NCAA Tourney

[homer]

Loyola! Wow

[MrTPlush]

Not trying to take away from what Loyola has done, but they were a team clearly better than what seed they were given and have played a whole slew of unimpressive opponents. KSU without their best player in the Elite 8? Yawn.

 

That being said they are a really solid team that could certainly win two more games. Just not an incredible run beating top tier opponents.

[homer]

I actually feel bad for people that can't get a wee bit excited about this team.

[DuWayne Steurer]

I'm not a bandwagon jumper ever, but this is kind of neat watching them run all the way to the final four.

[CheeseheadInQC]

Loving Loyola's run. Glad to see, especially after some declared the Valley irrelevant after Wichita State's defection.

[MrTPlush]

I actually feel bad for people that can't get a wee bit excited about this team.

 

It was an observation.

[superfly]

I'm not a bandwagon jumper ever, but this is kind of neat watching them run all the way to the final four.

 

You're doing CBB all wrong then. No point hoping for UW (or Marquette) titles because they're never coming! Just being a realist

[MrTPlush]

I would hate to be the team to beat Loyola if they end up losing. The entire country will hate said team.

[BrewersSuperCollector]

I would hate to be the team to beat Loyola if they end up losing. The entire country will hate said team.

 

GO BLUE

[BrewersSuperCollector]

I’ll be honest. As a Michigan fan I feel a little guilty of the run of opponents to possibly get to the championship game. It must be what Badger fans feel every year as the football team plays in the Big Ten championship game.

[pacopete4]

I’ll be honest. As a Michigan fan I feel a little guilty of the run of opponents to possibly get to the championship game. It must be what Badger fans feel every year as the football team plays in the Big Ten championship game.

I feel no remorse for my Badgers beating up on the west. None whatsoever.

[docduany]

I’ll be honest. As a Michigan fan I feel a little guilty of the run of opponents to possibly get to the championship game. It must be what Badger fans feel every year as the football team plays in the Big Ten championship game.

I feel no remorse for my Badgers beating up on the west. None whatsoever.

I strongly agree !!!

[stoutdude04]

I’ll be honest. As a Michigan fan I feel a little guilty of the run of opponents to possibly get to the championship game. It must be what Badger fans feel every year as the football team plays in the Big Ten championship game.

 

You can only beat who they put in front of you.

 

Some years the west will be stronger and some years it will be weaker, plus the just 2 seasons ago they played all the best teams in the East and STILL played for the big ten title(if my memory serves correctly).

[paul253]

Some years the west will be stronger and some years it will be weaker

 

Maybe.....eventually......though with the way college football seems to be moving away from any sort of parity it’s going to tough for pretty much anyone but Wisconsin and maybe Nebraska to have any real sustained success. The east is just loaded right now and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. I will say the Big Ten in general seems to have done a great job with recent coaching hires. Brohm. Fleck. Frost. Harbaugh. All excellent hires.

 

You can only beat who they put in front of you.

 

True. But in football, at least non conference wise, you more or less control who you play. Wisconsin would be wise to follow the Ohio St method and start scheduling home and home series with name brand schools. That’s the only way they’ll overcome the weak division issue.

 

At least in the NCAA tournament you have the chance to play good teams. It’s not Michigan’s fault that UNC couldn’t beat Texas AM or that Xavier couldn’t beat Florida St. Its not like Michigan scheduled Texas AM and Florida St.

[stoutdude04]

Some years the west will be stronger and some years it will be weaker

 

Maybe.....eventually......though with the way college football seems to be moving away from any sort of parity it’s going to tough for pretty much anyone but Wisconsin and maybe Nebraska to have any real sustained success. The east is just loaded right now and it doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. I will say the Big Ten in general seems to have done a great job with recent coaching hires. Brohm. Fleck. Frost. Harbaugh. All excellent hires.

 

You can only beat who they put in front of you.

 

True. But in football, at least non conference wise, you more or less control who you play. Wisconsin would be wise to follow the Ohio St method and start scheduling home and home series with name brand schools. That’s the only way they’ll overcome the weak division issue.

 

At least in the NCAA tournament you have the chance to play good teams. It’s not Michigan’s fault that UNC couldn’t beat Texas AM or that Xavier couldn’t beat Florida St. Its not like Michigan scheduled Texas AM and Florida St.

 

Sorry, I didnt mean to imply that it would be stronger than the east, just stronger in comparison to this year. I would expect Nebraska to be better and Iowa is no slouch. I don't see the west being stronger than the east anytime soon. As far as scheduling goes, I will put that thought into the football thread sometime, but the Badgers have scheduled LSU and Bama recently...hard to do much more than that year in and year out.

[paul253]

I will put that thought into the football thread sometime, but the Badgers have scheduled LSU and Bama recently...hard to do much more than that year in and year out.

 

It’s shocking that an SEC was willing to come up and play a game in the North.....and they lost. Doubt we’ll ever see that happen again. Also, Alabama hasn’t played a true non conference road game in like ten years. They play name brands teams, often during that teams down season (Michigan, Louisville, FSU, West Virginia, etc). Wisconsin should follow that strategy.

[stoutdude04]

I will put that thought into the football thread sometime, but the Badgers have scheduled LSU and Bama recently...hard to do much more than that year in and year out.

 

It’s shocking that an SEC was willing to come up and play a game in the North.....and they lost. Doubt we’ll ever see that happen again. Also, Alabama hasn’t played a true non conference road game in like ten years. They play name brands teams, often during that teams down season (Michigan, Louisville, FSU, West Virginia, etc). Wisconsin should follow that strategy.

 

True. I've often thought Wisconsin should try to schedule more games against the 'middle' teams in the SEC. Those teams are always over ranked, so wins against them would look better.