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[PushupMan]

Have to admit that, after watching SMU and NC State both go down in the first four, I am even less confident in our outcome today than I was prior to the Mikel Brown news.

And although I was rooting for SMU last night, I did think about how much fun it must be to be a Miami(OH) fan today. They probably have a NIL budget closer to 0 than seven figures, and they are 32-1, with a team that’s incredibly fun to watch - the way they share and shoot the basketball.

 

[JTMPR]

First Push, I'm pulling for us to win, period. But, I watched that game last night with the same interest. While Miami did have a 60 mile from home advantage, they practically won that game from start to finish. And, looked pretty darn good doing it, right? Actually, they sort of reminded me of our last year's team. You leave us open and we're going to nail you! You were also right on about fun to watch, share and can definitely Shoot the Ball!! 2 ACC teams have played, 2 have lost. Please Lord, don't let us be the 3rd. to lose 2day.....Go Cards!!

 

[PushupMan]

First Push, I'm pulling for us to win, period. But, I watched that game last night with the same interest. While Miami did have a 60 mile from home advantage, they practically won that game from start to finish. And, looked pretty darn good doing it, right? Actually, they sort of reminded me of our last year's team. You leave us open and we're going to nail you! You were also right on about fun to watch, share and can definitely Shoot the Ball!! 2 ACC teams have played, 2 have lost. Please Lord, don't let us be the 3rd. to lose 2day.....Go Cards!!

You’re absolutely right - seeing how excited those Miami fans were last night definitely reminded me of how we felt about our ReviVille team last year. It’s a wonderful feeling to greatly exceed expectations like we did in that 2024-25 regular season, and I am sure the Miami(OH) fans are feeling that way today.

 

[PushupMan]

Jamie Dixon sighting… I guess I knew that the old Pitt coach is now the coach at TCU. Didn’t realize that he is also a TCU alum. He had some seriously good teams at Pitt - 13 seasons there, won 30 games twice and won 20 or more in every other season but one.

TCU is now blasting the Buckeyes with a late first half run: 39-24 at the half.

 

[PushupMan]

Buckeyes made a great comeback and even took the lead late, but TCU prevailed 66-64.

12 seed HIgh Point takes down the 5 seed Wisconsin. Did not have that one!

Duke has battled back against former Syracuse star Gerry McNamara’s Siena team and now leads 65-61 with 3:26 to go. Will McNamara be the next Syracuse coach? Could definitely happen!

 

[PushupMan]

Stunning collapse by the Tar Heels. Led 70-56 with 6:42 to go (98.9% chance to win at that point) but were outscored 19-5 the rest of the way in regulation. Didn’t make a FG in OT and then missed 3 of 4 FTs, including failing to hit the rim on an attempted intentional miss while down 2 with 4 seconds to go.

 

[JTMPR]

You called it exactly how it happened....a collapse. Not a good luck for our league, for sure. What are we now - 2 out 5 I believe. Only Duke and UofL
have won, but correct me if I'm wrong. We have 3 teams to play tomorrow - Virginia, Clemson & Miami. Only Virginia is more than a 2 1/2 pt. favorite. They are 18 1/2 favorite over Wright St. Okay, we'll know by this time tomorrow evening how many ACC teams will make it to the weekend.
A win is a win! Good evening, folks.

 

[PushupMan]

Watched a little of the Georgia-St Louis game last night. The Billikens blew out the Bulldogs 102-77. Enjoyed watching “Cream Abdul Jabbar”, a white guy (Robby Avila) with a physique that makes Aly Khalifa look like a world class body builder.

He can hoop, though - 12 points, 5 boards, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks in 28 minutes.

 

[JTMPR]

Hey, I liked their coaching, their hustle, the basketball knowledge, etc. I'm sure that they didn't have any million $, 1/2 or even 1/4 million $ players.
But, they could play and play together. Reminded me alot of the way Belmont down here in Nashville plays. We could use 1 or 2 of those guys, right?

 

[JTMPR]

Hey folks, I've got a family member that wants some input on our feelings with the UT and Miami of Ohio game. He said that if he takes UT that he has to give 11 1/2 on the Vegas site that he works with. Man, myself, I like the 32 - 1 record of the Redhawks and the way that they play. Personally, I don't bet on college sports, but I would take Miami with the points. Thoughts anybody?

 

[PushupMan]

Ben McCollum and the Iowa Hawkeyes knock out the defending champion Florida Gators. I definitely recall at least one of our members (think now a former member?) was adamant that we should be looking at McCollum when we hired Kelsey. I also seem to recall that McCollum was Kobe Rodgers’ coach when he was a D2 player.

 

[Cardrock]

Ben McCollum and the Iowa Hawkeyes knock out the defending champion Florida Gators. I definitely recall at least one of our members (think now a former member?) was adamant that we should be looking at McCollum when we hired Kelsey. I also seem to recall that McCollum was Kobe Rodgers’ coach when he was a D2 player.

I was high on McCollum for sure but King was the guy that first brought him up and fought with all of the kids that don’t know quote as much as they think they do!