Running 2018 college rings postseason thread

I bet if you zoomed WAY WAY WAY in you could've SEEN those trembling hands!

Sorry, sometimes you just play like shit.

 

And Vermont would not have been a 16 seed. Probably 13 or 14 but not 16.

 

On the next 30 for 30 . . .

"When the gamblers first approached Virginia's basketball team, everyone thought it was a joke. It soon became apparent, however . . . "

 

Cuonzo and Leonard Hamilton devote as much to Xs and Os as your average AAU coach. And their games look exactly like that.

 

"What if I told you the greatest upset in history was a fraud?"

 

#TheCharlottesvilleShuffle

 

Bobby kind of short-changed himself. At the time (1990) he was playing Florida, LSU and Auburn every year and during one stretch beat the team that won the SEC title three of five years.

 

Sure, the ACC was an easier path and still is. That doesn't change the fact that the SEC justifiably conspires to protect its founding or longtime members from market intrusion. It's a practice the ACC should have adopted.
SEC Football: Why Florida State Isn't an Expansion Option

 

The SEC: If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'.

 

You were surprised the vast majority of people picked Virginia to win two games? Really? They were No. 1 in the nation, the No. 1 overall seed, came into the tournament at something like 31-2, dominated the ACC with multiple victories over North Carolina, Duke, etc. Can't imagine why the general public would think a team like that might advance to the Sweet 16.

 

We have seen it before. An otherwise great coach who gets so tense this time of year his players tighten up too.

Roy Williams was like that. He figured it out. I posted it up thread, but Tony Bennett should really go talk to him this offseason.

 

If my 35 years old memory is correct, Northridge beat Chaminade in overtime. I tried googling the game but couldn’t find it.