired up by being in the Dance? I'm sure I'll see and read more about the effort put forth....and if it turns out these dudes were just satisfied already and "happy to be there", then I'm gonna be pissy for a bit. You play in my schools colors, I expect you to play hard. ESPECIALLY when it's in the frigging Tourney!

ruh roh....i trust B1G refs like I trust AIDs ain't deadly

they import the B1G refs for the game?

keisei gave far more to this program than it gave to him...we'll miss him a great deal. not just as a player, but as a person. he was a terrific ambassador for my alma mater. and that matters to me.

I can't root against Buzz, 'cause I love the dude as a coach. We gave up 98 points to a team and you're not winning games like that unless you're Loyola under Westhead. I hope I'm alive next year to see the big one. Clock's ticking...loud.

I think our staff tipped their hands earlier this week by spending locker room time talking about not resting on laurels way too much. This was a vibe that the staff was worried about. I think they were happy with defeating the predictions about themselves prior to the season and that seemed to be their dominant motiviation, and when they proved they weren't 13th place, they closed up shop. They're not the first team to do that. It happens in this tourney to underdogs pretty frequently after upsets. A&M came into this tourney hungry. I could see it in Buzz' presser. I just never saw that from our guys.

well, I'm actually not even feeling upset....i'm not putting any more emotional effort into this than they are. and besides, work calls, and we got real lives to protect....:) it'll be interesting reading the aftermath of this debacle...

In short, they're being the better version of themselves, we're definitely not. For me, my wrath is only reserved for lack of effort, and I can't determine that from score scrolls.....so....

At this point, I'm just cnfused as to what's happening....all I know is that in half a half they haven't cut into even a single point of a massive lead, and that tells me that A&M is basically toying with them like you dothe little brother trying to wrestle you and you just keep pushing their forhead and they can't reach you

what surprises me is that htis team knows how critical its defensive intensity is to its success by now. you'd think if there was anything they'd be dialed into, it would be that. this is the one thing I can never figure out about these guys.....

fred get a t? when someone gets a chance, can they explain? can't see that on score scroll...:)

to me, it depends on the why of it. if we're losing because we're lethargic compared to the opponent, that's not a halftime fix. if it's just bad luck, that's different. I can't see the game (or even hear it) so I leave that judgment to others. I just want to avoid any infighting breaking out. I can't handle any more of that.

bummer. hoiberg's speech to them earlier about not being satisfied with just making it seems a bit prophetic now.....oh well....it's a classic case of, "if you ain't got nothing good to say...." :) just one of them days. Hopefully something major happens after half.

yikes, we're on pace to give up 50 pts this half to A&M??!! Really? Oh my....

gotta bring your A game to this tournament...there's still time....but they'd better start processing where they're at right now

personally, i'd rather us be down a few than up the dreaded 10 at half. so there's that.....

Taylor's good. He was the one player we had to defend well. I take it he came to play.....

the tone of the room has shifted....what's the latest?