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  1. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Just wanted to make the first mention of robot umps
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    Yeah, just about the perfect game there. Won't complain about having a lot of these when it counts. Trying not to get too optimistic about Urias, but he looks...wow. Loke a hitter.
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    I recall PBS hockey as well! That's a fun reminder. Thanks.
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    Gonzaga is like a Euroleague team. So fluid and easy. That would be a great championship. Baylor's "tougher," I think, especially in a halfcourt game, and probably more athletic, but the Zags just run 5 guys at you who can all do so many things. I think Gonzaga is the best college basketball team I've watched. Ahead of that 14-15 Kentucky team, and, yes, the Badger team from that year too. If anyone can go unbeaten, it's them. How will they react if it's a one possession game down the stretch? Can they handle physicality? I don't know. We'll see.
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    Very casual hockey observer, but would love to see three old WCHA schools in the Frozen Four. Found those rivalries and environments more fun than the B1G.
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    It's weird...I've gone from thinking the offense is blah outside of Yelich to thinkong it's like really interesting? Like, it's been fun seeing Urias get regular ABs, and Hiura's better work latelt make me intrigued, if not exactly amped.
  7. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Reuvers could be POY material in the A10 and a major piece at every major 7 cinference. He looked like a guy who needed a scene change. Feel like everyone even halfway thinking about playing again next year may take a transfer flyer. Going to be roster chaos.
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    I understand the "underperforming relative to talent" takes, I do. But Shaka also lost his leading scorer TWICE midseason. In college basketball, you're also always one weird, random event away from things being totally different. Nature of the sport. Razor thin margin between fans thinking you had a "great" year or a "total failure." I'm with HiAndTight on this one. Texas just never seemed like a good fit for Shaka. He turned down so many opportunities to leave VCU, and I think he's just better-suited to a basketball-first environment where you can actually focus on fit rather than trying to churn the 5-star mill. Cal can do that. K has become great at it. I think the VCU run is attributable to a guy being comfortable running a program in a way that you can't run Texas or Indiana or Kentucky. Maybe I'll be wrong, and I follow UW more closely than Marquette, but I think hoops in the state is so much better when both are good, and I think we're closer to that today than yesterday. Shaka is a way better name than I expected three weeks ago.
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    Texas was very good all year. In the tourney, Shaka has lost: 1) At the buzzer on a 50-footer. 2) To a crazy Nevada comeback in overtime (Texas was up 20). 3) By one in a game where they turned it over 24 times. If you want to say Shaka should've done more with the talent he got, I get it. And the VCU run involved its own kind of luck. I just think he's going to have Marquette in the tournament nearly every year, and that's all you can ask for. Plus, he is young, has local ties, and a record of success at a school outside the big power structure. I think being at a basketball-first school is really going to help.
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    Yeah, love the Shaka hire. Think he's a great fit for Marquette. Had some bad luck in the tournament, but good work if true.
  11. Cool Hand Lucroy
    I think this is exactly right. And, of course, the TV contract is probably the single largest source of revenue for a team, or at least the most stable. Without a revenue-sharing model (which I don't think we'll see any time soon), the incentive is to protect that stream. It's better for individual teams to have an exclusive product than an accessible one. Granted, I think it's better for MLB as a whole to have more viewers and a more accessible product (more people watching globally=more cash in the end, not to mention all the other brand benefits), so we're in a situation where self-interest doesn't really serve the whole. I'd love to see a radical, innovative approach as the CBA gets discussed over the next year (players give on salary cap, owners allow some form of modified revenue sharing and promise players, including minor-leaguers, a greater share of incoming $$), but I think a work stoppage and then a patchwork fix is far more likely. All this stuff seems to be the offshoot of an economic model that's heavily tilted toward billionaire owners. Until they decide to operate under a radically different paradigm, fans might be stuck.
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    If I were Moser, I'd stay. You can write your ticket at Loyola. With the publicity and expoaure over these last few years, you've got a chance to be at least Wichita State and maybe approach Gonzaga brand. The Valley has a much deeper history and level of success than the WCC, and you don't have to deal with all the pressure of recruiting and boosters in the way you do at bigger programs. Plus, you'll get a massive check. I am honestly surprised more coaches don't set out trying to be Mark Few. Especially since Loyola is reaching the point where they won't have quite the scheduling challenges a lot mid-majors do. Of course, I totally understand why guys want to "move up," and Marquette's a good job. But, man, Archie is a cautionary tale. From the cusp of a Final Four at a place that's just rabidly loyal about basketball and with major resources to pressure galore and constant questioning of your ability. Arch is laughing all the way to the bank, I guess, but for what Dayton would've given him, I'd prefer less stress.
  13. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Yup, but actually, it's a choice you are making. I'll see all the games with Spectrum cable, no way I can go without, so I keep forking over the cash. A summer without Brewers baseball just isn't in the cards. I mean, it is a choice. Everything is. But it's not a choice where the consumer has power. It's a monopoly, essentially, an unequal market with shades of price fixing. So, it's not exactly this totally open, two-party, mutually agreeable decision you're suggesting here...
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    Yeah, Baylor and Gonzaga look the part. Only takes one game, but they've been by far the best teams all year, I think, setting aside Baylor's COVID interruption. We'll see how the Zags side of the bracket fills in. Baylor's got a tough road for all the chaos. A Nova team that's gotten on track a bit and then Arkansas, who's been excellent. I am really hoping for Gonzaga. They've built so consistenly for 20 years, and are only missing the hardware.
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    This is a wild bracket. Double-digit seeds everywhere, and more with good chances tomorrow. No true buzzer-beaters yet, but, man, a whole lot of chaotic finishes.
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    RE: The B1G. The tournament is random. This was a good league whose best team ran into a bad matchup. Loyola was a Top-10 KenPom team. They're really good. More of a 4 or 5 seed than an 8, and it wouldn't be crazy to have them as a 3. MSU lost a toss-up game to a hot team. MD, Rutgers, and Wisconsin all beat major conference foes. The Pac-12 has been great in the tournament, but none of those teams are that good. Colorado blitzed a bad team. Oregon State beat a mediocre, inconsistent team that's been bad lately. UCLA beat a team with less overall talent and athleticism and won a coin flip in OT. OSU and Purdue played bad, and it hurt them. It's matchups and luck if you ask me.
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    Not a bad showing by the Badgers. Had about four shots to cut it within 5 or so and just couldn't get a shot to fall. Baylor shot it well and really challenged UW on drives. Just way more talent and better shooters overall. We'll see what offseason brings in terms of roster decisions. Davis is the real deal. I wouldn't be shocked if a lot of these guys come back. It's been such a weird two-year stretch, but a lot of that's going to depend on program planning and program politics. Two questions moving forward: 1) How good is that class of 2020? 2) Will UW hit the transfer market a little harder this year? I know they got Potter, but that's really not been a part of their style. I think that's probably one thing that'll have to change a bit to keep up. I see a wide range of potential outcomes for the 2021-2021 Badgers. We'll know more in July, I guess, but this could be a title contender if everyone comes back, or basically a brand new blank slate.
  18. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Wow. When you shoot, you win. With North Texas winning, the Badgers are a patented, gutty 9 over 1 win away from facing either wounded Villanova or a one-bid school for a shot at the Elite 8.
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    Devries just signed an 8-year extension at Drake. McKay's a pack-line, Tony Bennett disciple (coaches at Liberty currently). Moser's ready to make the jump too, I think. Churning out top 10 KenPom teams that get 8 seeds will do that.
  20. Cool Hand Lucroy
    I think Arch is the besr coach available. It didn't work at Indiana, but Dayton and Marqutte feel like very similar schools, with Marquette having more resources, the ability to recruit higher caliber players, and a better recruiting market.
  21. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Looks like Wojo is out....Jeff Goodman has it. Surprised.
  22. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Badgers 55% to win vs UNC according to 538. UNC 2-point favorites elsewhere. So, toss-up, as you'd expect 8-9.
  23. Cool Hand Lucroy
    I think UNC is better than anyone the Badgers have beaten. Lot of athletic size. Really going to habe to shoot it and defend down low. I'd take UNC to cover anything up to about 6.
  24. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Alright, I'll say the Badgers end up on the 9 line. Baylor's region. vs. UCONN. Not very optimistic about avoiding that 8, 9 game. Hope I'm wrong.
  25. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Yeah. It is going to be odd. I would think the Badgers would take anyone back, but there's also presumably going to be free transfers, right? Could see Reuvers taking that route, maybe to an A10 or even Big East school, but who knows? One of Kentucky's freshman just entered transfer portal, so that may be a way coaches compensate for being unable to do any of the traditional recruiting stuff. Side note: Wonder if St Thomas going D1 will impact Badger recruiting in MN...probably not, but just thinking aloud.
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