I disagree with CBP

#26
#26
VOLinthaATL said:
On the radio here in Atlanta this morning the say that 11of the last 24 games between a 5 and a 12 have been won by a 12....pretty staggering numbers...

However, if we lose this game I would like to hear what all the CBP bandwagoneers have to say...that would make 4 early exits in 2 years...
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Well two NCAA Tour in two years. How many years before that.
I think you had better wait seveal more years before you try to down Pearl.
 
#29
#29
There is no need for expansion; that is why conference tournaments are played, (well that and extra revenue.)
 
#30
#30
The tourney doesn't need to be expanded...while the Cinderella stories are fun to root for, there is no business adding more teams that didn't perform well enough to make their way into the field. I'm not a fan of the play-in game as it is now, either. I think conference winners should get their automatic spot in the dance, not have to win another game to make the tourney. I guess they consider the play in game a part of the tourney, but to me it is just a qualifying game to make the field. If they want to stick to the play-in game scenario, make 4 play-in games instead of just one, and make it between the at-large bubble teams, not conference winners that did all they could already to deserve their chance.
 
#31
#31
DowntownVol said:
Seconded. Out of the current 65 teams, we all know that roughly 8-10 have any realistic shot of winning it all, anyway, so who really benefits from adding more teams?
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I'm not sure '83 NC State or '85 Villanova or even '88 Kansas teams would agree with that assessment. George Mason's '06 team might object.
 
#32
#32
I'm kind of indifferent. I wouldn't mind if it did for the mere fact that more mid majors would get in - but I dont see the logistics working out. The tourney is already a grueling stretch as it is...adding more games will be tough on the players. I just feel like if it did expand, there'd just be room for the mediocre big major teams like the FSU's, Syracuse's, and say, Ole Miss's. I doubt the proportion of mid major teams being accepted compared to mediocre big major teams would rise much.
 
#33
#33
golf437 said:
Well two NCAA Tour in two years. How many years before that.
I think you had better wait seveal more years before you try to down Pearl.
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We were more talented than South Carolina last year in the SEC tournament, more talented that Wichita State in the big dance, and more talented that LSU in the SEC tournament this year, and by the looks of it we are far more talented than LBSU this year....if we lose again I will doubt Pearl can get his team ready when they are clearly superior come tournament time...a few wins would change my mind but that hasn't happened yet but I hope it starts this year....
 
#34
#34
VOLinthaATL said:
We were more talented than South Carolina last year in the SEC tournament, more talented that Wichita State in the big dance, and more talented that LSU in the SEC tournament this year, and by the looks of it we are far more talented than LBSU this year....
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I cannot speak for Wichita St as I listened to that game on the radio, and the USC game last year is a mere memory, but after watching LSU and Tennessee live, I can definitively say that we were the LESS talented team on the floor. As our freshmen mature that should change, but we were out-personelled against the Tigers, plain and simple. Their guards are bigger, stronger, and faster than ours, and we had absolutely no answer for them inside.
 
#35
#35
cotton said:
I cannot speak for Wichita St as I listened to that game on the radio, and the USC game last year is a mere memory, but after watching LSU and Tennessee live, I can definitively say that we were the LESS talented team on the floor. As our freshmen mature that should change, but we were out-personelled against the Tigers, plain and simple. Their guards are bigger, stronger, and faster than ours, and we had absolutely no answer for them inside.
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Your telling me that we are less talented than a 17-15 team that didn't even get invited to the NIT?
 
#40
#40
and more talented that LSU in the SEC tournament this year
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Eh... no, especially in terms of pure athleticism.

They wouldn't have been much, if any, better this season with T. Thomas. Unless, of course, he made the smooth transition from PF/C to Guard before this season.
 
#42
#42
tidwell said:
Eh... no, especially in terms of pure athleticism.

They wouldn't have been much, if any, better this season with T. Thomas. Unless, of course, he made the smooth transition from PF/C to Guard before this season.
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There are alot of teams that are more athletic than other teams but I don't think that means they are more talented...
 
#43
#43
There are people on the VN that are talking elite eight and final four for our VOLS and then we have two people saying we are less talented than a team who went 17-15, 5-11 in the conference and didn't get and invitation to the Not In Tournament, tournament...but like I have said before, if we all felt the same way then this board would be very boring...

Go Vols...sweet sixteen will be great and anything else will be wonderful...
 
#44
#44
VOLinthaATL said:
There are people on the VN that are talking elite eight and final four for our VOLS and then we have two people saying we are less talented than a team who went 17-15, 5-11 in the conference and didn't get and invitation to the Not In Tournament, tournament...but like I have said before, if we all felt the same way then this board would be very boring...

Go Vols...sweet sixteen will be great and anything else will be wonderful...
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The fact that LSU went 5-11 is a travesty*, and they had the talent to hammer Florida late in the year. Talent does not always make a successful team (remember some of Jerry Greene's squads?) but player for player their guys are more talented than ours.

*Once again I refer to my brilliant, well thought out SECtournament recap, which nobody seemed to read:no:
 
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