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@dilanesper By this definition Louisville was also a mid major for their two national titles in the 80s. As for Gonzaga they are and have been a national program for a while now.

@dilanesper I mean actually no. Their conference was mid major but the program wasn’t. They literally built the Thomas and Mack center 18000 campus arena. The Shark made them a national program powerhouse. Four final fours

Few is a good coach. But mid majors not winning the NCAA tournament (the last one that did was UNLV 35 years ago) is not some accident. the entire structure of college athletics is skewed to favor the power schools.

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@SergeantMartee 6 minute scoring drought. That’s a wrap. Houston will be playing back home.

@AriRussell Texas A&M is shook.

That Houston defense is just relentless.

@SergeantMartee When he took the Missouri job it was the happiest day of my Life up until that point.

@AriRussell I definitely remember from Missouri. He started out here like gangbusters.

Oh wait Frank Haith sighting. I didn’t know he was an assistant on A&M until now.

@SergeantMartee I remember he was at Miami and he was terrible there. And then Missouri gifted us by hiring him away from Miami and then Miami hired Larrenega

@AriRussell He's been around. I lost track after Tulsa...

@JacksonCollier Paul Wall the People’s Champ!

I had never heard Tyler Nickel speak before. I don’t know what I was expecting, but it wasn’t this!

@JaysonRidley410 @MattCarlson18 @Terrapins247 Because of NCAA infractions during Bob Wade’s tenure.

@MattCarlson18 @AriRussell @Terrapins247 Why was Maryland penalized?

32 years ago today, Gary Williams won his first tournament game at Maryland as the No. 10 Terps took down No. 7 Saint Louis in round one 🐢 - Joe Smith: 29 pts, 15 reb, 2 stl - Johnny Rhodes: 14 pts, 5 reb, 3 stl - Keith Booth: 11 pts, 3 reb - Duane Simpkins: 7 pts, 11 ast

@discoque92 Spingarn had quite the hoops history. Elgin Baylor, Dave Bing, the General, then my era they had this backcourt of Fred Primus and Will Smith who could get buckets. Sad they closed the school.

I was a freshman at DeMatha when this Spingarn team beat my Stags for the Interhigh Championship. Sherman Douglas was the PG for Spingarn. Danny Ferry and the late Jerrod Mustaf were on Stags.

Udeh reminds me a lot of Clint Capella

Ernest Udeh is going to get a look in the NBA. Certainly will receive camp invites no question summer league. He’s 6’11 with great defensive instincts. Quick spring and is an absolute monster on the boards. Active on the offensive glass and has elite footwork defensively

@BC_Castaldo @bd242223 @CanesResearch @JonRothstein Yes they will have a significant advantage but not like Missouri had. That crowd was as loud as I’ve heard a round of 64 game and it wasn’t fans of other teams rooting for an upset.

@bd242223 @CanesResearch @JonRothstein I fully expect Purdue to have the overwhelming fan advantage Sunday, but they are a 2-seed playing 4 hours from campus, which is a normal NCAA Tournament advantage. Not a 10-seed playing 90 minutes away.

Thank you @JonRothstein for calling it what it was. A road game.

@KevinCBryant2 @SergeantMartee @Uncle_Fooby They should have gotten more teams in for sure. I paid a lot of attention to this league this year and they are a really tough competitive league.

@SergeantMartee @Uncle_Fooby Mountain west baskeyball is really good ball.

Mountain West is for real, huh @Uncle_Fooby!? Utah State is a well coached, experienced team!

One thing that makes Miami a dangerous team is that no one really has an answer for Shelton Henderson. He’s is just a monster going to the hoop or going “down hill” as they say now. He’s is a matchup nightmare for any team moving forward.

Big time clutch shots down the stretch by Donaldson and Reneau sealed the deal. That’s why you bring those types of players in for these moments. Next up is Purdue who Miami matches up very nicely against.

That was an impressive win for the Canes. It was a true road game in the ncaa tournament. No other team in the entire tournament had that kind of disadvantage crowd wise. They controlled the tempo of the entire game. Even when they lost the lead they still controlled tempo