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Big XII has the same number of teams remaining as the A-10, A-Sun, MVC and SEC. That was a bad league this year. You could tell before the Tournament because K-State won a share of its regular season title.
Home court is not really a conspiracy as the procedures pretty much explicitly state that each team in the top 16 (seeds 1-4 in each region) gets the game in the closest remaining pod.
As for the officiating, it's so inconsistent from one play to the next that it's hard to really quantify any conspiracy. Perhaps they do that to throw us off the scent.
The play that Bucksfan was referencing was a perfect example. They let both sides get away with a lot of contact through much of the game but then called that a foul.
The play "only" led to a 3 point swing as Oladipo missed one free throw, but the swing of up 1 vs down 2(as Wyatt had a clear layup) was really big.
Tubby fired at Minnesota? Kinda sad.
When all is said and done more is said than done.
I'm somewhat surprised they seem to be making some movement.
Originally Posted by teamselig
The perception of Smith, fair or not, is that he is the NCAA version of Lenny Wilkens: Classy, plays by the rules, possesses the ability to take a team from "bad" to "good". But cannot take a team from "good" to "great".
His lack of recruiting success within the state of Minnesota, which is actually more talent laden than most realize, and the amount of successful high-profile transfers under his regime - Devoe Joseph, Colt Iverson and Royce White, to name a few - didn't sit well with Gopher fans / boosters.
Nevertheless, as you and others have pointed out, it is Minnesota. It will require a Herculean effort for Minnesota to become a year-in / year - out B1G powerhouse.
Remember when Glen Mason's Gopher Football teams finished with winning records - many times 8-3 or 7-4 - and that wasn't good enough?
His replacement, Tim Brewster, was a disaster. It is not at all unlikely that the same fate may befall the Gopher hoops program, unless a home run hire emerges.
Good luck with that.
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The only coach ever to take Gonzaga to the Elite Eight certainly flamed out there.
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I don't know that Minnesota can realistically do better than Glen Mason and Tubby Smith.
Shame to see them run those guys off the past few years.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I'll leave my thoughts in the UK thread however.
Tubby's problem is that he forces players to play to "his" style of basketball rather than building around the players. He has to have "his" recruits to run it which means sacrificing McDonald's All Americans for lesser talent.
I think another reason Tubby was outed was the 2014 recruiting class. Two top recruits are from Minnesota and they need someone who is able to keep them in-state. One of the recruits is Tyus Jones, who is already being recruited by Calipari at Kentucky.
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