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Funny to hear LeBron and Embiid both complain about the refs in their pressers. Their teams and them (in that order) just rely on being reffed a certain way sometimes to the great frustration of everyone except their fans. . . But instead of complaining about the refs, LeBron missed a wide open...

Given what they put together in the portal, he's exactly the sort of player they need to be a threat to make the second weekend. Except, I don't think Mike Woodson is it, and he must have realized there'd be better options. For his offensive game, there's no doubt that UConn would maximize...

Wasn't my take, but go ahead. My take was that they will "be a threat to us." Which they will be. They are going to compete with—and beat—UConn for recruits.

I mean, yes, they robbed Seton Hall. They also were in the Finals in 2013 and 2018. It's not all that distant. Dusty May is a mid-major coach who took Florida Atlantic to the Final Four. It took UConn some time to overtake Michigan in basketball. But to pretend this isn't a real program that...

Football will always be king, but Michigan has an incredibly rich basketball heritage. They have more Final Fours, more weeks ranked, etc. They're not as good a program as UConn, but they're good enough that with the massive financial disparity they have in their favor, they will always pose a...

Indeed, this particular plumber did win the 1947 championship as a member of Holy Cross. An 8-team tournament in which he beat Oklahoma in the title game. I'm sure Bill Simmons has a book on it.

I wish Louisville far worse than I wish Kentucky.

Right. Duke might hang a banner, cry a little, and go into the offseason happy. Much happier for them to lose in the first round to a 16 or something. I was worried this year we were going to get Duke in the title game after they beat the injured Houston team. Not because I was worried they'd...

Wiggins... among other things.

I love how the title misspells both his last and his first name. Like, who TF spells Greg with two g's?

Right. Same here. It's why I was never able to make it to that level. Well, that...and I'm 5'7", relatively unathletic, and it took until adulthood for me coach my left thumb out of my jumpshot. It's a damn good shot now, but, you know. . .

They're going to be Top 10 all year and dominating the news. Will that lead to a Final Four or Title? Probably not a title. Maybe Final Four, but even with Zion they had a ton of close games in the tournament before losing to MSU in the E8.

Fair. I meant more breaks in the bracket that we could take advantage of. Like, in 1994, BC upset UNC as the 1-seed in our bracket and made the E8. But we, as a 2-seed, missed FTs to win the game to Florida in Florida. In 2004, our 1 seed lost and we got an 8 in the E8 and a 3 in the Finals...

It's sort of the same with Doron. He came in and was awesome, but we also had a junior Kevin Ollie. Just as KEA was a better offensive player than Ricky, but the duo complemented each other well, so Doron to KO.

It's exactly the sort of thing that never broke for us from 1990-2003 that began to from 2004-2023.

I deleted my account some years ago because I love my family and wanted to continue to. But I've thought about re-signing up for subgroups on AP classes I teach and other hobbies where a space like reddit doesn't really fully scratch that itch or provide as many helpful resources. I think many...

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That's a braindead take. I must either have them blocked literally or have decided to just scroll past their posts long ago because they are worthless.

Were there people who thought he should come back, or were there people suggesting that even though he shouldn't Clingan has always played by his own rules (staying at Bristol) and might come back? Or do I have a bunch of people blocked? Because most people I saw assumed he was leaving but...

The best part is the BYU basketball in the background. Really cringe.

Yeah, my guess is that Drew had every intention of taking that job until the started stalking him and his family. You don't send your family on a private jet to Lexington to scope out real estate if you aren't planning to take that job.

I wish that were true, but it is not. They were undefeated in the Final Four in 2015. Basically from 2010-2017 or so, they were always among the top basketball stories because they had all the top prospects. The Wall-Cousins team, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015 were all headline years. I'm very happy...

Never too soon. World is a better place. For once cancer was the protagonist.

The UK AD is a problem for some people. Falling out with Cal is just one thing. I think there's only a specific type of person who is going to want to work with him. Drew was one, and the best one. Him not locking him down (almost certainly because of the crazy behavior of UK fans) has ****ed...

Don't need him to be Cam if you still have Cam because he wins his appeal...

Jesus man, what a power move. And what a recruiting pitch going forward.

Repeating is incredibly difficult. Threepeating is way harder than repeating. Repeating now is way harder than repeating 15 years ago when Florida did it. Too much roster turnover. Threepeating now is easier to do now than threepeating 15 years ago because the roster turnover is of a different...

Nick Saban turned down Alabama. They then tired to hire RichRod, but he publicly backed out in a very embarrassing way. Desperate, Alabama came back to Saban with an even more lucrative offer, and he took it. That's the danger here. Money, desperation, humiliation.

No. Except when has that ever stopped anyone? Our world would be a very different, better place if people thought the difference between 8M and 20M was negligible.

I definitely do not think Hurley is going there, but I just don't like a job like that floating around with that much money and desperation. Because sometimes someone who is actively being passed are over says they are the ones who rejected. One thing I learned in this whole situation though is...

Let's wait to see who is hired before we celebrate. Sometimes coaches not being considered or who are about to be passed over release a statement like this. If they end up with Pitino (joking, sort of), yeah, he passed on Kentucky. If they end up with someone more exciting, he didn't.