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  1. I've never seen a pre-game so intense about spending so much time about ignoring the upcoming game to focus only on promoting a coaching change, just to then say "ok, we've got one minute to spend on previewing the game"...
  2. Auburn Iowa game interesting...we also get bonus of irritatingly loud female PA announcer. This is gonna be a really good game.
  3. refs seem to be doing a good job. and both teams playing at a very high level. We can hope for for a ref performance this good later on.
  4. Avery Johnson! Gets old quickly, but since I just turned in, I can stand at least 6 minutes. He does have the wonderful enthusiasm for the game.
  5. wrt experts picking us to the final four: 1. A great Cinderella story with RT taking over, similar to the Michigan story many years ago. Steve Fischer, correct? 2. If you hadn't watched any college basketball all year, like me before the other day, and woke up and saw this wonderful defense, and a team that has solid rebounding and fairly consistent inside play as well, AND the team won by significant margins despite their guards not playing up to their potential.... ...This is obviously a final four team. We are a veteran team as well, correct? The potential is there. The bracket is there. Is the magic there? Why not Texas? The defense should never have a night off. Will we get the luck necessary to arrive in Houston? Nobody knows. I know one thing. Because of the togetherness, ability shown, and pure desire, on any given night, this team can beat any team. The reverse is true of course. The only game I would be surprised we lose is the first game. There is no dominant team to be concerned or worried about. Officials, now that is a different story! Never underestimate the refs ability to mess up a good situation. Luck and officials, those are the only things I am worried about.
  6. is it just me or is Bilas the only one who can offer an opinion on unknown teams off the cuff? Is he the only one who has kept up with college basketball?
  7. meanwhile Courtney Ramey with the possible dagger, and then he commits the foul. I think this is going to OT.
  8. Bill Walton is pretty funny. And a Courtney Ramey sighting as well.
  9. re: the refs, talk on here about playing against the refs as well as against KU. The stats on fouls and shots show an even game, but I saw like many of you the few examples of things that have not been called, carrying, traveling, etc. that went against us but not them. Let's say KU had an advantage that is not exactly measurable. How much better are we than KU on a neutral court with completely neutral refs? Do we get an additional 5-7 points with completely neutral refs? Does the committee watch the games? If so, then we are claiming we are 25 points better than one of the top 4 teams in the country? Then the conversation in the committee would have to be, "Is Texas a fluke?" of course someone could point out that Texas beat KU twice in the last 8 days, then our record against top teams, etc. Is there a case to be made to just swap us and KU? Wouldn't that be an easy fix for the committee? As I finish this I realize there is no way anybody could expect the entire committee to watch all of the conference tourney games. I don't expect anything but a 2 seed, but I could see this conversation possibly happening.
  10. We definitely deserve to be the #2 with the weakest #1. Like someone said, we blew a #1 possibility against Tech and TCU. However, I don't remember any momentum at the end of a season like this, as in ever, and I think my first game at the Super Drum was in 1978. Guessing we won conference tournaments during Pender's time, but we certainly didn't win a conference championship game by 20! Against the overall #1? Nope, this is special. Crazy official calls and unexpected injuries aside, this team should certainly expect to be there in the elite 8. We are in position A.
  11. couple of things, talk about past your prime! Dickie..retire! And we are ahead when I expect every shot by our guards to miss and every shot for their guards to go in? How strange!
  12. I expect the big guy back in after TO. Has the defense been this good all season?
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