re: Tiger basketball elite eight or better

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Sorry, I forgot I was in the rant where optimism can often be met with vitriole

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That wasn't vitriole. You should slow your roll. It's very early.

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Sorry, I forgot I was in the rant where optimism can often be met with vitriole. This team is good and a run wouldn't surprise me. March is a ways off and we will get better.

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I think the problem is that our current fanbase is so unused to seeing ANY actual talent on the team, after the joke that was Trent Johnson's recruiting. That, coupled with the conference's current decline in competitiveness in basketball overall vs the other power conferences. For that, you can be forgiven

We appear to have a good team, one that should have an impact in conference play, and should make the NCAA's if things pan out. We're no longer a total disaster of a program. We shouldn't be totally embarrassed if we get matched up against a tourney-level team from the ACC, B1G, or Pac 12. For that, I'm grateful, and I hope for continued improvement.

Elite Eight? Hey, anything's possible, but remember Stromile's teams never got past the round of 16, and he, Marcus Dupree and Torris Bright were as good/better than anyone on this current team.