Running 2018 college rings postseason thread

Buffalo rolled through the MAC this year. Was tempted to pick them but thought Ayton was good enough to win Arizona a game on his own. The margin of victory surprised me a bit, but the fact that Arizona lost did not.

That Hokies game last night was maddening. Buzz is going to have to start scheduling better, because just making the tournament and getting stuck in an 8-9 coinflip game isn't going to be enough going forward.

 

Full disclosure: I've always felt Miller was overrated as a coach and Pitt fans have a bizarre obsession with wanting him hired here. I can remember friends of mine blowing up my phone while I sat pissed off in the Verizon Center in D.C. after Pitt gagged in the second round against Butler in 2011. "We need Miller! Dixon will never get us to a Final Four." Cool, and what exactly has Sean Miller done that's so stupendous? He has more money to spend at Arizona and more fertile recruiting territories and yet Arizona is in its longest Final Four drought since pre-Lute. Additionally, the PAC-12 is proving itself to be trash. So yes, lets take this guy and face him off against Duke, UVA and UNC annually. Great plan. Hire a guy who has never reached a Final Four at a blueblood to get you to a Final Four.

 

They've bonded a great deal in four months.

Arizona's Ayton, Trier say they're NBA-bound

"I learned a lot and built relationships on this team," Ayton said. "This is the only team that I actually loved. Being a Wildcat is amazing."

 

Day-after-the-season-ends news dump, when all the beat guys are probably still traveling back from Wichita:

 

Gottfried dirty? Let me get to my fainting couch, I have the vapors.

 

And as a 12, too.

 

Buffalo is really good. I was at a couple of their games this year and they look the part of a power conference team.

 

Their coach's postgame interview was all about that. Apparently he told the sideline reporter at halftime that he felt Buffalo was the better team (I missed that interview), and after the game he said, among other things, "We have high-major talent." He also said he knew his team would win because they wanted it more and the team that wants it more will win if the talent level is similar.

 

It's difficult to imagine a team wanting it less than Arizona did.

 

Flipped on the radio last night and all they were talking about was Buffalo beating Arizona...I thought they were talking about NFL free agency, or hockey.

 

I saw that too. He was very nonchalant about it all. He didn't see it as an upset and his team played like they knew they were the better team. Kentucky had better strap it on tomorrow, because Buffalo is the kind of team that could take Calipari's kids to the woodshed.