I appreciate your positivity, Killmenow (though an interesting sentiment for somebody with that nom de plume). And you're right. The pro sports teams in town have been more disappointing over the years than the Gophers. In fact, few teams have been as disappointing in sports as our pro sports teams (of the male variety at least). But it's tough to not let that constant negativity from the Vikings, and Wolves, and others, trickle down a bit to jaundice our general perspective on sports. It doesn't interfere with my enjoyment during the good times, just keeps me a little healthy dose of pessimism, to protect me for what seems like the inevitable drop of the other shoe.
Wow...I don't think anyone thinks we are Final Four bound. Can't we just enjoy this hot streak, an extremely fun, young team to watch and be excited that we are in the Tournament this year?
Final 4? No. Given our current seeding in Lunardi's bracket, I can see Elite 8.
I'm with you 100%. No sarcasm to my post. No team is unbeatable.You know, I may catch some flack for this, and have sort of thought myself that a trip to the Elite 8 would be the best case scenario for this season, while either 1 win or a trip to the Sweet 16 are more realistic hopes for this team.
But...
Watching teams like Villanova along with 2 other Top Ten teams lost just last night, the theme most cbb fans have been talking about is how weak this year's field is, and how few really good teams there are out there. Louisville is 0-4 vs Top 25 rated teams, for one example. Butler is 5-0, but they've also lost to St Johns and some team rated in the 200s. And I think Villanova lost that game last night at home, and got swept by that team.
So all I am saying is, the word No, shouldn't be in our vocabulary. "Probably not" would be fine, and realistic, but no, is denying the reality that teams with worse seeds than we're going to get going up against stronger NCAA tourney fields have gone on to either make the Final Four or even to win it. I'm thinking of Villanova and UConn, among others.
Nice post, Jammer!I didn't see it. I never trust the preseason, so I assumed that the brutal first half of the B1G would do them in (it nearly did). Even after seeing them match up in size with MSU and other B1G teams, I still didn't see it. I didn't see them fully emerging from the losing streak when they were over dribbling and playing hero ball at crunch time. I didn't see the growth, improvement and cohesion that came out of that rough stretch of games. I didn't see Nate Mason as quite the leader he has become.
Sometimes being blind can open your eyes.
I'm with you 100%. No sarcasm to my post. No team is unbeatable.
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True. I think we fair well against all but UNC in Lenardi's current bracket. Don't want to see AZ or FSU in Rd 2 or 3 (assuming we make it that far)For the most part, I agree. But I just can't see this team beating Florida State or Arizona or teams with transcendent bigs. Villanova, Duke, Gonzaga, etc are fair game.