On a related note, thank God for basketball pre one and done. We were spoiled to see absolute superstars stay two, three or four years all across college basketball.
I miss that because I'm just not a fan of the NBA. It bores me to tears.
Why? Someone called it baiting to simply mention about two players that probably ignored the advice and went early? I only mentioned it because I'm a Kentucky fan and we had guys who ignored Calipari's advice and left (Goodwin, Teague maybe more) and I either didn't have a connection to them...
They will. There's always a Cinderella or surprise team who gets to the Final Four and then looks like trash once they're there.
2016- Syracuse
2015- Mich State
2013- Wichita St (didn't look bad but lost)
2011- VCU
2010- WVU
2006- George Mason, LSU
2003- Marquette
In the Cal era, I'd probably rank the losses like this (hurts the most to the least and 2013 doesn't count).
1. 2015 Wisconsin
2. 2014 UConn
3. 2017 UNC
4. 2010 WVU
5. 2011 UConn
6. 2016 Indiana
I wish there were a way to get out of the football stadiums and back to an actual basketball venue. Impossible considering the money but it would be nice. They stopped having it in actual basketball venues in 1996.
Thank you very much.
I got a laugh about the trash talk to Dawkins but I also found the quotes about his kids being handicapped because of their last name and his family's experience at ACC road games to be super powerful. I remember it being bad but I had to do some research before the...