Running 2018 college rings postseason thread

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I'd be more than okay if Gonzaga or Nevada wins it all, I'll be disgusted if a Duke, Syracuse, Villanova, Kansas or Kentucky wins it all, particularly in a year like this. My secret wish is that Texas A&M wins, just to put MORE pressure on Jimbo Fisher.

 

Now that Haas is out -- not to mention Virginia, Michigan State, UNC, etc. -- I am confident in predicting a Villanova championship.

 

I wouldn't mind Villanova winning it all. The sport could use another blueblood, especially a city school without a big-time football program. (Insert joke about Kansas here.)

 

Late in the UMBC game last night, UMBC was down by five, with maybe a minute left. UMBC player is open from, say 22 feet, shoots and misses, and Raftery chimes in with something to the effect of "that was a reach at that spot".
Announcers love to second guess three point shots, or shots early in the clock. Not sure what better shot UMBC was going to get from then on out.

20-20 hindsight.

 

Syracuse made it to the Final 4 as a 10-seed. Duke is basically a senior and 4 freshmen.

I'd take Syracuse. Boeheim is coaching them well right now.

 

It always amazes me how "crazy" the first round is, and by the Elite Eight it looks like repeat. I'd go with Nevada. Musselman has been through it all, I don't think he will allow his team to get distracted by the attention this week, which is usually what undoes the magic of the surprise teams. They go back to campus and suddenly everyone wants to talk to them and get out of their routine.

 

Not to mention that there are usually reasons that they lost a bunch of games all year long, or that their players weren't recruited by the schools they are playing against now.

 

Right. It's one thing to pull off a huge win over a more talented team. It's a lot harder to do it again and again.