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boognish_bear said:

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Was Clemson underseeded?

UNM was the sexy pick to beat them in their first game and Clem smoked them....now they've bested #2 and #3

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ACC was underrated

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ACC was underrated at the top end because the mid tier and bottom were fairly weak. Big 12 was a bit overrated at the top end because the entire league was made up of good not great teams. Baylor, Tech, BYU, Kansas, TCU and Texas were just good, competitive teams. None would have finished any higher in any other high major conference.

Kansas and Baylor had key injuries down the stretch… Both probably advance further if healthy.

Baylor fans have a tendency to justify any loss by quickly pointing to either injuries or refs. I guess it makes them feel better? I don't know. Every team has injuries. We have no idea how Baylor or Kansas would have performed with the injured player. But to claim it would have automatically meant a win is impossible unless Baylor or Kansas didn't lose a game in which that player played when he wasn't injured. And that wasn't true in either case. Baylor lost games with Langston in the lineup and Kansas lost games with Kevin McCullar in the lineup. But if an excuse makes someone feel better, then why not I guess.

Say what you want. We gave Clemson that game with wide open misses. We could have beat AZ. Makes me sick.

It was significantly overrated at the top. By a lot.

I don't consider a conference with a bunch of mediocre teams, one hobbled 4 man squad, one streaky underperformer, and two 25 yr old overachievers the best conference by far.

The offensive talent wasn't any good outside of streaky Bu and occasional executing Ku. When teams are night and day different at home v away.. or can't play when officiating gets cleaner.. just not anywhere near the hype

REMEMBER: Clemson has already won this season ON THE ROAD at both Alabama and North Carolina.

Regardless of opponent on Saturday, the Tigers are more than capable of getting to the Final Four for the first time EVER. https://t.co/Yz3zxLnhWS

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) March 29, 2024

boognish_bear said:

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SDSU and Arizona are gone....last hope to end this curse is Gonzaga

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I'm not certain, but I think Waco is slightly to the west of that line.

Glad Clemson won. Makes our loss a little more palatable.

If we can just make free throws or Love is healthy, Clemson is in Clemson tonight.

Yes, I am a sore loser, and at my age, I can remain sore for a very long time...

historian said:

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boognish_bear said:

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SDSU and Arizona are gone....last hope to end this curse is Gonzaga

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I'm not certain, but I think Waco is slightly to the west of that line.

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It's close but that line basically hits the southeast tip of Texas, and that's west of Waco.

UNC and ISU both trailing ....didn't expect that

So the guy who was on his way to Waco for a visit but Bama cut a check so he wouldn't visit Waco and sign immediately with them almost single-handedly takes Bama to a win over UNC and a spot in the Elite 8.

This Sweet 16 so far is very much showing outside of maybe 1 to 3 teams college basketball is really down this year. No one is that good outside of UConn, maybe Purdue maybe Houston pre injury. None of these teams would match up favorably to prior years tournaments.

Big12Fan2024 said:

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So the guy who was on his way to Waco for a visit but Bama cut a check so he wouldn't visit Waco and sign immediately with them almost single-handedly takes Bama to a win over UNC and a spot in the Elite 8.

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Didn't know we were after him. That was a career second half.

Big12Fan2024 said:

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So the guy who was on his way to Waco for a visit but Bama cut a check so he wouldn't visit Waco and sign immediately with them almost single-handedly takes Bama to a win over UNC and a spot in the Elite 8.

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Need to up our NIL game.

He was supposed to visit Baylor first, then Bama, then Arkansas after dropping Florida St and Iowa without visiting. He was at the top of our list for transfers and most thought we were the favorite. Bama paid him off before he got to Waco and they didn't want him going on his visit to Arkansas either.

Clemson outplayed Baylor
Clemson outplayed Arizona
Illinois outplayed Iowa State
Alabama apparently outplayed UNC (I didn't watch)

And yet all were close games that could have jobs the other way. There certainly is lots of parity this year.

JP1037 said:

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Say what you want. We gave Clemson that game with wide open misses. We could have beat AZ. Makes me sick.

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That's what we've done all year. We never could string two great shooting games in a row. Shooting consistency was really bad this year. What happened vs. Clemson was just way too predictable.

BusyTarpDuster2017 said:

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JP1037 said:

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Say what you want. We gave Clemson that game with wide open misses. We could have beat AZ. Makes me sick.

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That's what we've done all year. We never could string two great shooting games in a row. Shooting consistency was really bad this year. What happened vs. Clemson was just way too predictable.

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I felt all along that having a poor 3 point shooting game would play a huge roll in us exiting the Tournament at some point. With us at least appearing to get a favorable first weekend draw for a change, I was hopeful/optimistic that we could at least make it to the Sweet 16 before it happened, but obviously we couldn't. As has been noted, we had plenty of open look 3 point opportunities against Clemson to win that game (possibly even decisively) and didn't get it done.

Big12Fan2024 said:

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Arizona must have gamed the system as badly as the Big 12. There is no way that is a Top 10 defense. They are as bad at transition D as we were.

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We would have competed with Az for third in the big 12.