March Madness 2023
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Gonzaga advances to their 8th straight Sweet 16. Incredible for coach Mark few to take a little Catholic school in Spokane, Washington and build them into such a consistently great program. No national titles, but I would trade his success for UF's floundering over the last 8 years in a heartbeat.
sadgator wouldn’t trade our back to back National hoops titles for anything.
It was the pinnacle of sadgator’s sports watching career…
That team was arguably the greatest tournament play basketball team in history…which is pretty cool…
It was the pinnacle of sadgator’s sports watching career…
That team was arguably the greatest tournament play basketball team in history…which is pretty cool…
Perhaps the 3 clouded sadgator’s perception, but it seemed like he had a few big plays in critical moments. Nevertheless, really happy for him. He had massive guts to be playing the way he is. Wish him nothing but the best…
I wonder why he hasn’t been poached by another basketball program or a “blue blood”. He’s done great there but you wonder if he can’t get over the hump. Maybe he just likes it there.
Well with Kansas losing we are still the last program to go back to back. It’s going to take a special team to do it for sure.
I think that's exactly it. The year they made it to the championship game, one of the announcers said Mark Few and his family loved Spokane, loved the university and he's routinely turned down more money from bigger schools because he's comfortable where he's at. He turned down the Oregon job in 2021, as an example. Commendable, IMO.
With 4.8 seconds left, it's safe to say the Vols, along with Paco's favorite, regular season Rick, go down in the tourney again. Eff the Vols!
sadgator expected more out of the Lady Vols.
Cannot wait for the Bill King Show tomorrow morning.
Cannot wait for the Bill King Show tomorrow morning.
Now if we can get the State of San Diego to pull off an upset tomorrow all will be right in the hoops world...
That K-State point guard was super-human tonight…that was an insane game.
Tennessee goes down and what a combeack by Gonzaga to beat UCLA!!! Good for K-State and KJ.
LOL! Yep Regular Season Rick strikes again! Love it!
Looks like the weather is going to be beautiful in the Knoxville and Gatlinburg areas on Saturday.
Dollywood is likely gonna be packed.
Dollywood is likely gonna be packed.
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Sweet 16 season is a pretty good season. I'd certainly take one in Gainesville one of these years. Plus Barnes will recruit. Not sure what our guy is doing.
I'd also like to know how its possible that FAU has a former Florida assistant running the best basketball program in Florida, including recruiting a projected lottery pick from Florida, while we hired an 8th grader.
Let’s not get carried away and overreact. It’s just 1 year. Yes FAU is very good this year but this is May’s 5th season at FAU. His first 4 seasons were not so good to the point nobody was talking about him and nobody was looking to hire him away from FAU. I like May but i wouldn’t go crowning him just yet.
And let’s not kid ourselves about regular season Rick. If he was having early exits at UF we eventually would be screaming for his head as well. Some of you all have short memories as early on in Billy Ds tenure there were fans that got frustrated with early tourney exits. This was Regular Season Rick’s 8th season at UT. I wouldn’t take him at UF. Not if championships or hanging banners are your goal.
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I bet if I took Regular Season Rick at Florida and you went hunting for a guy to “win titles,” in 10 years, I’ll have more SEC wins, players drafted and NCAA tourney wins.
I could give 2 craps about players drafted. To me it is about winning championships and hanging banners. You can have regular season Rick. I’m going to try and win championships and not settle. Heck even Mike White got to an elite 8 at UF in 7 seasons. Regular season Rick hasn’t done that yet in 8 seasons at UT.
I’m not saying he’s a bad coach. You and I just have differing opinions on success or what we would deem success at UF.
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FAU is kinda like “Dunk City.” Great story, but talk to me about it in a couple years from now.
“Hey Alexa, can you provide me driving directions from Tuscaloosa to Dollywood?”
Huh? Andy Endfield? He’s been there for 10 years and has done ok. He’s had maybe 2 good years out of the 10 & hasn’t won a Pac 12 title and 1 Elite 8. Pretty similar to Mike White to be honest & he has a similar NCAA tourney record as Mike White.
Has he? I certainly don’t think so. He’s only made the tournament 5 times in 10 years. He’s been to 1 Elite 8 in 10 years. UF has been to 1 Elite 8 in the last 8 years. His NCAA tournament win percentage at USC is worse than Mike White’s at UF. He’s been to less NCAA tourney’s than Mike White. If he’s done worse than Mike White then that isn’t a good thing.
This year? USC
But if you go by his total 10 years at USC then UF has been better. Heck in 3 of his 10 years he didn’t even make the NIT. Are you really impressed with what he had done at USC? My math could be wrong but he’s won a total of 4 NCAA tourney games in 10 years. I think Mike White won 6 in 7 years. Mike White did better. And that isn’t a good thing because Mike White stinks.
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In all fairness, okay some, Enfield has probably done all he can at USC, which is not historically known for its hoops program. Then again, he seems more at home in Kalifornia so I don't see him leaving for a bigger hoops program. USC would be dumb to not give him the same treatment they gave Pete Carroll.
I can't remember the last time the Trojans hoops program had the kind of success they have with Enfield previously.
Tim Floyd. Although I think he got caught cheating. And no they don’t have a lot of success historically but you would think if they could hire the right coach they have the resources to have a good basketball program.
Andy Endfield’s wife I believe was a supermodel so she likes the LA life so I don’t see them moving, etc. With that being said Endfield has still been pretty average at USC.
I absolutely forgot about Tim Floyd. Poor bastard will always be remembered as the guy who replaced Phil Jackson in Chicago.
If any of you rival posters are fans of any of the number one seeds in this tourney, this is effing embarrassing.
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March Madness 2023: All No. 1 seeds eliminated before Elite Eight for first time in NCAA Tournament history
History was made in the Sweet 16 when No. 1 seeds Alabama and Houston were bounced from the NCAA Tournament
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I love March Madness, even when the Gators aren't there. Always pull for the underdogs and little guys. 16 teams from the SEC & Big 10 were in the tournament and none made the Elite 8. Miami is the only ACC team there. How crazy is that?If any of you rival posters are fans of any of the number one seeds in this tourney, this is effing embarrassing.
March Madness 2023: All No. 1 seeds eliminated before Elite Eight for first time in NCAA Tournament history
History was made in the Sweet 16 when No. 1 seeds Alabama and Houston were bounced from the NCAA Tournament
It is amazing that both Tennessee and Alabama have reached the Elite 8 only once a piece ever.
Florida has been to the Elite 8 so many times in sadgator’s life, he honestly forgets some of them from time to time.
Florida has been to the Elite 8 so many times in sadgator’s life, he honestly forgets some of them from time to time.
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We have actually had 3 different coaches take us to the Elite 8 in Kruger, Donovan and White. So because of that I certainly see no reason why we can’t do it from time to time. Obviously under Donovan is where the majority of them came from.
