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I took the comment to mean like he was still playing high school ball back in Nebraska.

Thanks, I will be ordering one friday.

I'll never understand the A10 taking on Fordham. I thought that was a mistake from day 1. Sure you get a team from NYC but what good is it if they suck every year? Same with Duquesne.

Still have any 2XLs?

Thinking about making up a reason to get out of my internship so I can watch this game. LOL.

Ya...sorry...that was me. Here's what I posted: "LSU, Clemson and Georgia don't belong in the same sentence when talking about Nebraska and basketball. Nebraska is probably better this year than they have been in years but that really is not saying much. Nebraska has never actually won a game in the NCAA tournament. Nebraska is probably the all-time worst major conference basketball school. EVERY A10 school has a better history of basketball than does Nebraska." I understand that it must come off as pretty nasty to Husker fans. I think it's important to consider that I use "major conference" to mean B1G, ACC, Big12, Pac12, and SEC (the BE no longer deserving membership). It's also important to consider that I was talking about 100+ years of history. It's also true that Nebraska has probably been better than Northwestern so the statement is probably incorrect. In any case, there was some context. As some of you have noticed, UMass fans, as a group, have some amount of inferiority complex based on our conference affiliation and the resultant national press attention. While the A10 has always been a fairly strong basketball conference, all sports fans are well aware that the BCS conferences drive college athletics and garner the vast majority of media attention. New England is very different from the rest of the country with regards to college athletics - colleges sports will always be second fiddle to pro sports in terms of both attendance and media coverage. Massachusetts is worse, in this regard, than the rest of New England and even within Massachusetts the Boston press gives far less attention to UMass than they do to BC, BU, Harvard, etc. I'm sure many of you are unhappy with the Cornhusker's move from the Big12 to the B1G (I would be) but in the world of college athletics you will remain in the driver seat because of this affiliation. For UMass, this upheaval in conference affiliation (which I believe will inevitably lead to a divorce from the NCAA by the member schools of the major conferences) is much scarier. UMass moved up to FBS football in a belated attempt to avoid being left out in the cold when the major conferences build their new organization. This move is bound to fail because UMass is unlikely to ever gain membership in one of the surviving conferences. In any case, my post was not intended to besmirch Nebraska as it was to point out that Nebraska basketball represent a relatively normal challenge for UMass and not the same as would be faced if UMass was to play, for example, Michigan or Michigan State. First, Nebraska has at least MADE the tournament unlike Northwestern so that is one team down. I would also argue that not every A10 school has a better history than we do. Just because a team has won a couple of games after getting there does not automatically make it better. I would argue that Nebraska is a better program than a school like Fordham for example. Another contention I will make as a basketball junkie is that you put the SEC above the Big East and the A10. I would consider SEC basketball to be below both of those leagues. Sure neither league has any one team as good as Kentucky but the overall quality of both leagues is well above that of the SEC. People forget that the Big East still has some very good basketball teams and some excellent tradition.

dang, my post count reset. I used to post all the time a few years ago so I know I should have more than this. haha.

Akoy looked like a decent prospect in one of the exhibition games, I can't remember which. Rick has a history of not giving players minutes, even in blowouts, if he doesn't think they have earned them. Especially to freshmen. Sort of like Rick Adelman and rookies at the NBA level. Earl Clark had several DNPs his freshman year the first third of the season for the very same reason and he was a McDonalds AA. Peyton Siva also had very limited minutes at times his freshman year. If Chane Behanan and Montrezl Harrell go pro after the year, at least one will likely not return, then that will open minutes. SVT did redshirt one year but it was due to injury. He graduates this year so that will open up another spot.

Thanks!

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Paypal Cal only has 1 program that he's led to the Final Four as of now.

VCU may have better facilities than Minnesota. Heck Minnesota still doesnt even have a practice facility, something that was promised to Tubby when he was hired. Have to feel bad for Tubby. Solid coach who nobody wants.