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[TrueBlueGED]

Yet UB, after losing its coach and two best players, manages to be the only WNY team to make back to back tournaments in 60 years. The times, they're a changin.

Edited March 14, 2016 by TrueBlueGED

[ubkev]

Someone's bitter.

[TrueBlueGED]

Bonas is NY's team this year.

I'm sure NY cares a lot about the NIT.

[Hoss]

Because they play in the MAC... Give Bonas the MAC and they'll make the tournament every year.

[ubkev]

I still miss the Big East.

[Hoss]

Someone's bitter.

Of course I'm bitter. My school was just one of the, if not THE, biggest snub in history. Statistically they are. It's outrageous.

[TrueBlueGED]

Because they play in the MAC... Give Bonas the MAC and they'll make the tournament every year.

Who knows? Maybe they wouldn't be able to recruit as well. And as they proved last week, they're perfectly capable of losing to inferior teams when it counts.

[Hoss]

Who knows? Maybe they wouldn't be able to recruit as well. And as they proved last week, they're perfectly capable of losing to inferior teams when it counts.

They won 11 of their last 12 games heading into that including a ranked team who hadn't lost at home in a LONG time and the eventual postseason A10 champion... Losing to Davidson is what happens when you play in a good conference. Jack Gibbs is the 5th leading scorer in all of NCAA Basketball this year.

 

There's no argument against Bonas. Tulsa got destroyed in their tournament on Friday to an even worse team than Bonas did.

Edited March 14, 2016 by Hoss

[TrueBlueGED]

They won 11 of their last 12 games heading into that including a ranked team who hadn't lost at home in a LONG time and the eventual postseason A10 champion... Losing to Davidson is what happens when you play in a good conference. Jack Gibbs is the 5th leading scorer in all of NCAA Basketball this year.

 

There's no argument against Bonas. Tulsa got destroyed in their tournament on Friday to an even worse team than Bonas did.

You realize I'm not arguing against Bona, right? And there are arguments against them...just that none exist for Tulsa.

[Weave]

LuLz

[Hoss]

LuLz

Oh look! ANOTHER post where your only goal is to have negative impact on the conversation.

Edited March 14, 2016 by Hoss

[Eleven]

They won 11 of their last 12 games heading into that including a ranked team who hadn't lost at home in a LONG time and the eventual postseason A10 champion... Losing to Davidson is what happens when you play in a good conference. Jack Gibbs is the 5th leading scorer in all of NCAA Basketball this year.

 

There's no argument against Bonas. Tulsa got destroyed in their tournament on Friday to an even worse team than Bonas did.

 

Not saying Bona didn't get jobbed, because it certainly did.  But Memphis is not a worse team than freaking Davidson.  And while the A-10 might be more impressive than the MAC or MAAC, it's not the American, either.

[TrueBlueGED]

Not saying Bona didn't get jobbed, because it certainly did. But Memphis is not a worse team than freaking Davidson. And while the A-10 might be more impressive than the MAC or MAAC, it's not the American, either.

There is no room for moderation here. Welcome to the hit list!

[Weave]

Oh look! ANOTHER post where your only goal is to have negative impact on the conversation.

 

Oh look!  Hoss is a victim again and nobody cares.

[inkman]

Oh look! Hoss is a victim again and nobody cares.

Well I think most of us care, just not in the manner he's expecting. Karma's a bitch.

[Eleven]

Let's also remember that RPI is not the only metric out there:

 

http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm

 

http://kenpom.com/

[TrueBlueGED]

Let's also remember that RPI is not the only metric out there:

 

http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm

 

http://kenpom.com/

 

And http://sonnymoorepowerratings.com/m-basket.htm

And https://www2.isye.gatech.edu/~jsokol/lrmc/

 

All of which have Bona out.

[Weave]

Let's also remember that RPI is not the only metric out there:

 

http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm

 

http://kenpom.com/

 

You seem unusually interested in this......

[ubkev]

Let's also remember that RPI is not the only metric out there:

 

http://sagarin.com/sports/cbsend.htm

 

http://kenpom.com/

 

 

And http://sonnymoorepowerratings.com/m-basket.htm

And https://www2.isye.gatech.edu/~jsokol/lrmc/

 

All of which have Bona out.

 

And all of which have Syracuse in. 

[TrueBlueGED]

And all of which have Syracuse in. 

 

I don't hate Syracuse being in so much as I hate that they managed a 10 seed. Meh, whatever.

 

In other news, UB women draw Ohio State...in Columbus. That seems...less than ideal :lol:

[WildCard]

59-6,  the Warriors must go 14-3 to beat the Bulls record of 72-10. In that last stretch, they happen to play the Spurs 3 times, and the Grizzlies twice. The Spurs, having one of their greatest seasons ever, are often overlooked due to GS's miraculous season. San Antonio is 56-10. 

[TrueBlueGED]

59-6, the Warriors must go 14-3 to beat the Bulls record of 72-10. In that last stretch, they happen to play the Spurs 3 times, and the Grizzlies twice. The Spurs, having one of their greatest seasons ever, are often overlooked due to GS's miraculous season. San Antonio is 56-10.

Barring something totally flukey (injury, cold streak, hot streak from another team), I think the Spurs are the only team that can beat Golden State. Undefeated at home, second best 3-point team, super deep roster, best coach in the league...if they meet in the West Final, that's the real NBA Finals.

[WildCard]

Barring something totally flukey (injury, cold streak, hot streak from another team), I think the Spurs are the only team that can beat Golden State. Undefeated at home, second best 3-point team, super deep roster, best coach in the league...if they meet in the West Final, that's the real NBA Finals.

Isn't the West Finals the real NBA Finals every year?

[TrueBlueGED]

Isn't the West Finals the real NBA Finals every year?

Not while LeBron was in Miami.

[Sabres Fan in NS]

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