Mark Adams* is quickly reaching Jim Boeheim levels of “when he loses we all win” status.
*if Hunter Dickinson is to be believed **
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I was always rooting against them cause their fans were getting really obnoxious talking about how Adams was always the brains behind Beard’s operation and how Beard was holding the offense back but Adams was the reason the defense was good.
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Thanks for the tag 
I actually ended up dropping WVU down from 20th overall to 25th overall (last 5 to top 7 seed) after they badly flubbed a coin-toss home game against Kansas. But the Big XII is absolutely insane. All 3 non-tournament teams in my latest projection are currently on the bubble or somewhere in the neighborhood of it. I think 7 is the most likely number, though, followed by 8 – TTU doesn’t even have any mediocre wins, let alone good wins, and OU and OK St. really suffered in the non-con. But if any of these teams gets hot and/or steals a couple of games, they’ll sneak in. I also think we’re going to see a team with a very “average” record get in with an almost impossibly-good-looking seed – like a 23-11 Texas getting a 3 seed or something.
And while I’m here, hopefully I can bring you all some decent news about Michigan soon. It’s still very early of course, but I’m hoping for 5-2 over the next 7 games. Win the 3 at Crisler, split the road games, and build some momentum going into the 3-game homestand. Easier said than done, but if they can accomplish that, Michigan will start popping back up on the bubble by the early Feb.
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pretty soft language here. if KSU opens up and Illinois is full of headaches I could see Underpants going home
meanwhile…
I will bet you a cheese pizza that Brad Underpants coaches Illinois next year
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that’s a fun bet. I’m in
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This after South Carolina was destroyed at home over the weekend by Tennessee, 85-42
Also, Meechie Johnson ended up in Columbia.
Lacking the confidence to wager even just one topping? Better be a quattro fromaggi
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I’ll do any pizza bet
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I will Venmo BB sufficient funding to buy 1 large pie of his choice
But I believe he enjoys cheese pizzas
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Kentucky’s making a game of it at least
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20 point home favorite and lose to a team that just lost by 43 on their home floor.
Makes sense.
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Maybe if they had played across the pond in old London Town things would’ve turned out differently. They’re undefeated over there this year, you know. Almost like a second home court, a home away from home.
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“Will there be a 30 point lead at any point during the Big 12 season” might have been an underdog and yet:
So far it’s looking like a 6 or 7 bid league, not an 8 or 9 bid one which was on the table. Texas Tech, Oklahoma State, West Virginia, and Oklahoma are 0-for against the top 6 teams in the league.
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Poor decision making skills. He made that choice during the Billy Gillispie tenure
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Bubbletology:
Ironclad 1-bid leagues: 16
Even if a team ran the table in the conference and lost in the conference title game, they wouldn’t get an at-large. Clearest example might be UC Santa Barbara currently at 12-2 (3-0) but with zero Q1 wins, no future opportunities, and a Q4 loss already. Not to mention the extreme unlikeliness of teams in these league actually going undefeated.
16 bids
Possible 2-bid leagues: 8
This is the CAA (Charleston), A-Sun (Liberty), MAAC (Iona), MAC (Kent State), WAC (Sam Houston State), A-10 (Dayton/SLU), C-USA (FAU/UNT/UAB), and WCC (Gonzaga/SMC). These range from very unlikely (MAAC) to basically a lock (WCC). This year’s A-10 stinks but the committee always seems to have a soft spot for it. I’ll say eight auto-bids plus a second for the WCC and C-USA plus one wildcard.
11 bids
That leaves 41 up for grabs among the top eight conferences. Eyeballing it (2.5 basically means they’ll get either 2 or 3 bids):
AAC: 2.5 (Houston, Memphis, UCF in the mix)
MWC: 3.5 (San Diego State, Utah State, Boise State, New Mexico, Nevada, UNLV)
P12: 3.5 (UCLA, Arizona, Utah, Arizona State)
Big East: 5 (UConn, Creighton, Providence, Marquette, Xavier)
ACC: 5.5 (Duke, Virginia, UNC, Miami, Clemson, Pitt, NC State)
B12: 6.5 (Kansas, Iowa State, Kansas State, Texas, TCU, Baylor, pick one of the bottom 4)
SEC: 6 (Tennessee, Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi State, Kentucky)
Big Ten: 8.5 (Everyone except Nebraska and Minnesota)
Teams could rise up but in general it’ll come at the expense of someone else (ie USC could make it but they’d probably need to stack wins over Utah or Arizona State to do so).
Am I being too bullish or bearish on any leagues? The ACC and the Big 12 could end up being 1.5 over my projection depending on how the standings shake out but I think right now they’re likely to be 5 or 6 and 6 or 7, respectively.
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How are we feeling about the Kyle Neptune era at Villanova
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Shoulda hired Nick Uranus
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