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re: How did Duke not win the National Championship?
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:33 pm to BBATiger
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:33 pm to BBATiger
2015 Kentucky had 6 players drafted and 4 of them were taken in the first 13 picks along with having a top 3 college coach of all time. shite happens in a single elimination tournament and sometimes the best team has a bad night
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Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:37 pm to BBATiger
RJ Barrett is gonna be a bust.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:53 pm to BBATiger
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How did Duke not win the National Championship?
Because the tournament bracket setup does not result in the best team? It's 6 games...it isn't representative but it makes for good TV.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:54 pm to BBATiger
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#1, #3, and #10 picks in tonight’s draft with one of the top 3 College coaches ever
Single elimination tournament so the best team doesn’t always win.
What was most surprising is they played like shite the entire tournament and didn’t even make the final 4.
What makes it even stranger is how dominant they were opening night against Kentucky and they beat the national champs twice en route to winning the acc.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 10:56 pm to BBATiger
Because they shot terrible from 3 and honestly should have lost to UCF because Zion sucks at FTs
Posted on 6/20/19 at 11:10 pm to BBATiger
They couldn’t shoot
Posted on 6/20/19 at 11:16 pm to REG861
Because he understood that to get the most out of the other two, he would have to play Zion in a sub-optimal role; I still think they win the title if they tailor their play to Zion's game, but in a one and done tournament format, there are no guarantees.
Posted on 6/20/19 at 11:21 pm to BluegrassBelle
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Because it’s more difficult to win a single elimination tournament, even with talent, than it is to win an NC in other major sports.
This. This is why the NCAA tournament is loved by non-sports fans so much because the best team can lose a single. If you played best of sevens in college basketball like the NBA, the best team is more likely to win, but you lose the upset and excitement. As a fan, it's a win, as a player or coach, if you're the better team, you hate it.
Posted on 6/21/19 at 7:59 am to BBATiger
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How did Duke not win the National Championship?
I think they lost prior to the championship game. That's how it works.
Kentucky 2015 feels their pain.
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:12 am to kywildcatfanone
They didn't even win the regular season ACC championship or even get to the FF. Dook also had a similar draft in 2018 and didn't win anything.
If you ask me, K's reputation as the world's greatest coach and "Leader of Men" is taking a hit in recent years.
If you ask me, K's reputation as the world's greatest coach and "Leader of Men" is taking a hit in recent years.
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:30 am to dlc83
They weren’t drafted because of what they did in college. They were drafted because they are one year removed from being the best prospects in high school.
The fifth pick in the draft played for a team that went 0-18 in conference and its not like they were even a .500 team with him.
The fifth pick in the draft played for a team that went 0-18 in conference and its not like they were even a .500 team with him.
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:32 am to lsutigers1992
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The fifth pick in the draft played for a team that went 0-18 in conference and its not like they were even a .500 team with him.
They were 4-1 with him FWIW
4-0 if you don’t count the game he was hurt in
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:34 am to I Bleed Garnet
The NCAAT is why I don’t want the CFB playoff expanded
And why I like the EPLs season model the best of all sports
And why I like the EPLs season model the best of all sports
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:35 am to BBATiger
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#1, #3, and #10 picks in tonight’s draft with one of the top 3 College coaches ever.
they had great PLAYERS, but basketball is a TEAM sport... it always has been, it always will be... players, even the great ones, have to learn how to play alongside each other to maximize the potential of the TEAM...
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:36 am to BBATiger
cause thems the breaks. UCLA had a team with kevin love, russell westbrook, and darren collison. didnt win the national championship
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:39 am to BBATiger
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#1, #3, and #10 picks in tonight’s draft with one of the top 3 College coaches ever.
Because #1 was the reason they were any good at all. Just look at how they looked while Zion was out vs when he was healthy.
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:53 am to BBATiger
No clue...I know when we had three in the top ten we won back to back titles with that talent. 
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:56 am to BBATiger
Because as exciting as March Madness is it's a stupid way to crown a champion in basketball.
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:58 am to dlc83
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They didn't even win the regular season ACC championship
How do you not know as a UNC fan that the tournament champ is the conference champ in the ACC?
Posted on 6/21/19 at 8:58 am to REG861
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They couldn’t shoot
This. Zion, Barrett and Reddish were all shaky shooters and Tre Jones was just as shaky among returners.
So, they weren't good at shooting and hit a team that got hot shooting it. That's an upset recipe.
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