NCAA Basketball 2023-2024
CBB Almanac's top 100 players
Did not see the "John Mulaney steps to the line for Houston" plot twist coming
Do you guys honestly watch cbb for good decisions?
Considering I am not the most seasoned of sports bettors, today I am on:JMU +7 (not only do I want to root for this, I didn't notice a talent deficit vs Wisconsin at all and Duke team doesn't seem like a great one)Baylor -4Utah State +11.5 (this I like the least but again want to root for it and 11.5 pts is a lot in a second round game)Yale +5.5 (SD State run all their offense
who do you like in the Sweet 16?
Stanford / Iowa State women are on ESPN in overtime
this game is ****ing out of control
I don't think either team has missed in OT, back and forth
a quarter of the S16 is going to be ACC teams
how much longer is the ACC going to be able to get away w this?
Until the conference gets blown up. So a couple more months.
Also, when is the last time all four ones and twos made the S16? Just a Houston win away from that.
All of KenPom's top 14 is in except Auburn. The remaining 3 are ranked 17, 23, and 52. NC State is the big cinderella left.
major conferences post-season records thru 3/24
(including NIT games)
ACC: 11-4, 0.733
P12: 8-3, 0.727
BIG: 10-6, 0.625
BE: 7-5, 0.583
MWC: 6-5, 0.545
B12: 9-8, 0.529
SEC: 7-7, 0.500
and only the NCAAT
The Zach Edey of the women's game:
Drake men got assigned to Omaha, which is accessible to me, so went to the first round. Met my friend who was student manager with me a million years ago. Good to see Mark again and catch up. Unfortunately, my friend that lives in Omaha got a work call and couldn't meet for dinner.
Very disappointing. Sure, they lost, but played badly.
OTOH, the Cyclones and Illinois looked really good. Should be a great match-up this week.
For something different on the way back, decided to go I70 across Kansas. Considered stopping in Manhattan to watch the Drake women, but didn't think I could take seeing both sides lose to PAC12 teams for the last time.
Last night, Mark texted me that DeVries hired at West Virginia. As I responded to him, well, back to mediocrity.
Pups lose, Pups lose.
Little madness so far.
i'm so glad HOU faced adversity and almost lost yday. Kelvin Sampson is going to make this week's practice hell on his players. he's going to have his squad razor sharp this Fri and ready to dismantle dook
That is a lot of faith in Kelvin Sampson
I truly don't get what the expectations of any coach are if Rick Barnes and Kelvin Sampson are the coaches we don't have faith in.
Sampson took 3 years to revive Houston from being a doormat. He's had 7 straight years in the KP top 20, just won the Best conference in CBB in their first year up, has made 6 straight tournaments, made the S16 in 5 straight, and it would have been 6 straight if not for Jordan Poole hitting a 40 footer.
I truly don't get what the expectations of any coach are if Rick Barnes and Kelvin Sampson are the coaches we don't have faith in.Sampson took 3 years to revive Houston from being a doormat. He's had 7 straight years in the KP top 20, just won the Best conference in CBB in their first year up, has made 6 straight tournaments, made the S16 in 5 straight, and it would have been 6
Sampson is certainly greater than Barnes. With that said, those 2 have something like 65-70 seasons coached between them with 3 total FF appearances and no natty appearances. Clearly they are above average good to pretty good coaches, but fair or not due to the high variance nature, coaches are graded based on what they do in March; especially publicly.
Some coaches maintain the job simply for making the tournament. Some maintain the job simply for making the second weekend. And a few of the top schools require consistent FF and ships. With that said, even the coaches who maintain jobs for making the first or second weekend will be criticized if they never actually reach the pinnacle.
Houston overtime yet another big blow to the 'momentum is real' crowd. Also good job by Spero Dedes at sounding about 1.2% more animated for the best buzzer beater of the tourney as he is for a random 17 foot jumper with 18:23 left in the first half. This is why he and his terrible GUS impersonation is the worst announcer of all time.
Houston overtime yet another big blow to the 'momentum is real' crowd. Also good job by Spero Dedes at sounding about 1.2% more animated for the best buzzer beater of the tourney as he is for a random 17 foot jumper with 18:23 left in the first half. This is why he and his terrible GUS impersonation is the worst announcer of all time.
The Avery Johnson crew is easily the worst. It's not even particularly close. But that has a lot to do with, well, Avery Johnson. Lappas also insufferable, but Catalon is good, so they can't be the worst.
I get all the arguments about how important it is to make Final Fours and win titles, but man, the non-Wooden GOAT in Coach K made 6 Final Fours between 1995 and 2022.
I just can't stand the arguments that look at only what happens in March when discussing how great coaches are when the best modern coach is making Final Fours less than 25% of the time.
Like what if in 2021, Villanova shoots better than 3 of 17 from three and knocks out Baylor? Then we're discussing Scott Drew in this same vein, but because he had one title run he gets to escape any of this for the rest of his career.
