Chris_R

Since “Kiko” has been declared post-tropical, it seems incredible to currently have more tropical cyclones over the South Indian Ocean than the entire northern hemisphere, in early-mid September.

lol okay, thx. Will hopefully get to watch this soon, or maybe I don’t really hope for that?

Is Xavier Worthy active tonight? (I mean that in the most technical definition of the term.)

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Jerrod Mayo:

Defense mechanism is usually involved with joking about something bad. It’s typically awkward, but I think that’s a term a psychologist might use for this. (I’m not a doctor in real life, but I play one on TV.)

I’m working in eastern Massachusetts, but watched you on TV in CT way back when.

You’re not gonna tell us, but I’ll go with McCasland. UNC-W is a big team with lots of experience. If they can hit 3s on Thursday, which they generally kinda don’t, that could be a problem.

Did you know they rank number 1 at KenPom in home court advantage? Not justifying their absence, just wondering if the committee looked at that as a factor in making these decisions. They seemed to like metrics more than I can remember (vs resume).

Yeah, absolutely no analysis. Liked their NET rating or predictive metrics vs the lack of Q1 wins? Something??

Omg Texas made it. That is some crazy SEC love.

I would’ve been good with Michigan as a 4. Their resume is great, which is supposed to count the most, just the metrics with all those close wins is the drawback.

Inviting them even in a play-in makes Louisville as an 8 even worse.

What’s more is the basket improved their KenPom rating, so they lost more efficiently.

Relentless team. I would just hope this year they can string more of these kinds of hard-fought wins together in the Tourney.

The missed FTs by Harris with 18 seconds remaining, ooof. I certainly don’t put it all on him but the game was over with one make. Regardless, what a tremendous performance by Houston when they looked done. Such a great game.

That’s dense.

Jennings could not play like this, stating the ultra-obvious. That missed run for a first down early also cannot be overstated. I wonder if he tried too hard to make up for that miss, but we’ll never know.

Two playoff games, two nightmares (except for PSU & ND fans.) Sounds familiar, unfortunately.

How gracious and humble this champion is, yet only 18! What a great chess life he has ahead of him. (Just be careful on the bungee jump.😉)

Fewer losses, didn’t lose to the same team twice, defends the whole nation, easy.

I kind of like the place they’re in. I don’t want the bias the other way because then they’re THE target, unless you actually have a Death Star talented team like some recent squads, GA, Bama, etc. In that case, it doesn’t matter anyway. (Those may be in the past.) I don’t see Oregon like that.

I think partly it is in being conditioned to elite teams just busting out of the gate. It took longer than expected to become this team, with close wins to begin the season. I also think it’s not having been in the playoff for some time, and maybe even geography. Love to see them win it all though.

I’m not an OSU fan, but that was a clinic in crappy coaching. His psychological hurdle with Michigan is crazy. I can’t see how they bring him back unless he wins a natty this season, which I doubt will happen, and even then he’d be on borrowed time if they lose to them again next year.

And then there’s not using a timeout prior to the 2 minute mark. I’m sure he was thinking let Mich get a goal to go before using them, but your defense is playing well & the offense needed some friggin time. Then they gift them a first down after the 2-minute time out with illegal substitution? Wtf.

I can’t believe anyone on X was mad, no way. I thought it was funny, or maybe just ironic, that Gus Johnson on live air planted his flag against planting flags.

Fans accept the fact that a playoff crudely decides the “best team”. In your scenario, one could argue GA is the best team, but then so were the 2007 Patriots. They weren’t champions. Today’s culture just accepts the ultimate winner of the playoff as champ. That’s the rule, even if flawed.

Excellent article. OSU went up-tempo at the end of the first half, partly out of necessity, and we saw what happened. I figured we’d be getting a lot more of that in the second half. The fact he couldn’t figure that out, or stubbornly refused to go that route for a win, is coaching malpractice.

Auburn comes from 18 down to win and UNC says, “hold my beer.” One of the best single day of games in November I can remember.

No go for 2 if you can. Dayton highly unlikely to win in OT. Better chance get 2, hope for UNC missed FTs and another basket for the win.

The CBS algorithm shows it’s only a 6-minute read. It needs at minimum another thousand words before GP decides it’s too long to read.