Game Thread 2024 March Madness

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Will you be filling out a bracket this year?

  • No.

  • Yes, I look forward to it every year!

  • I'll be betting on every single game on draft kings.

  • I prefer the NCAA Women's Tourney

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crandc said:
Yes. Also stronger bench.
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I thought that Iowa got tired. Gamecocks definitely used their bench and it made a bunch of difference.
Better, bigger and stronger team.
IMO the best team won.
No knock at all on Clark or any of the Hawkeye's.
It was a great season for all of women’s college basketball.
 
Calipari possibly leaving Kentucky to go to Arkansas. Seems like a step down, but maybe less pressure.
 
crandc said:
South Carolina was the best team. The coach Blazers didn't hire.
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Tough to bring the first woman coach in to that situation. Probably a no win situation for her.

I'd definitely take either Staley or Hammon over Billups for developing this young team.
 
kjironman1 said:
I thought that Iowa got tired. Gamecocks definitely used their bench and it made a bunch of difference.
Better, bigger and stronger team.
IMO the best team won.
No knock at all on Clark or any of the Hawkeye's.
It was a great season for all of women’s college basketball.
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I thought UConn was better as well. They were just decimated by injury.
 
Phatguysrule said:
Tough to bring the first woman coach in to that situation. Probably a no win situation for her.

I'd definitely take either Staley or Hammon over Billups for developing this young team.
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But can you imagine the fallout? Dude is 79-160. If the first Female Head coach was sitting with that record the stigma would never wear off.
Even Billups is going to hurt dealing with that record.
 
kjironman1 said:
But can you imagine the fallout? Dude is 79-160. If the first Female Head coach was sitting with that record the stigma would never wear off.
Even Billups is going to hurt dealing with that record.
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Agreed. You really want the first female coach to walk into a good situation. Ideally like Steve Kerr did.
 
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We could argue a better record with a different coach.
I think more likely first hire will be a mediocre team.
 
crandc said:
We could argue a better record with a different coach.
I think more likely first hire will be a mediocre team.
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True. I'm just not sure if we had what it would have taken to keep Dame.

And honestly, if we weren't able to keep Dame thw record was going to suck for years. I'm almost certainly both Hammon or Staley would have been able to get us more wins than Billups. But would that be enough to be considered a success? Or would she take the blame for Dame leaving?

Just not a good situation. Same reasons an established NBA coach wouldn't look at it, honestly.
 
Man it's so nice to see post play back in basketball with Zach Edey. So beautiful to watch the footwork.
 
Nice game tonight, could end up being a dog fight
 
Why is Clingan considered a much better NBA prospect than Edey?
 
Purdue woukd be better to get other players involved in offense.
 
That's my understanding, but my question continues to go unanswered: Why?
 
Cant judge Clingen on this game alone his guards have scored 50 And Purdue 14.
 
Good game plan by UConn keep other players from contributing offensively.
 
Tince said:
That's my understanding, but my question continues to go unanswered: Why?
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Better shooter, better defender, faster, still 7-2. Has a better motor. Higher BBIQ.
Does that help?
I still don’t think he’s much better than a late first round pick.
 
kjironman1 said:
Better shooter, better defender, faster, still 7-2. Has a better motor. Higher BBIQ.
Does that help?
I still don’t think he much better than a late first round pick.
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Clingan is all those things?

They both seem like big, slow, non-3pt shooting threats; neither seems like ideal PnR defenders. Edey plays all game, Clingan plays half the game, so I would hope he plays harder. I'd assume if the two swapped teams, UConn would be as good or better and Purdue would almost certainly be worse.

What makes Clingan's basketball IQ superior? I've watched them both play about 8-10 times and I'm not seeing a significant difference. Obviously I'm missing something though!
 
Tince said:
Clingan is all those things?

They both seem like big, slow, non-3pt shooting threats. Edey plays all game, Clingan plays half the game, so I would hope he plays harder.

What makes Clingan's basketball IQ superior? I've watched them both play about 8-10 times and I'm not seeing a significant difference. Obviously I'm missing something though!
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If we wait tell the draft we will see how the experts view them both. One is a mid to first rounder the other second rounder my guess?
 
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