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Welp shouldn't have been positive about Spencer Strider when I last came in here, because he's likely (99%) down for the season.

But how 'bout that offense...
 
Well, Purdue throttled NC St all game.....like predicted, and Alabama got a pretty raw deal on the refs dictating the game (allowing Uconn to play tough down low but calling tic tac fouls on Bama when they did the same), although Uconn still would have probably won it due to us getting cold in the 2nd half. We were there the whole game until the final 2 minutes, which is all you can ask. Clearly the best 2 teams in the tournament just played for the title, it was just 1 game early. Congrats to Uconn on the win, now here's to pulling for the underdog.....Go Purdue!

FYI.....dunk of the year Nelson over Clingan......with the "and 1" that wasn't called (UNREAL)
 
RoddyPiper said:
Well, Purdue throttled NC St all game.....like predicted, and Alabama got a pretty raw deal on the refs dictating the game (allowing Uconn to play tough down low but calling tic tac fouls on Bama when they did the same), although Uconn still would have probably won it due to us getting cold in the 2nd half. We were there the whole game until the final 2 minutes, which is all you can ask. Clearly the best 2 teams in the tournament just played for the title, it was just 1 game early. Congrats to Uconn on the win, now here's to pulling for the underdog.....Go Purdue!

FYI.....dunk of the year Nelson over Clingan......with the "and 1" that wasn't called (UNREAL)
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Lol troll much?
 
RoddyPiper said:
Well, Purdue throttled NC St all game.....like predicted, and Alabama got a pretty raw deal on the refs dictating the game (allowing Uconn to play tough down low but calling tic tac fouls on Bama when they did the same), although Uconn still would have probably won it due to us getting cold in the 2nd half. We were there the whole game until the final 2 minutes, which is all you can ask. Clearly the best 2 teams in the tournament just played for the title, it was just 1 game early. Congrats to Uconn on the win, now here's to pulling for the underdog.....Go Purdue!

FYI.....dunk of the year Nelson over Clingan......with the "and 1" that wasn't called (UNREAL)
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I'm not sure if Alabama is one of the two best teams. Purdue is an awfully good team.
 
SD said:
DA RAYUFFS.
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Didn't know you were a UConn fan. Maybe you missed the part where I said UConn probably still wins the game. Or maybe you just don't know a lot about basketball and how your "rayuffs", as you say in the mid Atlantic, can dictate how teams can/can't play their style. Sure wish they would have let Alabama bang around down low like they did UConn....that's all anyone could ask for.
 
Snowlover87 said:
I'm not sure if Alabama is one of the two best teams. Purdue is an awfully good team.
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Oh they definitely are good, but Alabama's style would have been very hard for them to match.....just like it will be hard for them to match UConn. Both UConn and Alabama can run the floor relentlessly, UConn will beat you with their pace of the big men, Alabama will beat you with the pace and transition 3's. Purdue will be able to matchup better down low if they can keep UConn from going tempo, but I don't see it happening unless Purdue is hot from 3.....should be another fun one to watch. Pulling for Purdue so I can win my 89 team work bracket....we shall see.
 
I just love the fact that Alabama is now cemented as an Everything School and it makes 95% of the country sick..... 🤣
 
RoddyPiper said:
Didn't know you were a UConn fan. Maybe you missed the part where I said UConn probably still wins the game. Or maybe you just don't know a lot about basketball and how your "rayuffs", as you say in the mid Atlantic, can dictate how teams can/can't play their style. Sure wish they would have let Alabama bang around down low like they did UConn....that's all anyone could ask for.
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I'm just happy Alabama beat unc. That said college basketball isn't officiated objectively and it hasn't been for a long time. I could talk about how edey wasn't officiated the way states bigs were in our game but it doesn't change the fact that we committed dumb fouls, missed open shots and the moment seemed to big for us. Better hope ol nate doesn't run to Kentucky but with how much money the sec gets from their TV deals and how much booster money bama gets im sure you guys will get a good one if he did
 
SD said:
I'm just happy Alabama beat unc. That said college basketball isn't officiated objectively and it hasn't been for a long time. I could talk about how edey wasn't officiated the way states bigs were in our game but it doesn't change the fact that we committed dumb fouls, missed open shots and the moment seemed to big for us. Better hope ol nate doesn't run to Kentucky but with how much money the sec gets from their TV deals and how much booster money bama gets im sure you guys will get a good one if he did
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You are correct, the officiating is never consistent. It will always favor one style of play or another....unfortunately for the SEC, it didn't favor our leagues style the whole tournament. Once you are left guessing at how the officiating is going to be, rather than a tone being set early and stuck with, your rhythm is gone. It seemed that Alabama was guessing at how they were going to be allowed to play since the opening round (as were other SEC schools). Bama/UNC was as about consistent of an officiated game as I saw us play in the tournament.

Yes, NC State really had a smooth road to get to where they were since they were allowed to play their game. The pressure got to them pretty bad, and that will break any team who is somewhere they really shouldn't be (on paper) over time. Think about it....this run for them started almost a month ago.....the fact they held on to it for that long is quite surprising.

Kentucky has been on the brink of being a dumpster fire for quite a long time. Alabama has him locked up pretty good with an 18M buyout....not that Kentucky couldn't do it, but Alabama would just up it with a new contract. Kentucky heading down, Alabama heading up....there is no reason for him to leave.


My take on the tournament overall is that if you were a team who banged down low all season, and that was your thing, you were allowed to do it. If you were a team that had to adjust to that style, or needed to make that adjustment, you weren't going to get the same calls as a team who has done it all year.
 
Metwannabe said:
Can't tell if there is sarcasm here or not, on the surface it seems you need some better posting manners. Now that I think of it, it was stuff like this that got the politics thread shut down. Good job
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Absolute zero sarcasm, and I can't see where there could be any misconception that there was. What got the political thread shut down was people who would throw stones and then hide behind moderators. Not the mention that the only opinions allowed on this board are ones from the east coast....just saying
 
RoddyPiper said:
You are correct, the officiating is never consistent. It will always favor one style of play or another....unfortunately for the SEC, it didn't favor our leagues style the whole tournament. Once you are left guessing at how the officiating is going to be, rather than a tone being set early and stuck with, your rhythm is gone. It seemed that Alabama was guessing at how they were going to be allowed to play since the opening round (as were other SEC schools). Bama/UNC was as about consistent of an officiated game as I saw us play in the tournament.

Yes, NC State really had a smooth road to get to where they were since they were allowed to play their game. The pressure got to them pretty bad, and that will break any team who is somewhere they really shouldn't be (on paper) over time. Think about it....this run for them started almost a month ago.....the fact they held on to it for that long is quite surprising.

Kentucky has been on the brink of being a dumpster fire for quite a long time. Alabama has him locked up pretty good with an 18M buyout....not that Kentucky couldn't do it, but Alabama would just up it with a new contract. Kentucky heading down, Alabama heading up....there is no reason for him to leave.


My take on the tournament overall is that if you were a team who banged down low all season, and that was your thing, you were allowed to do it. If you were a team that had to adjust to that style, or needed to make that adjustment, you weren't going to get the same calls as a team who has done it all year.
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The last paragraph is my frustration with the whole thing. I believe it's part of the reason duke has been put out the last few seasons in the nccaat. Their style of play doesn't match what most other conferences do and when they play someone that beats and bangs and it's allowed they fold
 
RoddyPiper said:
Absolute zero sarcasm, and I can't see where there could be any misconception that there was. What got the political thread shut down was people who would throw stones and then hide behind moderators. Not the mention that the only opinions allowed on this board are ones from the east coast....just saying
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Woh is me much?
 
LickWx said:
Premature … you have to win the thing to be in the conversation… basketball and football are very different . Good luck keeping that momentum in basketball
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So Gonzaga isn't a basketball school, got it!
 
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RoddyPiper said:
So Gonzaga isn't a basketball school, got it!
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What is this your first final four appearance? Lol, come back year after year like Gonzaga then come and talk

If Alabama has a horrible football season is it no longer a football school? I’ll give you basketball school if you agree that one horrible football season means Alabama is no longer a football school
 
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LickWx said:
Premature … you have to win the thing to be in the conversation… basketball and football are very different . Good luck keeping that momentum in basketball
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LickWx said:
What is this your first final four appearance? Lol, come back year after year like Gonzaga then come and talk

If Alabama has a horrible football season is it no longer a football school? I’ll give you basketball school if you agree that one horrible football season means Alabama is no longer a football school
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So lets get your argument(s) down, then we can all laugh at your logic....

Your quote "You have to win the thing to be in the conversation"......so that leaves Gonzaga out

Yet you want to leave Gonzaga in though because they keep coming back (back to what?)

Alabama has been in the Sweet 16 (the top 16 teams in the country) for 3 of the last 4 years (they keep coming back) but you want to leave them out...... 🤣 .......Either you have to win it all to be relevant or you don't....you cant have it both ways, not here anyways.

Now you move to football and say that 1 bad year means you are no longer relevant.....im sorry, WHAT!?!?!? You are literally arguing with your own logic.

Let me make it very simple for you....Alabama is a football, baseball, and now basketball school (you could include softball, gymnastics, etc. if you really wanted to get technical). Gonzaga, even though they have never won it all, is a top tier college basketball school. Your logic, if someone wants to give you credit for having any, is flawed at best, and laughable almost always.
 
RoddyPiper said:
So lets get your argument(s) down, then we can all laugh at your logic....

Your quote "You have to win the thing to be in the conversation"......so that leaves Gonzaga out

Yet you want to leave Gonzaga in though because they keep coming back (back to what?)

Alabama has been in the Sweet 16 (the top 16 teams in the country) for 3 of the last 4 years (they keep coming back) but you want to leave them out...... 🤣 .......Either you have to win it all to be relevant or you don't....you cant have it both ways, not here anyways.

Now you move to football and say that 1 bad year means you are no longer relevant.....im sorry, WHAT!?!?!? You are literally arguing with your own logic.

Let me make it very simple for you....Alabama is a football, baseball, and now basketball school (you could include softball, gymnastics, etc. if you really wanted to get technical). Gonzaga, even though they have never won it all, is a top tier college basketball school. Your logic, if someone wants to give you credit for having any, is flawed at best, and laughable almost always.
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So how many bad years would it take for Alabama to lose its football school status? 2? 3? I mean you gave me 3 to call Alabama a basketball school. I’ll give you Gonzaga that makes sense… Gonzaga keeps making deep tournament runs and has been for quite some time, Alabama is new … now I’m not quite as prideful or boastful as you so based on your arguments I’ll give it to you, however … in my book y’all lack the culture ( had to give free tickets to get people out to the final four) and the history for me to call you a basketball school
 
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LickWx said:
So how many bad years would it take for Alabama to lose its football school status? 2? 3? I mean you gave me 3 to call Alabama a basketball school. I’ll give you Gonzaga that makes sense… Gonzaga keeps making deep tournament runs and has been for quite some time, Alabama is new …
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A "bad" year for Alabama football is a 3 loss season, which still puts you at 10 wins.....for most schools, that's a great year. How many times have we heard that Alabama is no longer relevant in football after they lost a big game, or lost in the playoffs.....its silly. In today's world, people want to rip away greatness far quicker than it takes to attain it. It's hard to imagine college football without Alabama being a top 5 school year in and year out.....simply because there is no goliath to be slain by all the haters.

Now, to answer your question.....Given the circumstances (Saban gone), the Elite status can (and should) drop quicker if they start declining. There will never be another coach that dominant now that NIL is here. So I would say that if Alabama doesn't win a title in the next 5 years....or they miss the playoffs (expanded) in 2 of the next 5, then I would say they are no longer "Elite". The crazy thing people do with Alabama football is that they compare Alabama of year X to Alabama of year Y and say they are no longer Elite.....is mind blowing. If my memory is right, I think we have lost 23 games in 15 years, and I bet I have heard that Alabama was dead in 7 of those years....its crazy.
 
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RoddyPiper said:
Oh they definitely are good, but Alabama's style would have been very hard for them to match.....just like it will be hard for them to match UConn. Both UConn and Alabama can run the floor relentlessly, UConn will beat you with their pace of the big men, Alabama will beat you with the pace and transition 3's. Purdue will be able to matchup better down low if they can keep UConn from going tempo, but I don't see it happening unless Purdue is hot from 3.....should be another fun one to watch. Pulling for Purdue so I can win my 89 team work bracket....we shall see.
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Not a bad analysis for a bandwagon Bammer that never watches basketball........ 🤣
 
LickWx said:
So how many bad years would it take for Alabama to lose its football school status? 2? 3? I mean you gave me 3 to call Alabama a basketball school. I’ll give you Gonzaga that makes sense… Gonzaga keeps making deep tournament runs and has been for quite some time, Alabama is new … now I’m not quite as prideful or boastful as you so based on your arguments I’ll give it to you, however … in my book y’all lack the culture ( had to give free tickets to get people out to the final four) and the history for me to call you a basketball school
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Alabama will ALWAYS be a football school because it is endeared the most by the faithful and the alumni with deep pocketbooks no matter how long they are down. For example: Southern Cal is still a football school but how long has it been since they've won anything? JMHO
 
UConn wins titles back to back. I know it's hard to win one title, but makes me wonder as a UNC fan why they can't do that. UConn has won 6 titles since 1999, too, and UNC has won 3. Guess I should be grateful for the 3 titles, but can't help but wonder as a fan what the difference is and why thry have won twice as many titles since then.
 
Brick Tamland said:
UConn wins titles back to back. I know it's hard to win one title, but makes me wonder as a UNC fan why they can't do that. UConn has won 6 titles since 1999, too, and UNC has won 3. Guess I should be grateful for the 3 titles, but can't help but wonder as a fan what the difference is and why thry have won twice as many titles since then.
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UConn builds teams that stay together far longer than these other schools. Basketball players from the northeast are a different breed....UNC, for the most part, is always relevant, and always a threat. I still feel like there is a Roy Williams hangover after all these years. NIL and transfer portal has changed it all. I honestly feel like we will see a mid major school win a title in the next 5 years simply because they will have 4th and 5th year seniors across the board....wait for it.
 
RoddyPiper said:
UConn builds teams that stay together far longer than these other schools. Basketball players from the northeast are a different breed....UNC, for the most part, is always relevant, and always a threat. I still feel like there is a Roy Williams hangover after all these years. NIL and transfer portal has changed it all. I honestly feel like we will see a mid major school win a title in the next 5 years simply because they will have 4th and 5th year seniors across the board....wait for it.
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Yeah, recruiting is harder these days. Bench players aren't going to stay 4 years if they can go start somewhere else. UNC has already lost Trimble to transferring. If you get the 5 star players they will just go pro after 1 or 2 years. If you get good players that would come off the bench they could leave after a couple of years to go start somewhere else.

Seems better to get players that are good but won't go pro early and will stay all 4 years because they end up starting by their second year, and then get lucky with transfers to fill in the holes. Actually seems getting the top talent to come in is a double edge sword. They might be able to make an impact right away, but then they might make others who might have started tranafer. Hard to find the right balance of having good talent but also players that will stay for more than 2 years.
 
Highly questionable decision by the Falcons to take Penix at 8.

Should've made a good effort to trade back to the back of the first.

Edit: Bo Nix going in the first at all is pretty darn questionable.
 
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BullCityWx said:
I’ll be a Braves fan until I am cold and dead in the ground but the dodger stadium tour was cool as hell


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My dad would love to be where you are at now. HIs favorite teams are the Dodgers and Orioles. With a little luck, he might to see both of those teams in the World Series this year. I have no such aspirations this year, I am a long suffering Cubs fan. I wish the Carolinas would get a Major League baseball team. We have the other big revenue sports covered.
 
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