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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 22, 2015 5:58:08 GMT -5
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Post by FLHoya on Mar 22, 2015 11:37:58 GMT -5
Disastrous weekend for the conference. Despite the great RPIs and getting 6/10 in the tourney, it's going to be hard to be taken seriously if we can only get 1 team to the second weekend. Yeah, there's pretty much no point in arguing RPI numbers now when the ACC's 7-seed just knocked out our 16-2 conference champion. I'm a total numbers guy on most things, but the RPI conference ranking always strikes me as missing the point a little. It's great that top to bottom the Big East was stronger this season, and 6/10 in the NCAAs is great. But the hidden weakness of the Big East was that 2 through 5, we were putting out a bunch of fringe Top 25 teams, while the ACC was putting out Top 25-all-season teams Duke, Notre Dame, UNC, and Louisville--two of which are through to the Sweet 16 and two of which are favored to get there (we'll see how UVA does against oh-crap-we-have-to-play-Tom-Izzo-in-March today). I'm also not someone that places all my eggs in the March basket--but that is what it is...good teams are more likely to make the second weekend, and more good teams = a better conference. That Wake, BC, and the Fightin' Buzzes are dragging their conference down worse than Marquette, Creighton, and Oliver Purnell's Blue Bus to Nowhere seems less relevant. Since Nova's Final Four run, the current Big East schools in 6 tournament years have made 8 total appearances in the second weekend: 3 for Marquette and Xavier, 2 for Butler. And of those, only Xavier's done it with their current coach.
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Post by njhoya78 on Mar 22, 2015 11:51:53 GMT -5
IN THE FIRST HALF East Region Second Round at Charlotte NC: #7 Michigan State 23, #2 Virginia 18 (2:34 to play)
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Post by njhoya78 on Mar 22, 2015 12:36:38 GMT -5
IN THE SECOND HALF East Region Second Round at Charlotte NC: #7 Michigan State 37, #2 Virginia 28 (14:02 to play)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 13:19:56 GMT -5
VA goes down… MSU man
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 22, 2015 13:22:02 GMT -5
They've knocked UVa out two years in a row.
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Post by njhoya78 on Mar 22, 2015 13:22:27 GMT -5
Guess that means it was a horrible season for Virginia, because they lost to a lower seed and didn't make the Sweet Sixteen. Time for a new coach.
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Post by njhoya78 on Mar 22, 2015 13:23:06 GMT -5
FINAL SCORE East Region Second Round at Charlotte NC: #7 Michigan State 60, #2 Virginia 54
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 22, 2015 13:23:51 GMT -5
Guess that means it was a horrible season for Virginia, because they lost to a lower seed and didn't make the Sweet Sixteen. Time for a new coach. I wish you wouldn't be so snarky.
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Post by njhoya78 on Mar 22, 2015 13:24:56 GMT -5
Gee, Dan, thanks for noticing!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 13:26:20 GMT -5
Guess that means it was a horrible season for Virginia, because they lost to a lower seed and didn't make the Sweet Sixteen. Time for a new coach. It’s always a good time for a new coach and a starting lineup change! And you know this Maaaaaan
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Post by GUJook97 on Mar 22, 2015 13:27:02 GMT -5
Never get involved in a land war in Russia and never bet against Michigan st making the sweet 16.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 13:27:33 GMT -5
They've knocked UVa out two years in a row. Ouch…
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Post by Buckets on Mar 22, 2015 13:36:13 GMT -5
Tough draw for UVa. MSU probably should have been on the 5 line and regardless of season performance never a team you want to see in the Tournament.
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Post by professorhoya on Mar 22, 2015 13:39:26 GMT -5
. . . Keeping Tony Bennett's seat warm.
Michigan State is a very bad matchup for UVA because Izzo also Pack the Line defense and so knows the ins and outs of what UVA is doing. The sad thing though is this whole side of the bracket is destroyed and give Kentucky an easier ride to the championship game. I though UVA and Villanova had the best chance to upset Kentucky.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 13:52:43 GMT -5
Tough draw for UVa. MSU probably should have been on the 5 line and regardless of season performance never a team you want to see in the Tournament. They were seeded correctly in my view.. They didn’t have a great regular season and you don’t base seeding on past teams success..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 13:55:18 GMT -5
Question for anyone who wants to answer
Since VA failed to make it out the first weekend as a 2 seed is Virginia’s 30-4 season a failure?
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Post by DanMcQ on Mar 22, 2015 14:03:20 GMT -5
Question for anyone who wants to answer Since VA failed to make it out the first weekend as a 2 seed is Virginia’s 30-4 season a failure? Nah, that only applies to their lacrosse team.
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Post by NCHoya on Mar 22, 2015 14:12:57 GMT -5
Interesting, UVA is the ACC's Villanova. They won the conference, great all season, and failed again in March. It does amaze me how specific teams just know how to win in March, it is a very select but predictable club.
How great is Tom Izzo? He is a complete exception and I hate when people say III should just be more like Izzo in March. I think people do not understand how terrific Izzo is as a coach. He never has the most talent, but he always wins. Everyone would want Tom Izzo as their coach. man, he knows how to win in March.
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Post by njhoya78 on Mar 22, 2015 14:19:08 GMT -5
Higher-seeded team losses are in bold
FINAL SCORE East Region Second Round at Charlotte NC: #7 Michigan State 60, #2 Virginia 54
IN THE FIRST HALF South Region Second Round at Charlotte NC: #1 Duke 18, #11 San Diego State 11 (10:15 to play)
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