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Post by jellybean on Mar 17, 2014 20:14:48 GMT -5
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Post by coqui900 on Mar 17, 2014 21:18:28 GMT -5
I love VCU so much. They should be everyone's second favorite team. I'm hoping they go on a big run to watch them play and also for constant gratuitous shots of Shaka's wife, who is really attractive.
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Post by durenduren on Mar 17, 2014 21:21:21 GMT -5
Gotta respect the hell out of Smart. Big name coach opts to stay at a 'small' school, but isn't afraid to go to blows with the biggest names in the game. Hopefully this year goes a long way to keeping some of those schools around longer.
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Post by stlexplorer on Mar 17, 2014 22:07:29 GMT -5
Shaka is the man
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Post by MisterD on Mar 17, 2014 22:27:31 GMT -5
I was expecting respectful coach-speak and maybe a veiled shot but ... wow ... Smart fired back hard against the type of guy who I imagine hates being fired at. Awesome stuff.
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Post by theneumann64 on Mar 18, 2014 4:48:33 GMT -5
Whatever we can do to keep VCU happy, we should do. Up to and including putting the A-10 Tournament in Richmond.
I love his comments.
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Post by explorerman on Mar 18, 2014 7:17:30 GMT -5
Whatever we can do to keep VCU happy, we should do. Up to and including putting the A-10 Tournament in Richmond. I love his comments. I would prefer Washington DC... Easier access to the masses that need to travel. Having the tournament in VA would not stop VCU from leaving (see the CAA). |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 8:20:53 GMT -5
I was expecting respectful coach-speak and maybe a veiled shot but ... wow ... Smart fired back hard against the type of guy who I imagine hates being fired at. Awesome stuff. When I first read the article, I kind of glossed over the whole thing, but after re-reading it, wow. With just a few sentences, he smacked down that egomaniac, calling his comments "low-level" and actually scolding him for not respecting his peers and the selection committee. Awesome stuff is right. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 8:35:12 GMT -5
Whatever we can do to keep VCU happy, we should do. Up to and including putting the A-10 Tournament in Richmond. I love his comments. I would prefer Washington DC... Easier access to the masses that need to travel. Having the tournament in VA would not stop VCU from leaving (see the CAA). DC would be a solid alternative, but after watching the CAA Tournament on TV, I've kind of warmed up to the idea of Baltimore being a possibility. I know Baltimore Arena is old but it looks like they've cleaned it up pretty well and it looked great on TV. Plenty to do in Baltimore with the Inner Harbor, the Aquarium, ESPN Zone, Fels Point, and there's a lot of nice hotels and restaurants. Plus it's truly a neutral location. The CAA has their tournament early and the A10 starts theirs a couple days later. I have fond memories of that arena too. I had cousins that lived in Baltimore and as a kid, I got to see Earl Monroe and Wes Unseld play there a couple times when the Baltimore Bullets played there. |
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Post by lasalle89 on Mar 18, 2014 9:32:42 GMT -5
Glad to see him step up and defend the A 10 and publicly call out Coach K. VCU has an exciting brand of basketball and now has a celebrity endorser in Spike Lee. Was thinking about what out Brand of basketball is and who we can get to endorse us.
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Post by lasallescreamer on Mar 18, 2014 10:46:28 GMT -5
The best way to shut up K is for our teams to go out and win, especially Dayton, which is the only bid that could be questioned. Kudos to Coach Smart.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2014 11:18:27 GMT -5
How many bubbles have to burst before coaches realize they're not scheduling aggressively enough as a conference and that the selection committee is going to punish them for it? The A10 gets it. Their 11 bids in the last two years is not a coincidence or a bias, it's playing by the rules and winning!
When they expanded from 64 to 65 to 68, they thought it would let more of these marginal teams in, and end all controversies. But what it also did, was create more marginal teams to enter the discussion. So the complaining is now coming from more sides than before.
Why can't the NCAA just end the controversy by saying exactly what kept SMU and Maryland out, or Dayton in. Was it Top50 wins, SOS, road wins? Wins against the rest of the tournament field? "RPI" is only a qualifier, it is not a tiebreaker. Anyone who starts an argument with "our RPI..." is wrong. The RPI is too easily manipulated by scheduling easy, and this metric has been downplayed by the selection committee.
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Post by glorydays on Mar 18, 2014 18:00:27 GMT -5
I was a fan of Shaka Smart before VCU's NCAA run of a couple of years ago.
He is a very good coach and is not afraid to give a straight up opinion.
Also, he has the most identifiable nose since Jimmy Durante.
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