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[ansoncock]

Rutgers!

Rutgers shocks No. 1 Purdue on crazy buzzer-beater

Ron Harper Jr. hit a buzzer-beater from just inside half court, and Rutgers shocked Purdue in its first-ever game as the nation’s No. 1 team.

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And, top 20 ranked Florida recently lost AT HOME to Texas Southern, a team with a 0-7 record!

The Gamecocks lost to whom?

 

[cockofdawn]

The Gamecocks mens BB program, IMO, is in shambles. is losing to Texa Southern worse?? NO, i am not a Florida fan so it doens bother me one it. Losing to Coastal DOES..

 

[muscleknight]

UF will get the benefit of the doubt if on the bubble. We won't so we need to win all OOC games

 

[92Pony]

I have to ask; Does Purdue do that every single year? Does UF do that year-in and year-out? USC BBall does...

 

[coolcock2001]

I have to ask; Does Purdue do that every single year? Does UF do that year-in and year-out? USC BBall does...

Idk about Purdue but UF, yeah. I'm surprised Mike White is still the coach. They've underachieved for years

 

[uscwatson21]

Let’s go scarlet knights!

 

[ansoncock]

Let’s go scarlet knights!

Rutgers = Scarlet Knights. Before the dawn of Dawn, Rutgers got several of our top in state h.s. basketball girls!

 

[Captain Weegie]

Trying to justify bad behavior by pointing at bad behavior elsewhere is a pretty weak argument.

Purdue and Florida are regular participants in the NCAA tourney, and we are not. Purdue and Florida will very likely participate in the 2022 tournament and our likelihood to do so is pretty slim.

The comparison being made here is silly.

 

[coolcock2001]

Let’s go scarlet knights!

Yeah Watson, Rutgers is the Scarlet Knights. I'm surprised you didn't know that

 

[Legendary Cock]

Trying to justify bad behavior by pointing at bad behavior elsewhere is a pretty weak argument.

Purdue and Florida are regular participants in the NCAA tourney, and we are not. Purdue and Florida will very likely participate in the 2022 tournament and our likelihood to do so is pretty slim.

The comparison being made here is silly.

Exactly. We are comparing an anomaly to a well-documented pattern.

 

[uscwatson21]

Yeah Watson, Rutgers is the Scarlet Knights. I'm surprised you didn't know that

Congrats on your nuptials btw!

 

[kidrobinski]

The Gamecocks mens BB program, IMO, is in shambles. is losing to Texa Southern worse?? NO, i am not a Florida fan so it doens bother me one it. Losing to Coastal D

I agree. Its high time we take the steps necessary to return to our perennial spot as a top 15 program and at minimum sweet sixteen participant. Fire Frank Tanner.

 

[ansoncock]

I have to ask; Does Purdue do that every single year? Does UF do that year-in and year-out? USC BBall does...

I agree. Its high time we take the steps necessary to return to our perennial spot as a top 15 program and at minimum sweet sixteen participant. Fire Frank Tanner.

I can only agree that we should be a perennial top 15 ranked men's basketball program. We have our coach this year, but that should be our plan. If not now, when? Now, if our recruiting exceeds expectations, we should be patient. However, we should see a clear path towards a top 15 program.

 

[alaskagamecock]

I can only agree that we should be a perennial top 15 ranked men's basketball program. We have our coach this year, but that should be our plan. If not now, when? Now, if our recruiting exceeds expectations, we should be patient. However, we should see a clear path towards a top 15 program.

Just curious, has this ever happened?

 

[ansoncock]

Just curious, has this ever happened?

Re: recruiting that exceeded all expectations.

Yes, it happened before and it can happen again. The couple of years we recruited Kotsar, Notice, Felder, Silva, Dozier and Thornwell, our recruiting exceeded all expectations. These are 4* or better elite players. Perhaps not Notice, because of his inconsistent shooting, but Duane Notice was a solid player, and quite a defender!

A couple of these players may not have been heralded, but Coach Frank's basketball skill at locating high school talent is better than ours, in general.

 

[Captain Weegie]

Just curious, has this ever happened?

I'd personally be happy with making the NCAA tournament at a 50% clip. We have the budget and facilities to reach that goal, which is not exactly very lofty.

 

[cockhornleghorn]

Rutgers went to the tournament last season and the RAC is a tough place to play so this isn't a huge surprise. Rutgers is my second favorite team.

 

[Neanderthal]

Parity is here. Been here. For a variety of reasons.