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saphojunkie · 09:44 AM

**** the elite 8. Final Four or bust, baby.

Will update as people declare for the draft/transfer/commit

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cmh6476 · 02-11-2018, 01:51 PM

I want them to win the conference until eternity, and I want them to win the conference tourney and ncaa tourney every year

They could get lucky and win it all this year :|

KC_Connection · 02-11-2018, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

Let's see the data

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Most NCAA tournament wins since 2000:

1. Kansas (42)
1. Duke (42)
3. Michigan State (40)
4. North Carolina (39)
5. Kentucky (37)

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Since 2004-

Bill Self (Kansas): 385 wins overall, 30 tournament wins, 1 NCAA championship
Mike Krzyzewski (Duke): 380 wins overall, 30 tournament wins, 2 NCAA championships
John Calipari(Memphis/Kentucky): 398 wins overall (38 of these vacated), 35 tournament wins (5 of these vacated), 1 NCAA championship
Roy Williams (North Carolina): 363 wins overall, 34 tournament wins, 2 NCAA championships
Tom Izzo (Michigan State): 335 wins overall, 27 tournament wins, 0 NCAA championships
Rick Pitino (Louisville): 337 wins overall, 26 tournament wins, 1 NCAA championship

So which one of these guys are we firing that underachiever Self for?

This is where we were in March 2016 during that year's whining. Not going to do the exact math (Kansas has gained on Duke/Coach K and MSU/Izzo since then and lost some to UNC/Roy), but they are certainly no underachiever in the tournament.

bdj23 · 02-11-2018, 04:13 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

If they were actually underachieving, but it has been proven repeatedly that this isn't the case and that KU wins more regularly in the NCAA tournament than anybody not named Duke over the past couple decades.

Villanova has had the same tournament success in the past 10 years as KU. Uconn has won more national championships than us.

KC_Connection · 02-11-2018, 04:46 PM

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Villanova has had the same tournament success in the past 10 years as KU. Uconn has won more national championships than us.

I guess that would depend on how you define "tournament success."

Villanova has made it out of the first weekend just twice over the last ten years (and missed the tournament entirely once), UConn has made it out of the first weekend three times over the last ten years (and missed the tournament entirely three times). Kansas obviously blows both of those programs out of the water in that regard.

Prison Bitch · 02-11-2018, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

This is where we were in March 2016 during that year's whining. Not going to do the exact math (Kansas has gained on Duke/Coach K and MSU/Izzo since then and lost some to UNC/Roy), but they are certainly no underachiever in the tournament.

Since 2000 is disengenuous since Roy had 9 of them. So Roy since 2002 has 49 wins and Self has 36. Quite a gap. Self has won a lot of games vs low seeds because he's always a 1 or 2. Rarely beats a peer team in the Tourney tho.

He's like 18-4 vs top 5 teams in regular season so that's obv a HUGE, incredible stat in his favor. Something is broken in the tourney for him tho.

saphojunkie · 02-11-2018, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch

No. Winning the Farm League is > final four /pants, kcConnection, sapho

I should expect a dipshit trump supporter to not have their facts straight.

Fansy the Famous Bard · 02-11-2018, 05:41 PM

I guess I am in the minority here by wanting Final Fours AND Conference Championships every year, not one or the other.

bdj23 · 02-11-2018, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I guess that would depend on how you define "tournament success."

Villanova has made it out of the first weekend just twice over the last ten years (and missed the tournament entirely once), UConn has made it out of the first weekend three times over the last ten years (and missed the tournament entirely three times). Kansas obviously blows both of those programs out of the water in that regard.

Uconn has 3 final fours and 2 national championships since self became our coach. Villanova has 2 final fours and 1 national championship.

Blue bloods don't hang elite 8 banners

bdj23 · 02-11-2018, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

I guess that would depend on how you define "tournament success."

Villanova has made it out of the first weekend just twice over the last ten years (and missed the tournament entirely once), UConn has made it out of the first weekend three times over the last ten years (and missed the tournament entirely three times). Kansas obviously blows both of those programs out of the water in that regard.

Honest question, what would you rather have ? 2009 final four appearance, 2011 National championship, 2014 National championship...

Or

13 straight big xii championships, 2008 National championship, 2012 National runner up?

KC_Connection · 02-11-2018, 11:28 PM

It may not mean anything to the casuals, but I'd rather be the program with the greatest run of dominance the sport of college basketball has ever seen than UConn, yeah.

KC_Connection · 02-11-2018, 11:32 PM

BTW, can anybody tell me what the huge difference between a Final Four and an Elite Eight is other than the right to call yourself the 3rd loser rather than the 5th loser? If you're not the one team winning the title at the end of that tournament, it all ends in disappointment anyway.

Prison Bitch · 02-12-2018, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

BTW, can anybody tell me what the huge difference between a Final Four and an Elite Eight is other than the right to call yourself the 3rd loser rather than the 5th loser? If you're not the one team winning the title at the end of that tournament, it all ends in disappointment anyway.

You can ask this stupid question all you want, but until you write KU and tell them to take down their FF banners, you're all talk. Tell them your feelings on this matter and how dumb FF banners are.....then report back.

**Nzoner** · 02-12-2018, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by KC_Connection

If they were actually underachieving, but it has been proven repeatedly that this isn't the case and that KU wins more regularly in the NCAA tournament than anybody not named Duke over the past couple decades.

Maybe he meant this

But there is no shortage of upsets when you look at the Jayhawks’ tournament record. Kansas has a 27-11 record in the tournament since 2005, but has lost to a lower-seeded team nine times, and all of those losses have come before the Final Four. When playing as a higher seed, Kansas has lost 28 percent of the time, the highest percentage of any team to reach multiple Final Fours.

**Lzen** · 02-12-2018, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by BWillie

If KU beats Tech in Lubbock I will eat cat poop.

Quoted for posterity.

**Lzen** · 02-12-2018, 08:36 AM

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Maybe he meant this

But there is no shortage of upsets when you look at the Jayhawks’ tournament record. Kansas has a 27-11 record in the tournament since 2005, but has lost to a lower-seeded team nine times, and all of those losses have come before the Final Four. When playing as a higher seed, Kansas has lost 28 percent of the time, the highest percentage of any team to reach multiple Final Fours.

This has been hashed out before. Of course KU has the highest percentage of losses as the higher seed. That's because they have consistently been a high seed. Duh. It's hard to lose to higher seeds when you are a lower seed.

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