Is PITINO really 9-0 in the SWEET 16?

[stevenash]

1	Wisconsin	35	1851	52.9
2	Virginia	32	1735	54.2
3	Stephen F. Austin	32	1741	54.4
4	Harvard	31	1724	55.6
5	Drexel	36	2020	56.1
6	Wyoming	33	1855	56.2
7	South Fla.	36	2037	56.6
8	Saint Louis	34	1960	57.6
9	Alabama	33	1918	58.1
10	Eastern Mich.	32	1878	58.7
11	Georgia St.	34	2003	58.9
12	Savannah St.	33	1949	59.1
13	Stony Brook	32	1892	59.1
14	Ohio St.	36	2133	59.3
15	New Mexico	35	2076	59.3
16	Georgetown	33	1959	59.4
17	Michigan St.	36	2138	59.4
18	Kentucky	36	2143	59.5
19	Southern California	32	1910	59.7
20	VCU	36	2154	59.8
21	SMU	32	1922	60.1
22	Cleveland St.	33	1983	60.1
23	Western Ill.	33	1985	60.2
24	Syracuse	35	2117	60.5
25	Denver	31	1876	60.5
26	Cal Poly	33	1998	60.5
27	Murray St.	33	2001	60.6
28	Clemson	31	1880	60.6
29	Sam Houston St.	32	1941	60.7
30	Butler	37	2245	60.7
31	Ball St.	30	1822	60.7
32	Vermont	36	2193	60.9
33	Cincinnati	36	2195	61.0
-	Fairfield	36	2195	61.0
35	Louisville	37	2259	61.1

[Louisvillekid1]

/\ fg% and turnover's much more important , alot of those teams just play such a slow offensive game, their opponets get less possessions...

[stevenash]

Louisville is 110th in the nation in turnover differential (slightly above average)

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/519/p3

FG percentage defense they are top ten, but 9 out of the 16 team teams left are either better them or close to it.

[Louisvillekid1]

Louisville is 110th in the nation in turnover differential (slightly above average)

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-men/d1/current/team/519/p3

FG percentage defense they are top ten, but 9 out of the 16 team teams left are either better them or close to it.

Lol What does our t/o differential have to do with defense...

We have been very sloppy with the ball throughout the season, but not any more...

[Louisvillekid1]

dude, we are 3rd in the nation in fg% defense

[stevenash]

/\ fg% and turnover's much more important

Responding to this portion of your post about turnovers.
I said you are top ten in FG percentage defense, but look at the top 9.

1	Kentucky	36	782	2115	37.0
2	Michigan St.	36	730	1927	37.9
3	Louisville	37	791	2087	37.9
4	Georgia St.	34	702	1847	38.0
5	Florida St.	35	749	1965	38.1
6	Kansas	35	736	1930	38.1
7	Syracuse	35	753	1964	38.3
8	New Mexico	35	731	1903	38.4
9	Wisconsin	35	681	1770	38.5

[baskets]

so many of these games just seem like common sense games...


I mean, come on....

Lou +5
Marq -2
Bayl -6
Cin +8
NCS +8

but the more I look at em, the more I get torn

[stevenash]

Marquette, don't over think it.

[Monter]

so many of these games just seem like common sense games...


I mean, come on....

Lou +5
Marq -2
Bayl -6
Cin +8
NCS +8

but the more I look at em, the more I get torn

No game is easy. That being said, I think Marq -2 is one of the best bets of the night. The remaining games you have in my opinion lack value or I am going the other way.

I am not playing Cincy or NCS. NCS game screams the type of game that you get suckered into playing based on the way the teams performed in each of their respective last games. Never a good idea. I actually like Cincy but with the line being so stale at 7.5 and 75%+ public on Cincy I refuse to touch it.

Lou and Baylor I am on the other side.

[cankid]

quite the stats but Louisville wont win today

[Louisvillekid1]

MArq scares me the most, Just got a weird feeling about that game...

[Scoobdog24]

MArq scares me the most, Just got a weird feeling about that game...

Same here, I have a weird feeling about Florida, but still picking Marquette to win.

[greenhippo]

Even today people still underestimate just how good a coach Pitino is. The man is a basketball genius.

[BettingWizard]

he's been the dog 3 or 4 times


fav or dog, his average margin of victory is 22 points


so yeah 9-0 ats too

[agendaman]

again jjgold gl on your 6k bet on louisville to repeat myself hope michigan wins by less than spread so we both hit/i got state at 10-1 to win it all /now bernard madoff give us info on high finance not picks ok / i read up on the inventor of the ponzi scheme /quite a guy/hey some white collar scammer actually got an 845 yr. sentence/wow hang in there bm.

[DennisT]

again jjgold gl on your 6k bet on louisville to repeat myself hope michigan wins by less than spread so we both hit/i got state at 10-1 to win it all /now bernard madoff give us info on high finance not picks ok / i read up on the inventor of the ponzi scheme /quite a guy/hey some white collar scammer actually got an 845 yr. sentence/wow hang in there bm.

Wow! Thats a lot of time but I digress. Will not try to over think this. Forget stats,NCAA Tournament game
Will take the 5 and Louisville. Patino already said he intends to run with State. Cards are fully healthy and
can run with anybody! Luck All!

[stevenash]

Pitino is 3 and 10 against #1 seeds in the NCAA tournament lifetime.

Tome Izzo is 7 and 2 lifetime as a head coach in the Sweet 16 game himself.

You would think with all those stacked teams, Pitino would have more than just one championship.
(The same as Izzo)

Sorry, but when I think of great coaches, the list starts with Wooden, then Knight, Coach K.... Dean Smith then you get to Jim Calhounn's of the world.

Pitino is in the Billy Donovan and Jim Boeheim tier.

[baskets]

I think Donovan and Boeheim are below Pitino.


If Boeheim hadn't of had Melo, his teams would be collossal suck asses in the tourney every year. Donovan was an NCAA choker before he had a couple nba guys on that one team and broke thru twice.

[stevenash]

If Boeheim hadn't of had Melo, his teams would be collossal suck asses in the tourney every year. Donovan was an NCAA choker before he had a couple nba guys on that one team and broke thru twice.

I can accept this statement.

Nobody is saying Pitino is a horse crap coach, not at all, but his NCAA record is not as great as one thinks.
Oh sure he's been to the big game twice, winning once, but Calhoun has won 3 times with less talent.
Oh sure he's won with Ray Allen and Kemba Walker, but I'll take Calhoun over Pitino.

[Jayvegas420]

I can accept this statement for now.
Untill The Orange win the Championship this year.

[BiffTFinancial]

I think Donovan and Boeheim are below Pitino.


If Boeheim hadn't of had Melo, his teams would be collossal suck asses in the tourney every year. Donovan was an NCAA choker before he had a couple nba guys on that one team and broke thru twice.

hmmm, if IU hadn't had Keith Smart, Boeheim would've had another national title right there. Cuse has had their tourney disappointments, but "every year" is overstating the point pretty severely..

[BiffTFinancial]

I can accept this statement.

Nobody is saying Pitino is a horse crap coach, not at all, but his NCAA record is not as great as one thinks.
Oh sure he's been to the big game twice, winning once, but Calhoun has won 3 times with less talent.
Oh sure he's won with Ray Allen and Kemba Walker, but I'll take Calhoun over Pitino.

i might take Calhoun over Pitino, but i'd definitely take Izzo over Calhoun, Pitino, Boeheim and Calipari all together on the same bench. i'm not even a Michigan State fan, but Izzo is hands down the best current coach in sports, period. that's not to put the other guys down. this is Izzo's 15th season and his 10 Sweet Sixteen (along with 6 Final Fours in 14 seasons with the 15th year still open for the moment). that's unreal.

Wooden is obviously the platinum standard that can never be touched. beyond that, Izzo's numbers compare very favorably to Knight, Coach K, Dean Smith, anyone at the end of his 15th year on the job. it also should be noted that it's not as if MSU regularly is at the top of recruiting class lists either.

[stevenash]

i might take Calhoun over Pitino, but i'd definitely take Izzo over Calhoun, Pitino, Boeheim and Calipari all together on the same bench. i'm not even a Michigan State fan, but Izzo is hands down the best current coach in sports, period. that's not to put the other guys down. this is Izzo's 15th season and his 10 Sweet Sixteen (along with 6 Final Fours in 14 seasons with the 15th year still open for the moment). that's unreal.

Wooden is obviously the platinum standard that can never be touched. beyond that, Izzo's numbers compare very favorably to Knight, Coach K, Dean Smith, anyone at the end of his 15th year on the job. it also should be noted that it's not as if MSU regularly is at the top of recruiting class lists either.

Spot on post.

I said to my wife (who is a big sports fan) earlier, Tom Izzo is so underrated it's hysterical.
All he does is win clutch games (most of the time) flies under the radar, runs as good as a program as you can run a big time program, etc. etc. etc.

Like I said in an earlier post, Pitino 3 and 10 against #1 seeds in the NCAA tournament, and Izzo is 7 and 2 in Sweet 16 games.
Izzo will not, repeat will not get out coached tonight.

[ShawNee922]

Trends mean nothing!!

I once saw a Long Beach State basketball trend that was 99-0 ...
After situation #100 the trend was over.... 99-1!!

[slickwatts]

now 10-0.

[stevenash]

Sparty played like crap.

[Louisvillekid1]

Sparty played like crap.

I was waiting for a comment like this,

their play had nothing to do with our defense/gameplan...

hahaha

[PR9]

10-0 baby !

[slickwatts]

Pitino is 3 and 10 against #1 seeds in the NCAA tournament lifetime.

Tome Izzo is 7 and 2 lifetime as a head coach in the Sweet 16 game himself.

You would think with all those stacked teams, Pitino would have more than just one championship.
(The same as Izzo)

Sorry, but when I think of great coaches, the list starts with Wooden, then Knight, Coach K.... Dean Smith then you get to Jim Calhounn's of the world.

Pitino is in the Billy Donovan and Jim Boeheim tier.

Don't know if I agree. Pitino is 1 player (Derek Anderson) away from back to back titles at UK. He was the 2nd leading scorer on that team and went out with a season ending injury and they still made the Finals. And if Rick wouldn't have left for Boston he would've had 3 titles but instead handed the reigns over to Tubby Smith. If there's anyone who has done less with more IMO it would be Dean Smith considering the number of All-Americans he's had.

[stevenash]

I was waiting for a comment like this,

their play had nothing to do with our defense/gameplan...

hahaha

OK Sparty played great.
Happy now

[stevenash]

I was waiting for a comment like this,

their play had nothing to do with our defense/gameplan...

hahaha

Your defense?
You a booster? AD? You have a financial stake in the team?

[Louisvillekid1]

OK Louisville played great.
Happy now

YEs fixed!

[Louisvillekid1]

Your defense?
You a booster? AD? You have a financial stake in the team?

Just my heart check my thread...

[stevenash]

^
What thread?

[Louisvillekid1]

http://forum.sbrforum.com/players-talk/1643065-lkid1s-gameday-video-go-cards.html