2020-21 College Basketball thread

I was only half paying attention at the time, but worse than the one where they kept cutting in Jennifer Hudson shots?

 

I just read how Scott Drew has been at Baylor since 2003; I realize I need to give him more respect for this victory.

 

I have wondered the same thing.

 

Texans gonna Texan.

 

Several of them have Virginia in the top 25. Cavs have nothing except reputation right now.

 

I can't buy the conference crap.

No one griped about Nevada-Las Vegas being in the PCAA/Big West when Tark was there.
No one griped about Memphis' conference affiliation when Cal was there.
So why is it different with Gonzaga?

 

Those three teams have combined for nine final fours and have one title among themselves.
It’s a small sample, but mathematically, they should have two.

But, since John Wooden won his first over 50 years ago, only six times has the NCAA title not come from a power basketball conference.
UConn- Big East (fading)
Louisville - Metro twice
Marquette - Indy
Texas Western - Indy
UNlV - Big West

That tells me conference play and quality of conference play does mean something.

 

I hope they never have to vacate it.

Baylor has always had a real hard time handling success.

 

It just tells me bigger schools play in the power conferences. I don't think it says anything about the rigors of conference play.

If it was conference play that made a difference you'd theoretically see more schools from those conferences winning titles. In the past 60 years there are exactly two schools from the Pac 12 to win the tournament. In the Big 10 I think it's three.

UCLA wasn't winning titles because of their road trips to Corvallis and Pullman.

 

There’s something there, though.

Maybe the five-star and four-star kids are not attracted to the smaller conferences? I know Gonzaga is getting big time recruits now, but maybe not enough of them? They needed a shot-blocking, rebounding big badly in the last two games they played, and if they had him, he never got off the bench.

 

It's almost like historically, big time conferences and teams are able to offer $omething to recruits that smaller schools can't, whether we're talking direct benefits or something like a slew of tutors to make sure you don't fail.

 

If you count UConn as part of a fading conference, then don't forget Villanova's recent title. Same conference.