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03-06-2003, 04:19 PM #11
Originally posted by goirish48
i think the acc will do pretty good in the tourny
This is the year you can hop off the ACC bandwagon. Duke is garbage... if it wasn't for the ACC being so weak this year, Duke would have more than 5 losses. They have no inside game at all and can't shoot free throws worth a damn. This is not a Coach K team, he lost control of it a long time ago. Wake Forest has been impressive lately, but just like the Illini, everytime I start thinking Wake is for real, they do something to prove me otherwise. Maryland is just surviving with the leftovers from last years national championship team. NC State at best is a bubble team. I really wouldn't be surprised if no ACC team makes it past the Sweet 16.
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03-06-2003, 09:35 PM #12ETOPPSCARDGUYGuest
Im kinda leaning towards the Pac 10 and SEC. Hows the big 12 doing?? Oklahoma would be my favorite right now, I dont think Kansas has got what it takes to go all the way...
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03-09-2003, 12:28 AM #13
I think if you had to pick a conference to produce the NC, I think the Big XII would have to be my first. It has 3 legitimate candidates for a #1 seed - KU, OU, UT. SEC might be the best deep and deepest conference in the country, but I think UK and FLA are the only 2 real contenders, especially with all the off the court problems with Georgia. Watch Miss State as a sleeper, though.
I think AZ is very good this year, but has no one to push them out west. I think Pitt is the only team that has a chance to make any noise out of the Big East. But even Pitt (my opinion only Iggy) hasn't played a difficult enough of a schedule to really be ready going into tourney time. Of course, they may be good enought that it won't matter. I don't see any other Big East Team even making the sweet 16. Sorry, ND. Syracuse just seems too young.
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03-09-2003, 12:34 AM #14
Originally posted by grego
I think Pitt is the only team that has a chance to make any noise out of the Big East. But even Pitt (my opinion only Iggy) hasn't played a difficult enough of a schedule to really be ready going into tourney time. Of course, they may be good enought that it won't matter. I don't see any other Big East Team even making the sweet 16. Sorry, ND. Syracuse just seems too young.
*sigh* I guess I can accept that. At least you're not haten on Pitt just because I'm big on them, you actually give a legitimate reason. I will of course have to disagree because although Pitt's RPI might not be the best, there's really no cake walks in the Big East. So pretty much every game Pitt was challenged. I guess it all depends on which Pitt team shows up... the Pitt team of 8 games ago who fell out of their game plan, or the Pitt of lately that has been playing their game plan and can beat anybody playing their game.
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03-09-2003, 01:52 PM #15
I think they've got a good team this year, but nobody on their schedule (save maybe ND, and possibly UConn since they've finally started playing a little better) is a caliber of the teams they will see in the dance. Schedule strength is in the low 80s - compare that with BigXII and SEC powers, most of whom have SOS in the top 20 and I think Pitt might be exposed. Not their fault that the Big East is down, but that's the way I see it playing out.
Btw, I went to A&M and have fball season tickets. Really looking forward to the game this year. Not looking forward to trying to cover Fitz, though. That guy is amazing.
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03-09-2003, 02:06 PM #16
Originally posted by grego
Btw, I went to A&M and have fball season tickets. Really looking forward to the game this year. Not looking forward to trying to cover Fitz, though. That guy is amazing.
Yeah, he is damn good. You can never go wrong with a tall, athletic receiver. Real good guy too so glad to see him succeed. My only real question mark about Pitt football next year is our QB and defense. Our defense was one of the best last year, but we've lost a lot of starters. We do have a lot of quality backups that can do just as good, but it'll be hard to play like they did last year. Our QB, Rod Rutherford, is good enough to get the job done. If he would have played just a bit wiser last year, we could have made it to a BCS Bowl. Oh yeah and BTW, we got screwed last year in that A&M game!
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03-09-2003, 03:12 PM #17
OHIO STATE RULES
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03-09-2003, 04:53 PM #18
Big East
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03-09-2003, 04:53 PM #19
the big east is the best grouping of teams
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03-09-2003, 10:56 PM #20
Iggy -
Rutherford looks to have a lot of talent, but he is one of the most erratic QBs I've ever seen. Not only game to game, but even within games. I saw ya'll play a few times - A&M, Miami, ND - each time he was either hot or cold. You would have won against A&M or ND with steady play from him. But A&M sat on the lead way too early. One of Slocum's biggest traditional gaffs. Letting teams back into games. I was pretty nervous beacuse Pitt had about 100 total yards the first 3 qtrs, but we still didn't have the game put away. And then Rod caught fire against our damn prevent D.
You're right about the extra points, that was a hose job. Game probably should have gone to OT. But we should have never let the game come down to that in the first place.
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