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PushupMan said:

Was pleased that they followed past precedent and didn’t push SMU below an idle Alabama.

I hear lots of criticism about the format - giving the top 4 champions byes, but I much prefer a playoff that favors conference champions. If I had my way, all 9 conference champions would get in, and then you’d add the top 7 at large teams. No at large team would get a home game in round 1.

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Exactly what I would do, except get rid of the committee and use objective criteria to determine the 16 playoff participants.

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They should get 75% of their bag after the last game. Even better - graduation bonuses!

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TheRealVille said:

This is what happens when you have only 7 players that play. Cards just ran out of gas. If Kelsey wants to continue playing fast, this is what we're going to see a lot of times.

Cards played hard and determined from the get go, and that is going to take a lot of energy. Hepburn is starting to turn it over because he's played hard and is drained.

Again, this early brutal schedule has been a killer for Louisville, especially with the injuries. I think we may have beaten Duke if Pryor was playing.

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Punish them now, play them hard, toughen them up so they'll be better at the end. push push push. but remember, most are also auditioning and i think pushing themselves a little too hard. i'd rather lose these tough games early, except uk of course, and see if they get through it. losing pryor really hurts though. he reminds me of joakim noah when at fla.

We could be 11 and 1 and in the playoff and we would still have that many transferring out. It's just the buisness we're in today, and eventually someone will change it. The question is how long?

bigloucards said:

It didn’t surprise me but I did mute it after awhile

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I guess I've just gotten used to it. I agree they were homers for Duke, but they said a lot of good things about this Louisville team and Coach Kelsey.

Louisville hoops has a long haul ahead to get back to the pre KP years. We weren't just bad the last two years, we were the worst of the major conference teams.

Plus, the scandal ridden years before KP opened the door to the abyss the program found itself in. Much of media don't remember Louisville as a basketball staple. I mean we haven't had a NCAA win in what six or seven years?

The last time Louisville was its elite self was the Covid season in 2019/20. It was like Covid swooped in and destroyed the Cards program like a tsunami. We have been cleaning up and rebuilding the damage since.

So the announcers are going to be homers when teams like Duke are playing Louisville. It's natural to them.

This is going to be a rough year. They are going to really struggle to avoid devastating runs. To defend and play offense at this pace is hard. Hepburn can’t be super effective all game he just wears down. Edwards can’t play the point effectively.

Effort was great but it takes it toll and they end up giving in defensively at the same time shots stop falling.

Rollem Cards said:

Once again the ACC sends us as far away as possible.
Meh

What’s the o/u on opt outs?

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There’s already 14 transferring out, so 18 is my o/u

TheRealVille said:

And that surprises you? Duke is like Alabama in football. They're always going to have homers.

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It didn’t surprise me but I did mute it after awhile

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They went ice cold after half. They're missing as I type.
No chance if they can't hit 12 threes.

Gawdern,I can't stand Puke.

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