Running 2016-17 College Rings Thread

When's the last time Michigan, Michigan State, Indiana and Illinois were all left out of the NCAA tourney? It could happen this year.

 

The weird thing about Alabama's offensive shittiness is it infects everyone they play too. What a brutally ugly game.

 

Last time all four missed out was 1972. Michigan State alone has been to every NCAA Tournament since 1998 and has only missed a handful of times since they expanded the field in 1985. And then Indiana made all but a few tournaments from 1973-2003 when Bobby Knight was there.

 

Pretty sure that ending at Cameron qualifies as Clemsoning.

 

Bruce Pearl is dressed like a mob underling on a family vacation in Ocean City that wasn't his idea.

 

Gonzaga at St. Mary's about to tip on ESPN.

 

Karnowski is one beefy boy.

 

Gonzaga rules. There hasn't been flawlessness like this since Matt Ryan.

 

Kentucky 15 and Duke 18, when was the last time they didn't have a top 5 recruiting class?

 

Can Tom Crean survive missing the tournament?

 

They have been ravaged by injuries. Plus, a year ago they won the Big Ten regular-season championship and went to the Sweet 16. If he were fired, I am not sure who would want to work there under those expectations.

 

It's a little like LSU and Les Miles, except he never even reached the same heights. How long does Indiana put up with being OK when it is probably a Top 6 program. The problem is I don't think Crean puts Indiana in danger of becoming St. John's. He's not terrible and the Hoosiers could do a lot worse. Is there somebody they could get to get back to a North Carolina level? I don't know.