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As Dean Smith used to be apt to say, if it's an "at" it ain't an upset. HCA always has had a great deal of pull but it seems like it is been accelerated the last couple of seasons.

As Dean Smith used to be apt to say, if it's an "at" it ain't an upset. HCA always has had a great deal of pull but it seems like it is been accelerated the last couple of seasons.

Yes, but what does he say about trying to make it through two weeks without your star Russian?

Oh, by the way, while I know you'd rather see the blue label USC lose because they are, after all, South Carolina, I have to say that if they did play UNC it would be pretty interesting in a couple of respects: A win for your boys would essentially make you the de facto SEC champions when you factor in the wins over Arkansas and Kentucky, while a win for the 'cocks would make them I think only the third team to beat Duke and UNC in the same tourney (Florida did it once, and I forgot who the other was off hand).

Coach Smith used to say that a team can compensate for the loss of a key player for one game, but beyond that they will experience issues.

BTW the only other team to beat UNC and Dook in the same tourney was Louisville back in 1986 as Never Nervous Pervis Ellison and company beat the Heels in the Sweet 16 and Dook in the final.

IF Real Carolina makes it to Monday I will actually be running appointments in the upstate of South Cackalacky which is staunch Clemson country, the possibility of the other Carolina having both the football and basketball champion is just unsettling. Those people will live off of it for 50 years. But I suspect Clemson fan will be in my boys corner, it's an ACC thing you know, which is something that applies for everyone except DOOK because everyone hates those sonsabitches.

IF it becomes a boarder war out in the desert one of the underlying historical story lines will be the legacy of Frank McGuire who was the coach at UNC in the 50's before leaving in the wake of the point shaving scandal that lead to the demise of the great Dixie Classic (the premier holiday tournament of its time). He would return to the ACC in the mid 60's at USC turning a previously morbid program into a true contender, though his teams to put it kindly were rough hewn. Ok they were out and out thugs.

The historical markers are all over this final four for the Heels. 20 years ago in what turned out to be Dean's swan song Arizona knocked them out, now it's back to Arizona with Roy I believe the exact same age now that Dean was then. 40 years ago in my earliest Carolina memory UNC and the 'band aid bunch' somehow some way made it to the final where they would fall to Al McGuire's Marquette team in what was the man who frank McGuire (unrelated BTW) passed on to hire Dean as an assistant. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVNJyTV6Of4 Al McGuire was really one cool dude, basically Vitale stole everything he ever had in terms of his schtick from him. But while Vitale always has been crass McGuire while boisterous was organic, he is also the guy who coined the term Carmeron Crazies. And 60 years ago was when UNC won their first title defeating Michigan State and Kansas on consecutive nights with both games going to triple overtime, 'we'll never forget that TV show' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elj2KYjU9As https://www.si.com/vault/1982/03/29/564855/a-team-that-was...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4UqMyldS7Q The heels somehow survive a game they truly should have lost, and my boys pull off a win on the road that I did not expect, figured I could keep it close but the 22-4 run in the final minutes was a unexpected and pleasant surprise. Ok we dropped a spot in the standings but it's all good, Ladson to be honest in spite of their youth have much more overall upside in spite of their owners sandbagging like he is getting ready for Hurricane Matthew.

Last edited by Coach Lambini at 4/2/2017 9:54:58 AM

A long day on the road and a long game has me very tired but happy about the Heels winning it all. Normally I rant and rave but tonight I actually took the game in quite subdued and reflective This was not a pretty title run, but you beat who you play and ain't nobody awarding style points. My initial reaction is this was not for opportunity lost last year but for all the times UNC has had a team that could win it all but didn't, because winning a NCAA title is mighty tough. It will be interesting how history remembers this team. WOW Roy now has more trophies than Dean Smith and will soon pass him in wins in about three years, but as he said he will never be Dean because of the man Dean was.

Congrats on your heals winning. I imagine this will be one of the more forgettable championships though. If you're going to show old championships this is the most unwatchable along with that uconn/Butler one.

A long day on the road and a long game has me very tired but happy about the Heels winning it all. Normally I rant and rave but tonight I actually took the game in quite subdued and reflective This was not a pretty title run, but you beat who you play and ain't nobody awarding style points. My initial reaction is this was not for opportunity lost last year but for all the times UNC has had a team that could win it all but didn't, because winning a NCAA title is mighty tough. It will be interesting how history remembers this team. WOW Roy now has more trophies than Dean Smith and will soon pass him in wins in about three years, but as he said he will never be Dean because of the man Dean was.

Even if it's not pretty, as long as the NCAA doesn't vacate it, nobody can take it away, and championships are special things. Whether it's a dominant team running through everyone or a scrappy team pulling out several upsets or just a businesslike team just getting the job done, winning that last game and cutting down the nets is a forever moment.

I was actually shocked to hear on the radio this morning that Florida's a preseason top 5/top 10 team depending on the poll. And then I was really shocked to hear that they've been in the elite 8 five of the past eight years - and that doesn't even include the back to back titles last decade. When I think back to it, logically it makes sense - they did go four straight years and did make the Final Four in the last of those four, but the two years outside of the tournament kind of makes that feel further in the past. It's amazing to think they're now in the top 16 in tournament wins alltime when I remember that they first made the tournament with Vernon Maxwell and of course didn't even get to keep those appearances because of NCAA sanctions.

Thank you gentlemen, and yes that game was something straight out of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN-1Mup0UI0


Well doesn't look like a deep run in the cup for the boys as a trip to the Florida Champs is on the docket for this evening, smells like a CT might be coming my way. At the very least my opponent has more pliability going into the contest as in spite of my efforts to curtail my minutes for my important cogs I may not have enough oomph for the occasion without wreaking my GS for the following week.

I'm scheduled against New Bedford which seems fishy and improbable.

Well last season I drew Windwalker for the cup, the same week I was slated to play him with both games at the Coliseum so no wonder why he decided to go bot, oh and last night I got mollywomped by another team in III.8 which is where the team I was eliminated by came from as well last year, Yeah bro there are some shady dealings afoot, Hurdley have you got a answer? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVQJ9M13RmQ


In related news, is it true that the Lions will be hiring the cheer leading squad from Coastal Carolina??? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up-q544g4sE

Last edited by Coach Lambini at 4/7/2017 10:08:14 AM