B1G/NCAA basketball

[AlabamAlum]

I am a renaissance man. My tastes are varied. My expertise on myriad topics is enviable. In fact, I am considered the Warrior-Poet-Philosopher King of Sixtoe, Alabama after having been recently awarded the Peanut and Porkskin Laureate for my work with unwed mothers.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Repeat...this time in American English.

[crashcourse]

I've done some of my best work with unwed mothers

[hack]

Motherless children have a hard time when your mother is dead, lord.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Tell me something hack...ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

[hack]

No but I'm considering a reality show in which five sisters compete for the right to dance with me in the sky of their choosing.

[THE_WIZARD_]

Why would they want to dance with a flaming homo?

...no offense bro...

[entropy]

I'd guess KU is on that list of 8.

But 2 yrs from now, we will still be guessing. I'd love to say I was wrong, but too many things get silence in our country when this much money is involved.

[Da Geezer]

I'd love to see Coach K go down. I don't hate Duke like most, but why the hell not?

I agree. I'd guess Coach K is paid by the USOC, and that is a big advantage when recruiting. In the B10, I'd guess MSU and Minny.

[Cody_Russell]

Mississippi St too because why the hell would anyone want to go there.
#17 ranked class... suspicious.

LSU and Vandy are randomly/ suddenly pulling in top guys as well.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Like Talent said, OSU's recruiting has been pretty bad over the past 3-4 years so I'd be surprised if Matta were implicated, and I'd be sad if he was.

I would think Sean Miller at Arizona would be very nervous

[Whitley]

I see the NCAA came down on Louisville for strippergate....their punishment? Vacate all wins from 2011-2015 and pay back all the money the basketball program earned from the NCAA tourney games.

NCAA is touting this as a "serious" penalty.

[Dr. Strangelove]

They are essentially giving up a national title too...though it's not as strong as a forfeit would've been

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU

[iam416]

They are essentially giving up a national title too...though it's not as strong as a forfeit would've been

Unfortunately, "vacating" is about the only option they have. They can't really replay an entire tournament and try to figure out who wins if Louisville isn't playing. Wichita played them down to the wire in the FF...fucking Wichita. Duke probably gets to the FF instead and plays Wichita. And if you keep working all the way back you wonder how the brackets would have changed (some #2 bumps to #1 and that rearranges everything).