1. 03-24-12 07:52 PM #1
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    Louisville finished 7th in the Big East and is now top 4 in the nation

    Just saying.
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  2. 03-24-12 08:02 PM #2
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    smells like Uconn from last year.
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  3. 03-24-12 08:03 PM #3
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    It's March Madness
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  4. 03-24-12 08:05 PM #4
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    This tournament is the greatest hustle going...

    Every year, degenerates and losers that worship Universities that used them for their money cling to their seats watching these coinflips that come down to 3-pointers and foul trouble...

    I'm more concerned with the Blue Jays left field position battle between Thames and Snider...
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  5. 03-24-12 08:05 PM #5
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    Making the Final Four doesnt make you one of the best 4 teams in the nation
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  6. 03-24-12 08:06 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by iifold View Post
    This tournament is the greatest hustle going...

    Every year, degenerates and losers that worship Universities that used them for their money cling to their seats watching these coinflips that come down to 3-pointers and foul trouble...

    I'm more concerned with the Blue Jays left field position battle between Thames and Snider...
    why are you worried about a losing baseball team? are you a homer like the "degenerates" you speak of?
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  7. 03-24-12 08:20 PM #7
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    That's the beauty of it. Just get in the tourney. Anything can happen.
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  8. 03-24-12 10:07 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by broadway6 View Post
    smells like Uconn from last year.
    Bingo!
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  9. 03-24-12 10:11 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrStale View Post
    Making the Final Four doesnt make you one of the best 4 teams in the nation


    I'm not sure where people seem to think winning means that team is the best team. Like the 2006 Cardinals were the best team in baseball? Hardly... they won the least games of playoff teams in a god awful NL Central. They were probably not top 10. It is just who plays the best at the end.
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  10. 03-24-12 10:13 PM #10
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    And They only beat one top 20 team to reach the final four, although I do consider Louisville a top 10 team when healthy
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  11. 03-24-12 10:14 PM #11
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    Next year maybe we blind bet the Big East Tourney Champ to win the National Title.
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  12. 03-24-12 10:15 PM #12
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    I said a week ago that Louisville is this year's Butler or VCU
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  13. 03-24-12 10:15 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by EaglesPhan36 View Post
    Next year maybe we blind bet the Big East Tourney Champ to win the National Title.
    I'm not sure why we are appointing Louisville the champs. Kentucky/Ohio State championship game is looming very large.
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  14. 03-24-12 10:17 PM #14
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    http://games.espn.go.com/tournament-...ntryID=3090557

    This bracket is my entry into my old work's pool... winner gets $1500 and I'd feel pretty good about my chances if Marshall wasn't out. I wish I could change my pick to Kentucky.
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  15. 03-24-12 10:19 PM #15
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    I wouldn't be annointing Ohio State anything quite yet. Solid team, but UNC & KU both match-up pretty well against them. Or Kentucky for that matter. Louisville seems to just defy the odds of reailty with their run this year. They're not even comparable to UCONN from last year. UCONN actually had some pretty solid talent from 1-5 in the starting lineup. Not saying the Cards are not talented, but UCONN could score from almost any position - Louisville is still a bit challenged offensively.
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    This thread is fukking retarded, most of you clowns are clueless.
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  17. 03-24-12 11:01 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by EaglesPhan36 View Post
    I wouldn't be annointing Ohio State anything quite yet. Solid team, but UNC & KU both match-up pretty well against them. Or Kentucky for that matter. Louisville seems to just defy the odds of reailty with their run this year. They're not even comparable to UCONN from last year. UCONN actually had some pretty solid talent from 1-5 in the starting lineup. Not saying the Cards are not talented, but UCONN could score from almost any position - Louisville is still a bit challenged offensively.
    Lol we have plenty of talent
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  18. 03-24-12 11:10 PM #18
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    You do have talent my friend, but from a scoring perspective we all know this is not the strongest of squads. And there just isn't a comparison to UConn from last year. Kemba Walker was a player of the year guy, no one on Louisville is in that same vein. To me, Louisville is the very definition of a TEAM that is winning. Reflects on Pitino as probably his best coaching job ever.
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  19. 03-24-12 11:28 PM #19
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    that is what can happen in a bracket style tourney, the 'best' team almost never wins. its who can get hot, and who can get the right match ups.
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  20. 03-24-12 11:33 PM #20
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    I'd say the only playoffs where the best team USUALLY wins is the NBA playoffs, but even then, it doesn't happen every year. Like last year for instance.
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  21. 03-25-12 01:04 AM #21
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    excuses, excuses, excuses... keep hating, we love the underdog role!
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  22. 03-25-12 03:44 AM #22
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    Someone had to win that joke of a division, may as well been Louisville. Best coach in the tourney
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  23. 03-25-12 09:53 AM #23
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    Bite me!!!!!!
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  24. 03-25-12 10:01 AM #24
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    Proves the power and toughness of the Big East.
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  25. 03-25-12 10:01 AM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by Louisvillekid1 View Post
    Lol we have plenty of talent
    i respect the fact you stick by your team but with high powered offensive teams ville does not have the ability to score with em.... yes there defense is great but they are seriously handicapped on offense.... for louisville to move on they need the perfect storm
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  26. 03-25-12 10:06 AM #26
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    Ville's Cinderella slippers come off next week. UF and UL were good but flawed teams. Both were a step behind the elite teams. UL will get bounced immediately in the final 4.
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    Quote Originally Posted by neverstoppers23 View Post
    that is what can happen in a bracket style tourney, the 'best' team almost never wins. its who can get hot, and who can get the right match ups.
    This is precisely how I'm hoping to win the 256-man handicapping tourney.
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    Haters gonna hate. Sounds like the CBS crew on here.
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  29. 03-25-12 10:30 AM #29
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    They hit all cylinders late in the year same as UCONN last year

    No fluke now
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  30. 03-25-12 11:55 AM #30
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    They also won the Big East tournament, that doesn't make the Big East amazing, it makes Louisville a good team that got healthy at the right time.
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  32. 03-25-12 12:05 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by PickWinnerAllDay View Post
    I'm not sure why we are appointing Louisville the champs. Kentucky/Ohio State championship game is looming very large.

    My bracket looks like shit, but I have Kentucky beating Ohio State to win it all. So that's looking good.
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  33. 03-25-12 12:52 PM #33
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    Louisville won the Big East tournament.

    At the end of the year, they were the best Big East team
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    Quote Originally Posted by BigDofBA View Post
    Louisville won the Big East tournament.

    At the end of the year, they were the best Big East team
    Yeah, people try to make it seem like this means any team in the Big East can win it all. Not really true... Louisville just had a stretch this year where they were awful. Weren't they in the top 10 for a good part of the season before they started losing left and right?
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    Quote Originally Posted by PickWinnerAllDay View Post
    Yeah, people try to make it seem like this means any team in the Big East can win it all. Not really true... Louisville just had a stretch this year where they were awful. Weren't they in the top 10 for a good part of the season before they started losing left and right?
    Exactly. L'Ville got healthy and was the best team in that conference. Hence them winning the conference tourney.

    If the Big East was so great, how did the Big East #1 already get knocked out?

    Likewise, the conference only gr one Final four spot.

    The Big East is a great conference but threads like these are misinformed.

    Louisville was not the 7th best team in he league. You can't honestly tell me teams like USF were better.
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