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2330859 said:

Did it occur to you that Rick & the Johnnie’s “bad shooting night” might be a lot more about Calipari’s dominance over Rick? Sorry, but UL fans saw enough of Pitino vs Calipari to know how that would turn out.

As far as my comment about Clayton Jr leaving for home, I was only questioning how Rick could let arguably the best player in this tournament leave NY?

Lastly, do you know what Pitino said to Jr? I didn’t think so.

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“Whenever he went to St. John’s, I was definitely thinking about that, and honestly, that was really the plan. But I ended up having a change and going home to visit my family,” Clayton told Paul Finebaum. “My daughter, she was due, and that was kind of another decision. I felt like I needed to be closer to home to be with my family and be with my girl. It was a great decision.”

It’s sort of funny to me, take the Jay Wright years away and is Nova really a better job than Maryland? The Terps have that BiG16 money and all.

billoliver40 said:

Final 4 almost set. Unless Michigan State can pull another of its masterful comebacks it looks like for the first time in my memory all #1 seeds make the final 4.
Auburn lead is down to 5....so I'm not sure.

As much as I hate to say it, Duke is playing great basketball in all phases of the game.
Houston is definitely deserving.

This semi and title could be a barn burner.

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2008 was the last time.

LouisvilleCardMan said:

The Dukie freshmen were still new to the college game back then. They are basically veterans now.

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True, but that's also when we played them close as the post says (as we did not play them with Flagg in the ACC title game)

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No mistake we're looking at probably 4 of the top 6 defensive teams in the country in the last 4 if Auburn holds on.
Auburn might be the best shot blocking team of the 4.

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I think you are missing my point; it’s about making the change when witnessing your pitcher losing control. If you happen to be watching today’s game, CDM did exactly what I suggested in my OP; this time he made the change after witnessing 4 consecutive balls; 3 of which were wild pitches.

Admittedly, each situation is different, but to the contrary, it is what most managers and coaches do in that situation. I am curious, what do you think prompts a pitching change if not evidence of losing control?

LeFors4Ever said:

Don’t do that because then you’ll invite Kentucky fans to say that they beat them

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The Dukie freshmen were still new to the college game back then. They are basically veterans now.

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Villian07 said:

Yea dang that free will that allowed Clayton to go back to Florida where he’s from instead of staying at Iona. Lmao “transferred under his nose” id bet Pitino told him to transfer out of iona and go get his money.

They had a terrible shooting night, it happens.

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Did it occur to you that Rick & the Johnnie’s “bad shooting night” might be a lot more about Calipari’s dominance over Rick? Sorry, but UL fans saw enough of Pitino vs Calipari to know how that would turn out.

As far as my comment about Clayton Jr leaving for home, I was only questioning how Rick could let arguably the best player in this tournament leave NY?

Lastly, do you know what Pitino said to Jr? I didn’t think so.

Final 4 almost set. Unless Michigan State can pull another of its masterful comebacks it looks like for the first time in my memory all #1 seeds make the final 4.
Auburn lead is down to 5....so I'm not sure.

As much as I hate to say it, Duke is playing great basketball in all phases of the game.
Houston is definitely deserving.

This semi and title could be a barn burner.

He was here when I was on campus. Always liked the guy. He's really worked his way up and now has a big time job. Let's see if it works as Nova is going to put big money into their roster.

Duke is unstoppable. it's an NBA team and they have PK's lob pass play for easy buckets.

I think Peyton wanted to go somewhere where she would get more playing time and I don’t blame her. Everything snowballed on CJW you had Peyton and Zyanna Walker transfer out and CJW brings Curry in to run point. HVL saw that she wasn’t going to run point so she transfers out. CJW did a good job putting things back together enough to have a respectable year.
Now he needs to put things back together enough to make a run next year. We now have 5 ACC teams that have top 25 recruiting classes coming in next year. Things are going to get tougher so if the assistant coaches are doing their jobs coach might have to make some tough decisions.

Houston is very good indeed!

I have this fantasy that Fru can start at the 4, paired with a talented big man at the 5. Our issues inside would be gone.

If they get the 6’2” player and we already have a 6’5” freshmen coming in that is a good start. Unlike the recent past I actually think this 6’5” freshmen looks good and will contribute more than our other bigs have.

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2330859 said:

Rick and #2 seeded St J were exposed by Calipari; sorry, but that should tell you all you need to know about where Pitino is in terms of seeing talent. Sure bet that he wished he could have retained Walter Clayton Jr when he transferred out of Iona right under his nose.

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I mean is that some sort of dig at Pitino that he ONLY had a 2 seed and won his conference at a school that hasn't been relevant in 25 years and that he identified Walter Clayton's talent while he was a coach at Iona and just didn't have the money to keep him? Like is that trash talk?

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