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Hey!!! Bama spring football practice starts next week!!!!!:lol:
 
CedarPhin said:
You know, I was a bit hesitant on them going into the MWC Tourney, but they "wowed" me, especially in that title game. They've got everything, plus a coach that's won it all before.

That's my favorite, but this year, it's really anyone's game.
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Because I like the way they're playing so much, I have them going to the Final Four.
 
LouPhinFan said:
Are you just playing devil's advocate or do you really believe this?

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...ts-thursday-flashforward-return-fizzles/45367

Dude, A LOT of people watch NCAA basketball. College basketball is different that college football. People LOVE the little guy in the tournament, but they don't really watch them in football. If you really hate this tournament as you say you do, go find another thread to post in. There are plenty of them. You're in the minority here in this one.
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Get over it.

People argue about Chad Henne on this site everyday in threads that support that bum. This is the IN-TER-NET. People debate and argue here all the time.

And yeah, I do believe it. The tournament sucks. It has for years. Partly because there are too many teams and partly because there aren't any great teams anymore because the great players bounce after one year. That's easily a fact.

Those ratings for the first round of the tournament last year were terrible. 3's? Even the World Series (baseball sucks remember) was capable of pulling 8's. Game three pulled a 6.7 and the Series overall had a 14 share. 3's? For a tournament that is so "great." That's pretty weak.

Upsets, eh?

Here's what you should do in the first round of your bracket.

The #16 seed....ZERO chance at beating a #1 seed. In 104 matchups, the #1 is 104-0 against #16 seeds.

#13 and #14 seeds only win 18% of first round matchups.

In the second round, advance #1 seeds. #1 seeds win their first two games 88% of the time. Seeds lower than #12 in the second round DO NOT win. Only 6 out of 4-416 have ever won lol.

Third round. Advance three (or more) #1 seeds into Elite Eight. 72% of #1 seeds advance into the 4th round (that's a higher percentage than #5 seeds who win a single game). Seeds lower than #11 DO NOT advance to the Elite Eight. 24 have made it to the Sweet 16, but only 1 has ever advanced. Great odds for the little guy.

Only TWO of the 104 teams to get to the Final Four have been lower than an eight seed.

The Final Four has included exactly one or two #1 seeds 21 of the last 26 years (meaning that only 5 times on 26 years has there been either zero, three, or four number one seeds).

For 22 straight years the champion has been a #4 seed or better!

About the only real "upset" you can point to is that #9 seeds beat the #8 seeds 54% of the time.

Man, that little guy has incredible chances. Keep believing that they do though.

LET'S GO WOFFORD TERRIERS!
 
If they were THAT exciting and people actually watched the first round and these upsets happened as often as you guys claim they do, the NCAA and the networks would find a way to get these games in primetime slots.

That's not me being a hater, that's just the truth. You want to maximize revenue and you do that thru ratings. You can't put #2 v. #15 in primetime if no one watches it.

Check out the time slots for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. The Sweet 16 games are all 7:00PM or later. The Elite Eight gets great afternoon slots on the weekend. Wonder why that is?

Strange.
 
Well, I'm off to Denver to see my Cardinals (and the other teams at that site) play! Wheels up at noon on our charter flight!
 
PhinsPhan11 said:
The smaller schools might not win a lot of the games, but the games are still exciting whatever round it is.
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very true

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LouPhinFan said:
Well, I'm off to Denver to see my Cardinals (and the other teams at that site) play! Wheels up at noon on our charter flight!
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represent the big east!!! make us proud
 
CedarPhin said:
UNLV won it once. A commuter school in the middle of a casino town. EVERYONE in Vegas was a fan back then, and many still are. People still talk about those games, even if the team in question didn't go on to win the whole thing. ****, even Duke, they're a small private university in North Carolina.

Michigan's Fab Five. People still talk about them, even if they didn't win the whole shooting match. You probably couldn't name any of the UNC players (well Junc probably could) that played against Michigan in that 1993 title game.

It goes on and on like that.

The games, the atmosphere, that's why people watch it. I really don't care who wins it, mostly because my team (Miami) is never in it, I just enjoy watching it for the craziness surrounding the whole thing.
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The starting 5 was:

Derrick Phelps
Donal Williams
Brian Reese
George Lynch
Eric Montross

Some reserves:

Pat Sullivan
Kevin Salvadori
Henrik Rodl
Dante Calabria
Matt Wenstrom
Ed Geth
Larry Davis
Travis Stephenson

:D

JCane said:
If they were THAT exciting and people actually watched the first round and these upsets happened as often as you guys claim they do, the NCAA and the networks would find a way to get these games in primetime slots.

That's not me being a hater, that's just the truth. You want to maximize revenue and you do that thru ratings. You can't put #2 v. #15 in primetime if no one watches it.

Check out the time slots for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. The Sweet 16 games are all 7:00PM or later. The Elite Eight gets great afternoon slots on the weekend. Wonder why that is?

Strange.
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There are 16 games a day the first 2 days, you can't put them all in prime time. That's silly, are all 16 NFL games in prime time on Sundays?



Clemson gets the ACC off to a good start beating up UAB. Up next for Clemsonn is a win over west Virginia tomorrow.
 
nyjunc said:
The starting 5 was:

Derrick Phelps
Donal Williams
Brian Reese
George Lynch
Eric Montross

Some reserves:

Pat Sullivan
Kevin Salvadori
Henrik Rodl
Dante Calabria
Matt Wenstrom
Ed Geth
Larry Davis
Travis Stephenson

:D



There are 16 games a day the first 2 days, you can't put them all in prime time. That's silly, are all 16 NFL games in prime time on Sundays?



Clemson gets the ACC off to a good start beating up UAB. Up next for Clemsonn is a win over west Virginia tomorrow.
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i could see clemson beating wv. mountaineers r ugly on offense. should be a good game.
 
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