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2014 NCAA Tournament March Madness |OT|
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anotherVegan
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Alright Gators! Time to spoil Cinderella's night out. Turning that carriage back into an onion.
jakefromstatefarm
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What the fuck was Karen Fraudgers doing in the Wiscy locker room? Has he been with the team this whole tournament?
bucknuticus
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Northland alumni in Elite 8:
2014- Devon Scott and Jalen Robinson (Dayton)
2013- Trey Burke (Michigan)
2012- Sullinger/Weatherspoon (OSU)
Kind of insane for a small school in Columbus.
2014- Devon Scott and Jalen Robinson (Dayton)
2013- Trey Burke (Michigan)
2012- Sullinger/Weatherspoon (OSU)
Kind of insane for a small school in Columbus.
anotherVegan
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Maybe I'm thinking of Shrek
HeisenbergLannister
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Grover Cleveland
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Greatest rivalry in college basketball? Okay
It might be, Duke-UNC has been largely trading blow-outs for the past seven-ten years, very few great games lately
Overall Duke and UNC is still the best and most widely followed I'd say, but I do think UK vs. U of L has been slightly more interesting these past few years. Mainly because of the back to back titles and important tourney games. The final four matchup was big in 2012 and tonight should be as well.
bucknuticus
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Mitch mcgary is dressed for tonight....
According to ESPN, Duke/UNC is a huge deal. On a broader scale, I think there is wide interest in that rivalry, but the not intense interest. On a local level I think those teams play each other far too often, usually 3 times a season, for it to have the intensity of the Kentucky/Louisville rivalry. From a longevity perspective, Louisville had 2 championships before Duke won their first. From a here and now perspective, these are the last two national champions, one of which has the other school's former coach, playing in the NCAA Tournament. That's a big deal.
Yeah I am gonna be away from the tv cause I agreed to plans like 2 months ago.
I don't think we will win but it's gonna suck if I miss it.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Louisville had about 20 years of irrelevance since their title in 1986.
And Kentucky's just bouncing back from 4 years of mediocrity. If you only live in the here and now, fine, but let's not skip over things that happened during our life time.
That's also discounting the socio-economic fuckery that is the UNC Duke debacle.
bucknuticus
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To me, a neutral fan, feel like the unc/duke rivalry is bigger than uk/ul.
Kinda feel like only uk/ul care about that rivalry
Kinda feel like only uk/ul care about that rivalry
Yet only down 5. Need to exert their size and slow the game down.
But they are hitting their shots right now, can't expect that to keep up
And holy shot stauskas
EDIT: that is what happens when you try to out Michigan, Michigan
For some reason I thought that was traveling? Cool play either way.
HerbertFish
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Lol defense
theprodigy
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GO BLUE
I mean it this time, come at me bucknuticus
bucknuticus
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You shut your mouf!
Well when you are getting wide open looks, good shooters are gonna shoot well
Elfforkusu
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I know that feel.
theprodigy
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if it makes you feel better, I'd root for Ohio State if they were in Michigan's spot
but they aren't
Are we not living in the here and now? Is what happened in the early 90s important but the 80s aren't? Because what reason? The early 90s was the height of the UNC/Duke rivalry, and not surprisingly, was a time when one followed the other with a championship. Since then UNC went 12 years without one and, if we are being honest, suffered a good deal of mediocrity of their own.
From my perspective I stopped caring about the UNC/Duke rivalry years ago because it is meaningless to me and the game occurs far too often. Far, far, too often. If you don't like the outcome, wait two weeks, they play again. Just isn't special. Again, I am aware there is a fare bit of casual interest in it nationally, mostly because that's what ESPN feeds people, but the interest is casual.
I have no fucking clue about whatever socio-economic issue you're talking about and neither does anyone else outside the triangle. That's their thing and is completely irrelevant on a national scale. I could bring up any number of justifications for the UK/UL rivalry that would be equally useless for you.
But I don't know that I'd say it's the greatest rivalry in college basketball. It's up there though.
Grover Cleveland
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UNC won a title in 2009
Duke won a title in 2010
Not saying your broad point is wrong, but you kind of skipped over that detail.
theprodigy
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now they're only 64.3%! /s
Grover Cleveland
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This Tennessee team would have beat Duke by 20 points. Way too long, way too athletic.
It would have been Villanova 09 all over again.
It would have been Villanova 09 all over again.
Dreams-Visions
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HOLD ON, BLUEEEEEEEEE
bucknuticus
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Lol Michigan
doctordoak
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Lol Dayton
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