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    Proud B1G fan

    I played a little bit here and there with Taphorn's dad and uncle. I'm from Peoria so even though they're both a little older than me I've played some pickup ball with those guys. Good players. Was cool to see Nate catch fire to fuel the comeback yesterday.
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    Gonzaga: how good are they REALLY?

    I'm not completely disagreeing with you, but I hate this type of argument. You play to win the game, not to win by a certain spread. When you make these comparisons you ignore all kinds of factors. Match-ups. Circumstances. Refereeing. Who's hurt, either out or playing hurt? Who's hot? Who's...
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    Quecumque Dunk Vera

    Oh no doubt. This is why I came here and started a thread. So much reason to be proud, to be excited. The sourness has everything to do with the way the game played out (as it relates to officiating), not the effort or the promise (and character) inherently present in your basketball program.
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    Gonzaga: how good are they REALLY?

    People can question their conference, but Mark Few and Randy Bennett can flat out coach. And their formula makes for extremely tough teams: find tweeners, overlooked guys, international guys. Develop the hell out of them, coach the hell out of them, and keep them for four years. Culture...
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    "They'll be picked at the top of the Big Ten, for sure."

    I disagree. The guys coming back get better, somebody steps forward. Sanjay will of course be missed, because from my Hawkeye eyes, his contribution is measured beyond the stat lines. But, and this is a big but, guys who contribute in the ways that he did—those contributions last long after he's...
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    Quecumque Dunk Vera

    That kid should hustle up and get an agent, the hell with mid-range game and backdoor cuts.
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    Quecumque Dunk Vera

    Well don't bring that stuff to the Iowa board. Hawk fans will break the internet trying to look up words every other sentence.
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    Quecumque Dunk Vera

    There are, I think, about six words in this post that I've never, ever seen over on the Iowa board. I have to come here more often. Great season, Cats. Ended sourly, but as OP stated: the best is yet to come.
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    Proud B1G fan

    Yeah we're in agreement on Fran. I'm happy with him, no question, just feel like there is a clear ceiling there. And as former player I am extra critical. I had a hall-of-fame high school coach, then Dr. Tom Davis, then I got involved in coaching in San Francisco where I got to help run...
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    Proud B1G fan

    Oh I agree with you, refs were awful and, as I said in my original post, much to the favor of Gonzaga. I just don't think that was their intent. And I don't know this crew well enough to say they're incompetent. Certainly today they appeared to be. In the NCAA tournament they piece together...
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    Proud B1G fan

    I might be more frustrated actually with the flagrant call on the ball screen. These days they eliminate all nuance and review these things with, it appears, intent to find a flagrant. The way that defenders try to trick their way through ball screens invites all kinds of reactions by the...
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    Proud B1G fan

    Refs might be competent, but they certainly had a bad game today. Refs are human. I've coached enough that I firmly believe 99% of them desperately want to call the game well. But it doesn't always mean they will. It's a shame. Humans.
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    Proud B1G fan

    By the way, Iowa was NCAA-caliber this year. Not sure if you saw it, but some awful officiating in the last 30 seconds of regulation cost Iowa a win versus Minnesota. Flip that game and Iowa is most likely in (all other things being equal, of course). Fran will never get Iowa a B1G title...
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    Proud B1G fan

    I like it when all B1G teams are good. Even Illinois. I grew up on 1980s B1G, so that's my baseline. You guys will be fine. Collins I think will stay. He wants to do with NU what Coach K did with Duke. And he's a Chicagoan. Upgraded facilities, great fans, and what appears to be a great overall...
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    Proud B1G fan

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