Hall2012 wrote:At least the Hall sent KU fans home with lighter wallets lol
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ArmyVet wrote:Disappointing? Yes.
Shocking? No.
The expectation for most was that Nova and XU would advance as #1 seeds, so that's the issue. But XU made the Elite 8 as an 11(?) seed last year, so I will suggest to you that over time the law of averages will win.
billyjack wrote:Hall2012 wrote:At least the Hall sent KU fans home with lighter wallets lol
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Lol, that's awesome.
Also funny cuz 10 seconds earlier Carrington drilled a 3, but the refs waved it off with a bogus foul called on Powell. This foul basically ended the game cuz the Carrington shot i think wouldve cut the lead to 2 with around 8 seconds left.
MullinMayhem wrote:I agree that single elimination tournaments allow for anything to happen and it's unfair to totally judge a team based on that, but that's what the public and the media measures teams by. That's the yardstick that is used for better or worse. That being said, it's not just one isolated year...the Big East has been pretty bad in the tournament overall. A 9 seed ACC team knocking off our regular season champion and 1 seed X looks terrible. All this does is reinforce the ESPN narrative that we are "off broadway".
GumbyDamnit! wrote:MullinMayhem wrote:I agree that single elimination tournaments allow for anything to happen and it's unfair to totally judge a team based on that, but that's what the public and the media measures teams by. That's the yardstick that is used for better or worse. That being said, it's not just one isolated year...the Big East has been pretty bad in the tournament overall. A 9 seed ACC team knocking off our regular season champion and 1 seed X looks terrible. All this does is reinforce the ESPN narrative that we are "off broadway".
So in 2017 were the quotes:
"Geez an 11 seed BE team knocking off our 2nd place ACC team and #3 seed FSU looks terrible."
"Golly, an 11 seed BE team knocking off our Pac 12 conference champion #2 seed Arizona looks terrible."
MSU lost to an 11 seed this year and a 15 seed 2 years ago as a 2 and 3 seed. UVA, the undisputed ACC champ, lost to #16 UMBC for God's sake. (2) 1's, (2) 2's, (3) 3's & (3) 4's have all been taken out in the first two rounds. Something tells me that Xavier will not be isolated and judged.
Give it a rest.
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