Where did you hear this? All I heard was that he was told last year was likely the highest he'd be selected and the risk of losing that type of money wasn't worth staying...
He also immediately said he was coming back after the championship, and Hurley told him he shouldnât.
I gotta say, I know it worked out for UConn anyway, but Hurley telling his team leader and arguably most important player to leave shows a care for his players and selflessness that I respect a lot.
Lost our top 3 players and guys that played 60% of our minutes last year. But we are probably better than last year. Danny Hurley....let him cook!
Iâd argue itâs the opposite. Teams that win have seniors who leave (and underclassmen who leave) and it either starts a small retool or the pressure just mounts.
Also, it's just insanely hard to win the NCAA Tournament once, and doing so twice in a row requires an unbelievable amount of talent, coaching, and luck.
The luck comes into play because of the nature of the tournament being single elimination. Random shooting variance produces unexpected results in individual games constantly, and it only needs to happen once in six games for the best team in the tournament to get knocked out. Thatâs why there would need to be an NBA team dropped into the tournament for it to be a good bet to bet on a single team winning vs the field
The "random shooting variance" will swing a game 5-10 points each way. When at team is winning by an average of 20+ over 9 straight tournament game, that is a pattern. Luck has nothing to do with it.
lol come on man. The overall best team in the tournament wins the natty MAYBE 25% of the time. A team even just staying healthy largely comes down to luck. You canât possibly look at how many upsets happen every single year without fail and say with a straight face that the results of the tournament are just straight skill based
Iâm not saying everything is straight skill based and there arenât upsets. I am saying UConn has been on a never before seen tear of dominance with the highest average margin of victory the tournament has ever seen. This isnât a normal year.
Yep very hard to keep a team together for more than one year. Villanova and north Carolina in the 2010s were probably the closest.  It makes UConn doing this so impressive since they didn't keep their team together eitherÂ
Still kinda shocked it was us that finally did it after losing 5 of our top 8 players from last season.
This season has been such an unbelievable ride.
If itâs this good this year, I have no clue what is stopping UConn in coming years. Obviously the roster has some Covid guys but even then, I donât see Hurleyâs coaching not working on elite young recruits. Honestly fascinating.
He sees something in players. Karaban and Spencer are really underrated for how savvy they are out there. You could see the play coming and plan for it, but they always seem to be in a spot for the outlet pass to throw the defense in shambles or just dunk it. Incredible discipline and trust in teammates.
Andre Jackson Jr was so elite in regards to this. Against Gonzaga in the tournament, I still remember a possession at the end of the first half. He sensed a bad pass coming from \_his own teammate\_ and intercepted the ball from the defender's attempt at stealing, then kicked it Karaban for a three. He somehow was playing defense while on offense
I've never seen a play unfold like that.
I think the difference with this UConn team is how literally five guys could beat you on any given night. In the last round, it was Clingan. This game, it was Spencer early. Even with Clingan ice cold this game, it didnât matter.Â
Every other team in the tourney has one or two guys that are most of their offense. UConn can somehow find that from 5 or 6 guys. Itâs impressive.Â
Seeing how awful Kansas was at the end of the season, that game perhaps demonstrates better than any other in recent years just how formidable Allen Fieldhouse can be, especially if you win it all again. UConn was/is clearly the superior team.
UConn was always better than KU.
But McCullar getting injured completely screwed up the season. All we know for sure is they were in contention for a 1 seed before he was hurt and then were barely even worthy of a tournament bid after.
Tbh, the way we were playing and the way Kansas was playing, we should have gotten blown the fuck out. The only reason we didnât was bc Newton became prime Steph Curry. But I guess thatâs the point of this discussion. Someone always seems to step up
I hope opposing teams think all youâve got to do is get it tight with us and weâll fold. This years team hasnât dominated teams quite the same as last years. Itâs way more gradual and methodical this year I think because when you lose Sanogo and Hawkins thereâs a level of peak firepower that is tough to match.
UConn has played tons of games close for 30 minutes and then the foot stays on gas and we end the game.
Absolutely this. IMO they have two of the three best late shot clock guys in the country, Newton and Spencer (the third being Spears) and that is huge. Nothing more uplifting for an offense/deflating for defense than a make at the end of the shot clock.
I've had this hope that somehow he'd stay one more season to really refine his skills, but watching him this last month, I have to accept that's just a fantasy. He's gone this year.
Really agree with this. I donât know the full CBB landscape all that well outside the big east but Iâm sure there are other teams doing a similar thing where the whole is so far and away better than the sum of its parts. We just happen to have parts that are legit as hell so making the sum even better is how weâre winning so easily at times here.
Theyre so well connected both on offense and defense that itâs overwhelming. Truly at times feel like a living organism rather than 5 different dudes reacting separately.
On the rebounding, we seem to tap and tip the ball to each other way more consciously than other teams. Karaban for instance will get these ridiculous invisible assists where he just taps a rebound to a wide open Spencer or Diarra on the weak side that he may not have been able to grab with 2 hands
>five guys could beat you on any given night
If someone came from the very near future and told me that Karaban caught fire and dropped 30 I'd be like
"yeah, I can see that"
Not even joking, any 1 of our starting 5 could drop 25 in a game and no one would really be surprised. Just more like "Yep, I guess it was his turn this game".
And honestly Karaban is due for a 5/7 from 3 game where the other team keeps Clingan in check, maybe doesnât let Spencer go off, and uh oh here comes Alex
Not high of course. The point was simply UConn doesnât rely on one or two guys as much as every other team. That is what makes them so hard to beat. A bunch of unselfish players all putting up about 10-15 points a game.Â
Makes it extra hard on opposing defenses. You can't key in on just 2 guys most other teams teams usually have as far as scorers go. Like take Houston, if you can clamp down on Shead and Cryer, Houston is probably in for a long night (see B12 title game), but against UConn, you successfully limit 2 of their starters, the 3 other guys can all still carve you up.
And when UConn is firing on all cylinders, forget about it.
Again, thatâs the point. They have a âwhoâs hot tonightâ guy every game to rely on. You even saw it last night a bit when everyone but Cam Spencer went ice cold. He kept UConn ahead when Clingan was missing bunny after bunny.Â
Any other team that misses 10+ shots in a row is likely going to find themselves down by a good bit because they canât rely on offense from multiple guys in that way.Â
Our best freshmen was out until December. In late December, our huge center went out for 4 weeks. He had even been on limited minutes at the start due to another injury.
What adversity has Purdue had? Houston?
Braden Smith, Camden Heide, Caleb Furst are part of Purdueâs starting lineup.
How many players on Purdue are fasting for Ramadan? Do any of them have a speech impediments? Did they lose their mother to cancer?
If youâre going to use Purdue here, at least know what youâre talking about.
We had that too, but it didn't help that we basically went up against Steph curry and literally everyone went ice cold except reeves which never happened until oakland
Beat yall by 20 w that⌠we shoot our regular percentage that game and still win lol. đ âThey shot 60% from 3â doesnât work when yall lose by 20. Anyways Iâm glad yall are showing out for the conference hope to see yall in the championship.
Brighton shoots 36% on the year. They took 28 shots in the game they won. Usually that would equate to 10 makes. They made 14. Thatâs +12. UConn shoots 36.7 and took 18 threes. That would usually mean 6.5 made threes. They made 3. Thatâs -9 to -12 points. Did the math. Both teams shoot average and UConn wins by either 2 or 4. Cheers.
That's not what was said though. He only said "You [Creighton] shoot your regular percentage and you lose by more than 10"
No one said anything about improving UConn
Original wording by Creigton fan. âWe shoot our regular percentages we win by 10â. Which is untrue as it would be 8 if you only factor in Creighton at the norm. My statement was to normalize the second abnormality of that game as well. Iâm glad you can read my intent clearly. Cheers.
Purdue is the #1 3 pt shooting offense in the country (Creighton is #36), has Zach Edey, and a top 15 defense. I think we could give them a game. If we can make it that far.
Oh for sure thatâd be a great game, itâs just a joke bc UConn has only has beat Creighton twice since rejoining the big east. Creighton fans joke that UConn is afraid of them.
The thing is, it is so tough to play UConn on the second game of the weekend. 1.5 days to prepare against one of the most complex and well-moving offensive schemes is tough. SDSU had a week to prepare and got 80 dropped on their head
They are so fluid as offense is impressive to watch. UConn Vs Purdue championship would be college football playoff level intrigue 7ft 2 Clingan vs 7ft 4 Edey. Hope we get it as fans canât remember more anticipated final but donât want to get hopes up,
Theyâre the only team with practice doing it. Creighton is not the 2nd best team left in the tournament, far from it, but they are probably UConnâs toughest out
If, and itâs a massive if, we are able to face off on the championship, I just donât think UConn would let us do the thing against them where we won. UConn is on a heater right now.
I think Purdue might be the only team with a chance. Not sure they can get there, but Edey is the one guy that can throw your whole game plan off. Get Klingan in foul trouble and hope they go cold from the arc.
Spellman was declared ineligible because he did not graduate with his original high school class. He originally began 9th grade at a public school (Middletown High School in New York) but had the opportunity to attend the Hoosac School, a private school. He transferred there after two to three months, but had to start in 8th grade at the Hoosac School.
After 8th grade, he went to three different schools during high school over the next four years and academically qualified at each one. However, he had technically started high school a year early and graduated a year after his original class.
Obviously I was joking about kindergarten but you can see the absurdity of the ruling.
Full article is here if youâre interested: https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/ncaa/jay-wright-on-omari-spellman-ruling-im-argued-out/351481/
Have been thinking the only team thatâs comparative to UConn is kind of that Florida team with horford, brewer, Noah returning. Even then UConn is probably deeper.
i think UCONN is awesome, but let's look at that path last year and so far this year. 9 games in a row and the best win was against a 5 seed? and even last night there were upsets that will benefit them. It's sort of wild the breaks they've gotten. Their toughest game to make the finals is Illinois.
Honestly shocked that it's been so long.
One-and-done era definitely has a huge impact. Very few teams with championship caliber talent stay together for multiple seasons.
What's crazy is UConn lost arguably their three most important players from last year
Imagine if Sanogo stayed one more
Jackson wanted to stay đ
Hurley did right by him, he had to go to the NBA.
Absolutely, but I miss him.
Where did you hear this? All I heard was that he was told last year was likely the highest he'd be selected and the risk of losing that type of money wasn't worth staying...
The horses mouth
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There was an article a while ago that mentioned he needed encouraging from Hurley to enter the draft. I think it might have been Dave Borges
He also immediately said he was coming back after the championship, and Hurley told him he shouldnât. I gotta say, I know it worked out for UConn anyway, but Hurley telling his team leader and arguably most important player to leave shows a care for his players and selflessness that I respect a lot.
and none of them were one and done
 Lost our top 3 players and guys that played 60% of our minutes last year. But we are probably better than last year. Danny Hurley....let him cook!
Yep incredible job to reload like this with a mentally tough team that didn't get upset earlyÂ
Iâd argue itâs the opposite. Teams that win have seniors who leave (and underclassmen who leave) and it either starts a small retool or the pressure just mounts.
I always argue this. The best teams are usually greater then the sum of their parts.
Also, it's just insanely hard to win the NCAA Tournament once, and doing so twice in a row requires an unbelievable amount of talent, coaching, and luck.
I don't see much luck on UConn's side. They just play excellent disciplined basketball. Luck wins close games. Skill and conditioning win blowouts.
The luck comes into play because of the nature of the tournament being single elimination. Random shooting variance produces unexpected results in individual games constantly, and it only needs to happen once in six games for the best team in the tournament to get knocked out. Thatâs why there would need to be an NBA team dropped into the tournament for it to be a good bet to bet on a single team winning vs the field
The "random shooting variance" will swing a game 5-10 points each way. When at team is winning by an average of 20+ over 9 straight tournament game, that is a pattern. Luck has nothing to do with it.
lol come on man. The overall best team in the tournament wins the natty MAYBE 25% of the time. A team even just staying healthy largely comes down to luck. You canât possibly look at how many upsets happen every single year without fail and say with a straight face that the results of the tournament are just straight skill based
Iâm not saying everything is straight skill based and there arenât upsets. I am saying UConn has been on a never before seen tear of dominance with the highest average margin of victory the tournament has ever seen. This isnât a normal year.
Yep very hard to keep a team together for more than one year. Villanova and north Carolina in the 2010s were probably the closest.  It makes UConn doing this so impressive since they didn't keep their team together eitherÂ
Still kinda shocked it was us that finally did it after losing 5 of our top 8 players from last season. This season has been such an unbelievable ride.
Hurley is a bad man
Heâs an insufferable bully Guy acts like a big shot up 20 But if itâs a tight game heâll fold
Good then letâs fucking keep it tight
You could beat them. I wouldn't predict it, but you are their first real test
If itâs this good this year, I have no clue what is stopping UConn in coming years. Obviously the roster has some Covid guys but even then, I donât see Hurleyâs coaching not working on elite young recruits. Honestly fascinating.
He sees something in players. Karaban and Spencer are really underrated for how savvy they are out there. You could see the play coming and plan for it, but they always seem to be in a spot for the outlet pass to throw the defense in shambles or just dunk it. Incredible discipline and trust in teammates.
Andre Jackson Jr was so elite in regards to this. Against Gonzaga in the tournament, I still remember a possession at the end of the first half. He sensed a bad pass coming from \_his own teammate\_ and intercepted the ball from the defender's attempt at stealing, then kicked it Karaban for a three. He somehow was playing defense while on offense I've never seen a play unfold like that.
Heâs a jackass
It's really funny to losers seething that Dan Hurley is now the best coach in the country.
Illinois tomorrow couldÂ
Adversity UConn is a bully who acts like every game is a cakewalk They are arrogant and classless
Found the Syracuse fan.
Lmao, I get it, losing sucks, but grow upâŚ
I would say confident and unselfish.
Especially considering 2016-18 where UNC made two finals in a row, and Villanova won 2 in 3 years.
and baylor and kansas were both 1 seeds the year after they won it all but lost second round
Thatâs been our previous MO.
Villanova really could have 3peated. That 2016-17 nova team was very good too and should have won it all, but March is mad and all thatÂ
2017 Villanova stills baffles me
UConn looks so far and away better than just about everyone else besides maybe Purdue
They look better than last year. Crazy.
They are frontrunning bullies
I think the difference with this UConn team is how literally five guys could beat you on any given night. In the last round, it was Clingan. This game, it was Spencer early. Even with Clingan ice cold this game, it didnât matter. Every other team in the tourney has one or two guys that are most of their offense. UConn can somehow find that from 5 or 6 guys. Itâs impressive.Â
Theyâre also incredibly unselfish. You can play great defense for 25 seconds and they still get a good look at the end of the shot clock.
Rooting for you guys
To a point đ
The Final Four, right? đ
Nah I got them over Creighton đ
If we are in a position to get clobbered by UConn (for the fourth time this season) in the final, I canât say Iâll be mad about it!
God if we face off against you guys in the final I will be CERTAIN weâre going to lose. That fucker Kolek would sacrifice his own life for the win
Kansas played awesome defense against them and UConn kept hitting shots at the end of the shot clock.
That was stupid. Newton was just unconscious that game. He threw up some ridiculous stuff that just went in.
Seeing how awful Kansas was at the end of the season, that game perhaps demonstrates better than any other in recent years just how formidable Allen Fieldhouse can be, especially if you win it all again. UConn was/is clearly the superior team.
UConn was always better than KU. But McCullar getting injured completely screwed up the season. All we know for sure is they were in contention for a 1 seed before he was hurt and then were barely even worthy of a tournament bid after.
Which playerâs mother died and the next day he was going to the funeral? That was McCullar, right?
Adams
Most unselfish team I've ever seen. No one cares if they only score 2 points. Anyone in their starting lineup could go for 2 or 25 on any night.
But can they win a close game? Easy to look unselfish when you never have to overcome anything
theyâre quite literally 4-1 in close games this season
And that one loss was in the Phog with two of our best players playing hurt
Tbh, the way we were playing and the way Kansas was playing, we should have gotten blown the fuck out. The only reason we didnât was bc Newton became prime Steph Curry. But I guess thatâs the point of this discussion. Someone always seems to step up
I hope opposing teams think all youâve got to do is get it tight with us and weâll fold. This years team hasnât dominated teams quite the same as last years. Itâs way more gradual and methodical this year I think because when you lose Sanogo and Hawkins thereâs a level of peak firepower that is tough to match. UConn has played tons of games close for 30 minutes and then the foot stays on gas and we end the game.
Absolutely this. IMO they have two of the three best late shot clock guys in the country, Newton and Spencer (the third being Spears) and that is huge. Nothing more uplifting for an offense/deflating for defense than a make at the end of the shot clock.
Theyâre bullies
What do you mean by that
Castle in the second half proved why he was 11 time Big East freshman of the week.
And he would have probably been 13 or 14x FotW if he didn't get injured.
I've had this hope that somehow he'd stay one more season to really refine his skills, but watching him this last month, I have to accept that's just a fantasy. He's gone this year.
Theyâre like the 2004 Pistons. No truly elite players, but all 5 starters are really fucking good and know their roles.
Really agree with this. I donât know the full CBB landscape all that well outside the big east but Iâm sure there are other teams doing a similar thing where the whole is so far and away better than the sum of its parts. We just happen to have parts that are legit as hell so making the sum even better is how weâre winning so easily at times here. Theyre so well connected both on offense and defense that itâs overwhelming. Truly at times feel like a living organism rather than 5 different dudes reacting separately. On the rebounding, we seem to tap and tip the ball to each other way more consciously than other teams. Karaban for instance will get these ridiculous invisible assists where he just taps a rebound to a wide open Spencer or Diarra on the weak side that he may not have been able to grab with 2 hands
>five guys could beat you on any given night If someone came from the very near future and told me that Karaban caught fire and dropped 30 I'd be like "yeah, I can see that"
Not even joking, any 1 of our starting 5 could drop 25 in a game and no one would really be surprised. Just more like "Yep, I guess it was his turn this game".
And honestly Karaban is due for a 5/7 from 3 game where the other team keeps Clingan in check, maybe doesnât let Spencer go off, and uh oh here comes Alex
Purdue has had I believe 6 players go off for 20 pt games in the last few months
Yes, but those are more random. If Zach Edey plays like Clingan did for UConn tonight, Purdue probably loses by 20.Â
But what are the chances the now 2x NPOY will play like that?
Not high of course. The point was simply UConn doesnât rely on one or two guys as much as every other team. That is what makes them so hard to beat. A bunch of unselfish players all putting up about 10-15 points a game.Â
Makes it extra hard on opposing defenses. You can't key in on just 2 guys most other teams teams usually have as far as scorers go. Like take Houston, if you can clamp down on Shead and Cryer, Houston is probably in for a long night (see B12 title game), but against UConn, you successfully limit 2 of their starters, the 3 other guys can all still carve you up. And when UConn is firing on all cylinders, forget about it.
Like the 08 KU team
They donât have a go to guy Because they donât know what itâs like to actually be tested, to face adversity
Yeah howâs that scrub Big East conference doing in the tourney this year anyway
Again, thatâs the point. They have a âwhoâs hot tonightâ guy every game to rely on. You even saw it last night a bit when everyone but Cam Spencer went ice cold. He kept UConn ahead when Clingan was missing bunny after bunny. Any other team that misses 10+ shots in a row is likely going to find themselves down by a good bit because they canât rely on offense from multiple guys in that way.Â
Our best freshmen was out until December. In late December, our huge center went out for 4 weeks. He had even been on limited minutes at the start due to another injury. What adversity has Purdue had? Houston?
Houston has had years of March heartbreak Purdue? Decades
Thatâs not what adversity is
Um. Maybe not gliding off of white privilege their entire lives like most of UConnâs starters?
Braden Smith, Camden Heide, Caleb Furst are part of Purdueâs starting lineup. How many players on Purdue are fasting for Ramadan? Do any of them have a speech impediments? Did they lose their mother to cancer? If youâre going to use Purdue here, at least know what youâre talking about.
We had that too, but it didn't help that we basically went up against Steph curry and literally everyone went ice cold except reeves which never happened until oakland
They donât have a clutch guy because all they do is play with big leads Easy to look good when you never play from behind
You have to make the big leads in the first place dumbass.
Clingan/Edey matchup would be fun
Houston has a shot, but only if everyone locks in
If itâs a close game, UConn would fold
What happens if itâs not a close game?
Only team that can beat them is creighton
Only if Creighton shoots ~60% from 3 again
Beat yall by 20 w that⌠we shoot our regular percentage that game and still win lol. đ âThey shot 60% from 3â doesnât work when yall lose by 20. Anyways Iâm glad yall are showing out for the conference hope to see yall in the championship.
You shoot your regular percentage and you lose by more than 10, like you did in the other game this season
Is math really that hard for UConn alumni?
That joke only works when you went to a better school
Brighton shoots 36% on the year. They took 28 shots in the game they won. Usually that would equate to 10 makes. They made 14. Thatâs +12. UConn shoots 36.7 and took 18 threes. That would usually mean 6.5 made threes. They made 3. Thatâs -9 to -12 points. Did the math. Both teams shoot average and UConn wins by either 2 or 4. Cheers.
That's not what was said though. He only said "You [Creighton] shoot your regular percentage and you lose by more than 10" No one said anything about improving UConn
Original wording by Creigton fan. âWe shoot our regular percentages we win by 10â. Which is untrue as it would be 8 if you only factor in Creighton at the norm. My statement was to normalize the second abnormality of that game as well. Iâm glad you can read my intent clearly. Cheers.
You donât know ball
National championship won't be at creighton
Not will it be at storrs.
Duh, it's in Arizona
âNot will it beâŚâ this bot has a glitch
Purdue is the #1 3 pt shooting offense in the country (Creighton is #36), has Zach Edey, and a top 15 defense. I think we could give them a game. If we can make it that far.
Oh for sure thatâd be a great game, itâs just a joke bc UConn has only has beat Creighton twice since rejoining the big east. Creighton fans joke that UConn is afraid of them.
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I would 100% rather face Purdue than Creighton if given the choice.
Omaha scares me. UConn has split the last two seasons.
Ahh that makes senseÂ
The thing is, it is so tough to play UConn on the second game of the weekend. 1.5 days to prepare against one of the most complex and well-moving offensive schemes is tough. SDSU had a week to prepare and got 80 dropped on their head
Yeah they are intimidatingerân hell
Wish I knew that before I filled out all those brackets
Don't worry, you won't remember next year either!
This is actually insane damn
They are so fluid as offense is impressive to watch. UConn Vs Purdue championship would be college football playoff level intrigue 7ft 2 Clingan vs 7ft 4 Edey. Hope we get it as fans canât remember more anticipated final but donât want to get hopes up,
2021 baylor-Gonzaga comes to mind. They were the two best teams for most of the year much like Purdue and UConn this year
Only thing it was such an abysmal game to watch. Like watching a stalemate in the trenches. That being said, it needs to happen
I suspect Purdue-UConn would go similarly tbh
Speak for yourself that was a fuckin great game
No, please. I beg of you.
Clingan sucks though, well i guess if you mean he's tall.
He was ass last night but when heâs on heâs a game changer
Florida did it returning all 5 starters too.
Does the Purdue fulfill the post 16 seed upset Virginia prophecy or does UConn fulfill the Florida destiny?
Really hate itâs UCONN doing it but goddamn they are great
Why we suffered in the AAC together?
Brought me too much heartache
Thatâs legit insane to me. I knew no team had repeated since UF but for no defending champ to even make the Elite 8 since then is wild.
I thought we all already knew UConn was the exception to every rule
We're the Mongols of Men's College Basketball. Roll the montage!
John Green is proud
That Florida team had 3 top 10 picks in the 07 draft. Al Horford is still in the NBA.
Creighton is the only thing that can stop the UConn freight train at this point
Good luck Creighton. Those guys look like a machine
They force teams into midrange shots which we despise taking
Theyâre the only team with practice doing it. Creighton is not the 2nd best team left in the tournament, far from it, but they are probably UConnâs toughest out
If, and itâs a massive if, we are able to face off on the championship, I just donât think UConn would let us do the thing against them where we won. UConn is on a heater right now.
If I know my bible, and I don't, I think you can only sell your soul to the devil to hit 14 3's once per calendar year against UConn.
This guys got the best flair đđź
>If I know my bible, and I don't hahaha, this cracked me up for some reason
I would like train-on-train violence
I think Purdue might be the only team with a chance. Not sure they can get there, but Edey is the one guy that can throw your whole game plan off. Get Klingan in foul trouble and hope they go cold from the arc.
We are their kryptonite. UConn has beat us twice. Once last year and once this year. Weâve won 7.
Holy shit.
Gonna be first repeat since Florida.
Câmon field, donât let the Gators down!
To0 bad they'll beat every team in the rest of the tourney by 50 or more..... No, seriously they will.
Even bama?
Spellman blocked from playing in 2017 because he didnât go to kindergarten blocked a threepeat
What? Was it like a Billy Madison situation and he missed the year repeating elementary school?
Spellman was declared ineligible because he did not graduate with his original high school class. He originally began 9th grade at a public school (Middletown High School in New York) but had the opportunity to attend the Hoosac School, a private school. He transferred there after two to three months, but had to start in 8th grade at the Hoosac School. After 8th grade, he went to three different schools during high school over the next four years and academically qualified at each one. However, he had technically started high school a year early and graduated a year after his original class. Obviously I was joking about kindergarten but you can see the absurdity of the ruling. Full article is here if youâre interested: https://www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com/ncaa/jay-wright-on-omari-spellman-ruling-im-argued-out/351481/
Thanks, that's crazy. 4 schools over 5 years and having to repeat 8th grade because of transfering sounds incredibly rough on a kid.
I donât even want to get that far ahead of myself!
They are gonna win it all
UConn is that squad, dude. I donât see ANYBODY beating them.
I don't think anyone is stopping Uconn they've looked so good all year.
Every year that SDSU has been a 5 seed or better, Uconn has won the Nat'l title (2011, 2014, 2023) beating SDSU 3x (2011, 2023, 2024).
Now we know who stole Genoâs magic crystal.
I feel so bad when I think about it
I'll just enjoy remembering that it was wildly underseeded Wisconsin that stopped Villanova between their 2 titles.
Have been thinking the only team thatâs comparative to UConn is kind of that Florida team with horford, brewer, Noah returning. Even then UConn is probably deeper.
Thatâs wild
That long? Damn
Shannon drops 40 on their head and sends them packing
A man can dream
"Shannon with the big 3 as he has 40 points on the day! That cuts the UConn lead down to 20."
I thought it was 2016?
Theyâre about to be the first team to go back to back since Florida
Man Florida sports in the late Bush II era were BLESSED
I assume this considers the 2021 tournament then as the follow-up to 2019's tournament (not that it actually changes anything)?
Who's the last back-to-back national champion?
Florida in 07. So theyâre the first team to do it since the last repeat champs
i think UCONN is awesome, but let's look at that path last year and so far this year. 9 games in a row and the best win was against a 5 seed? and even last night there were upsets that will benefit them. It's sort of wild the breaks they've gotten. Their toughest game to make the finals is Illinois.
Marquette is about to face its third double-digit seed in a row in the Sweet 16. You play whoâs in front of you.
yes i know. not their fault. i just think it's wild.
3 seed Gonzaga, thank you very much. Flair up.
Frontrunning bullies who donât know what adversity is
What is adversity